Pianist John Beasley (1960) breathed life into a long cherished wish with his MONKestra. He transformed the stubborn idiom of pianist and composer Thelonious Monk into no less hallucinating orchestral webs.
- 2’54” Monk’s Procession (Green Chimneys/Raise Four) (Monk) John Beasley
Mack Avenue MAC 1113 - 8’04” Skippy (Monk) id
- 6’21” Epistrophy (Monk) id
- 3’16” Round Midnight (Monk, Williams, Hanighen) Cootie Williams Big Band
Era 20182 - 3’44” Round Midnight (Monk, Williams, Hanighen) John Beasley
Mack Avenue MAC 1113 - 8’29” Little Rootie Tootie (Monk) Thelonious Monk
Riverside 0888072301900 - 9’13” Little Rootie Tootie (Monk) John Beasley
Mack Avenue MAC 1113 - 6’46” Ask Me Now (Monk) id
- 8’16” Oska T (Monk) id