Alternate takes on a Monk solo LP are a revelation, and this reissue of his 1965 Columbia solo LP is packed with seven of 'em plus an additional bonus track!

Straight, No Chaser finds Monk in good company of his longtime companions: Charlie Rouse, Larry Gales and Ben Riley. For this CD, reissue producer Orrin Keepnews has added approximately 25 minutes of... more

Double 180 gram clear audiophile vinyl LP pressing. As Scott Yanow puts it in his five-star review for AllMusic, "This is one of pianist-composer Thelonious Monk's greatest recordings and represents... more

This release has long been considered Thelonious Monk's acknowledgement to the flourishing youth-oriented subculture from whence the collection takes it's name. Certainly the Grammy-winning cover -... more

Criss-Cross, Thelonious Monk's second album for Columbia, features some of the finest work that Monk ever did in the studio with his '60s trio and quartet. Monk and Charlie Rouse (tenor), John Ore... more