Thelonious Monk Quartet's Long-lost MØNK Unearthed from 1963 Danish Broadcasting Corporation Live Tapes (Gearbox Records)
It isn't often we cover posthumous releases here at The Witzard , but honestly, we just couldn't pass up an opportunity to cover Gearbox Records ' newly-unearthed 5-track collection, MØNK . World-renown American Jazz pianist and composer Thelonious Monk , unfortunately, passed away back in 1982, although, his estate has continually released a slew of previously unissued recordings since his untimely passing. Not entirely unlike similarly-minded "lost" albums John Coltrane 's Both Directions at Once , Miles Davis & John Coltrane's The Final Tour: The Bootleg Series, Vol. 6, and Monk 's own Les liaisons dangereuses 1960 , MØNK was initially recorded at a live concert held at Old Fellow Palæet in Copenhagen, Denmark on March 5th, 1963. MØNK features the genre-shaping talents of Thelonious Monk 's most widely-acclaimed Quartet : sax player Charlie Rouse , future Sun Ra Arkestra bassist John Ore , and drummer Frankie Dunlop , who all previou...