Piano Solo (reissue) WIN008 Immortalised in hip-hop folklore

Immortalised in hip-hop folklore

and saxophonist Charlie Ventura

recorded during a 1959 tour of Europe in the final month of the trumpeter’s almost eight-year tenure with the band

plus interviews with artists who knew or were inspired by Charles Mingus

Piano Solo (reissue) WIN008 Immortalised in hip-hop folkloreNorth Carolina pianist Thelonious Monk sounds utterly unguarded across these extraordinary 1954 Paris recordings, captured originally for French radio and now expanded well beyond the original Vogue 10" edition. With the trio performances sitting beside stark solo takes, the set offers a rare glimpse into how Monk continuously bent and reshaped his own material in real time. The solo reading of 'Round Midnight' feels especially uncanny, all suspended