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MONK’estra Plays John Beasley ist ein Jazzalbum von John Beasley. Die um 2019 entstandenen Aufnahmen erschienen 2020 auf Mack Avenue Records.
17. Dez. 2020 · Monk'estra Plays Beasley (Mack Avenue, 2020), that once again has been nominated for Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album. Perhaps third time will be the charm for a much-deserved Grammy. The jazz classic "Donna Lee" is reimagined on the album and is also nominated for Best Arrangement, Instrumental or A Cappella.
- Jim Worsley
Extending neatly synchronized section motifs— those indelibly quirky Monk phrases—into swelling backdrops that balance freely impassioned soloists, Beasley as a pianist and composer draws out even more melodic, harmonic and rhythmic implications in music by Monk, Bird and Duke.
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Beasley veers off in new directions on his stunning third album in the series, MONK’estra Plays John Beasley. As the title implies, this time out the band shifts focus to its fearless leader’s own estimable compositions and piano playing, alongside a quartet of Monk classics and a tune apiece by Duke Ellington and Charlie Parker.
21. Aug. 2020 · Keeping in line with its namesake’s unpredictable nature, the MONK’estra veers off in new directions on its stunning third album, MONK’estra Plays John Beasley, due out August 21, 2020 via Mack Avenue Records. As the title implies, this time out the band shifts focus to its fearless leader’s own estimable compositions and ...
John Beasley has arranged the brass brighter and brasher, the low horns to be more growly and his tasty keyboard parts to be artfully highlighted on his third far-reaching album with MONK’estra. Extending marvelously synchronized section motifs—those indelibly quirky Monk phrases—into swelling backdrops that balance freely impassioned ...
21. Aug. 2020 · Beasley veers off in new directions on his stunning third album in the series, MONK'estra Plays John Beasley. As the title implies, this time out the band shifts focus to its fearless leader's own estimable compositions and piano playing, alongside a quartet of Monk classics and a tune apiece by Duke Ellington and Charlie Parker.
