John Beasley: MONK'estra, Vol. 2

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…