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Tony Kofi Quartet Plays Monk

Tony Kofi Quartet, Jonathan Gee, Winston Clifford, Ben Hazelton

Tony Kofi Quartet Plays Monk

Awards:

Of the scores of Monk tributes, few recordings have captured his spirit so credibly.

UK Jazz News

Tony Kofi Quartet Plays Monk

Tony Kofi Quartet, Jonathan Gee, Winston Clifford, Ben Hazelton

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2 Vinyl Records

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Awards:

Of the scores of Monk tributes, few recordings have captured his spirit so credibly.

UK Jazz News

About

Released here as a two LP set, when these recordings were made in 2005, they were the culmination of five years' study by Tony Kofi and the musicians associated with his Monk Liberation Front project - The (now deleted) compact disc release heralded Tony's arrival as a bandleader and fully formed soloist when it was immediately awarded the winner of the prestigious BBC Jazz Awards "ALBUM OF THE YEAR". With a real A-Team rhythm section behind him of Jonathan Gee, Piano; Winston Clifford, drums; and Ben Hazleton, bass, the Tony Kofi Quartet (with guest Orphy Robinson) take the themes of Thelonious Monk and give them a contemporary feel while never losing sight of the composer's uniqueness.

Contents and tracklist

Monk, T: Boo Boo's Birthday
Work length7:25
  • Tony Kofi Quartet, Jonathan Gee, Winston Clifford, Ben Hazelton
Monk, T: Ugly Beauty
Work length4:47
  • Tony Kofi Quartet, Jonathan Gee, Winston Clifford, Ben Hazelton
Monk, T: Trinkle, Trinkle
Work length5:28
  • Tony Kofi Quartet, Jonathan Gee, Winston Clifford, Ben Hazelton
Monk, T: Ruby, My Dear
Work length4:58
  • Tony Kofi Quartet, Jonathan Gee, Winston Clifford, Ben Hazelton
Monk, T: Brilliant Corners
Work length6:38
  • Tony Kofi Quartet, Jonathan Gee, Winston Clifford, Ben Hazelton
Monk, T: Comin' on the Hudson
Work length2:43
  • Tony Kofi Quartet, Jonathan Gee, Winston Clifford, Ben Hazelton
Monk, T: We See
Work length4:08
  • Tony Kofi Quartet, Jonathan Gee, Winston Clifford, Ben Hazelton
Monk, T: Crepuscule With Nellie
Work length2:38
  • Tony Kofi Quartet, Jonathan Gee, Winston Clifford, Ben Hazelton
Monk, T: Teo
Work length3:38
  • Tony Kofi Quartet, Jonathan Gee, Winston Clifford, Ben Hazelton
Monk, T: Misterioso
Work length9:01
  • Tony Kofi Quartet, Jonathan Gee, Winston Clifford, Ben Hazelton
Monk, T: Gallop's Gallop
Work length4:26
  • Tony Kofi Quartet, Jonathan Gee, Winston Clifford, Ben Hazelton
Monk, T: Light Blue
Work length4:57
  • Tony Kofi Quartet, Jonathan Gee, Winston Clifford, Ben Hazelton
Monk, T: Think of One
Work length4:28
  • Tony Kofi Quartet, Jonathan Gee, Winston Clifford, Ben Hazelton
Monk, T: Monk's Mood
Work length4:40
  • Tony Kofi Quartet, Jonathan Gee, Winston Clifford, Ben Hazelton

Awards and reviews

  • Presto Recording of the Week
    19th January 2024

Of the scores of Monk tributes, few recordings have captured his spirit so credibly.
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