![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() His arpeggios fly off both ends of the keyboard while his solos continually surprise with their rhythmic displacements, suspenseful silent stretches, and piecemeal motifs that somehow cohere into melodic magic.īut Monk's strongest suit on this set is his "third hand," John Coltrane. Monk has never sounded more energetic or exhuberant, as though he were primed for the concert of a lifetime. Even upon an initial play, the recording is capable of commanding undivided attention from the first through the last track. I don't recall a jazz CD ever receiving as much pre-release publicity as this one, Newsweek even referring to it as the "musical equivalent of the discovery of a new Mount Everest." Consequently, a listener couldn't be faulted for some anticlimactic sentiments, if not outright disappointment, at having the product in hand. ![]()
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