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John Beasley presents…
MONK’estra, Vol. 2
Mack Avenue/Southbound
You can almost hear the gnashing of the teeth of purists – Why do this to Monk? – but though Volume 2 of Beasley’s reworkings of Monk tunes for his own big band is the inevitable mixed bag (opening with Dontae Winslow’s rap on Brake’s Sake is a cringe-inducing moment, an utterly skippable tra…
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