"Monk was truly different in every way. The way he played music, the way he played the piano, the way he led his band, the way he walked down the street. He would play his facile runs down the piano keyboard and it felt to me like he was playing them upwards, it felt somehow like he was playing back to front. His sense of rhythm was his own, like no one else’s. Like a Rastafarian in Jamaica, he was different." //Monty Alexander [ Ссылка ]
Kingston, Jamaica and New York, New York. Several years in the making and infused with a lifetime of inspiration and appreciation, "WAREIKA HILL (RASTAMONK VIBRATIONS)", Monty Alexander's delightfully imaginative, unique and compelling interpretation of the music of Thelonious Monk, is set for release August 23 via MACD Records. Featuring eleven newly recorded tracks as well as a bonus live track recorded in Paris, "WAREIKA HILL" is a mind-boggling collective of classic Monk songs infused with a sensibility that melds the worlds of Jazz, Ska and Reggae into a unique melting pot of Monk with a twist.
