Thelonious Monk - The Classic QuartetThis recording is the audio portion of a television show recorded in Tokyo during Monk's 1963 tour of Japan. Not to be confused with the live album of that same 1963 tour, Monk In Tokyo, released on Columbia Records. It also should be noted that the recordings here were previously released as Thelonious Monk 1963 Japan, at various times, by various labels. This version has been remastered by Award Winning Engineer Bernie Grundman. It is the first time

Chick Corea Akoustic Band

then coming together and singing together

This collection of courtly arias

It marks the duo's first full-length LP since 2006 and thirty-first original album overall

courtly character

renewing our acquaintance with it as with an old beloved friend

one way or another

Love Story

a milestone of the genre

he created his own group (Bovenga)

which are at once highly virtuosic and very profound

Their work marks a musical friendship with Western classical music