Kimbrough,Frank Monk'S Dreams - The Complete Compositions Of CD

The genius of pianist and composer Thelonious Monk is unassailable. Since his death in 1982, he has become recognized as one of the greatest composers of jazz - and of the wider world of music. The year 2017 was the centennial of Monk's birth, and brought scores of tributes, including a well-received stay of pianist Frank Kimbrough's quartet at the Jazz Standard club in New York City. Like many jazz pianists, Kimbrough found Monk's music a revelation when he first heard it. From the outset of his career, Kimbrough has returned time and again to Monk's compositions. After nearly four decades of study, reflection, and performance, Kimbrough has established a relationship with these pieces and found a way to express himself through the prism of Monk. When the Standard approached Kimbrough to put together a quartet to play Monk's music, he picked the brilliant rhythm section of bassist Rufus Reid and drummer Billy Drummond. His choice for lead horn voice was the multi-instrumentalist Scott Robinson, with whom he has played for many years and in many combinations, most notably with the Maria Schneider Orchestra. After the first set of the October 17th, 2017 performance at the Standard Kimbrough's friend Mait Jones urged that the group record Monk's entire oeuvre, a feat that Kimbrough had never considered. A jazz fan and co-presenter of his own Princeton series JazzNights Jones began a lifelong appreciation of Monk when he heard the master live at the Five Spot in New York City in 1957. Over the next few days, Jones doubled down on his intent to make the project reach fruition, bringing in his friend and fellow jazz head, Dr. Dorothy Lieberman, to help co-produce the effort. The musicians began the intensive work such a project demands. Finally, in April of 2018 Kimbrough led a trio and then the quartet at Jazz at the Kitano, polishing 30 new tunes on the way to the full Monk catalog of 70 pieces.

1. Thelonious 2. Light Blue 3. Played Twice 4. Ba-Lue Bolivar Ba-Lues-Are 5. Ask Me Now 6. Humph 7. Bright Mississippi 8. Reflections 9. Bemsha Swing 10. Teo 11. Blue Sphere 12. Crepuscule with Nellie 13. Think of One 14. 52nd St. Theme 15. Eronel 16. Bluehawk 17. Little Rootie Tootie 18. Two Timer 19. Ruby, My Dear 20. Boo Boo's Birthday 21. San Francisco Holiday 22. Functional 23. I Mean You 24. Shuffle Boil 25. Monk's Dream 26. Evidence 27. Misterioso 28. Four in One 29. Brake's Sake 30. Pannonica 31. Bye-Ya 32. North on the Sunset 33. Introspection 34. We See 35. In Walked Bud 36. Nutty 37. Trinkle Tinkle 38. Blues Five Spot 39. Round Midnight 40. Jackie-Ing 41. Well You Needn't 42. Sixteen 43. Locomotive 44. Gallop's Gallop 45. Children's Song 46. Blue Monk 47. Friday the 13th 48. Criss Cross 49. Raise Four 50. Let's Call This 51. Who Knows 52. A Merrier Christmas 53. Stuffy Turkey 54. Monk's Point 55. Work 56. Brilliant Corners 57. Off Minor 58. Hackensack 59. Oska T 60. Let's Cool One 61. Hornin' in 62. Coming on the Hudson 63. Straight No Chaser 64. Monk's Mood 65. Green Chimneys 66. Rhythm-A-Ning 67. Ugly Beauty 68. Skippy 69. Something in Blue 70. Epistrophy