Monk Suite: Kronos Quartet Plays Music of Thelonious Monk
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Monk Suite: Kronos Quartet Plays Music of Thelonious Monk is a studio album by the Kronos Quartet
. The album contains compositions by Thelonious Monk
, played by the quartet with Ron Carter
(bass
improvisation). It was re-released in 2005 as CD, on Savoy
, and re-issued with Music of Bill Evans
on 2CD as 32 Jazz: The Complete Landmark Sessions.
Kronos Quartet
Kronos Quartet is a string quartet founded by violinist David Harrington in 1973 in Seattle, Washington. Since 1978, the quartet has been based in San Francisco, California. The longest-running combination of performers had Harrington and John Sherba on violin, Hank Dutt on viola, and Joan...
. The album contains compositions by Thelonious Monk
Thelonious Monk
Thelonious Sphere Monk was an American jazz pianist and composer considered "one of the giants of American music". Monk had a unique improvisational style and made numerous contributions to the standard jazz repertoire, including "Epistrophy", "'Round Midnight", "Blue Monk", "Straight, No Chaser"...
, played by the quartet with Ron Carter
Ron Carter
Ron Carter is an American jazz double-bassist. His appearances on over 2,500 albums make him one of the most-recorded bassists in jazz history, along with Milt Hinton, Ray Brown and Leroy Vinnegar. Carter is also an acclaimed cellist who has recorded numerous times on that...
(bass
Double bass
The double bass, also called the string bass, upright bass, standup bass or contrabass, is the largest and lowest-pitched bowed string instrument in the modern symphony orchestra, with strings usually tuned to E1, A1, D2 and G2...
improvisation). It was re-released in 2005 as CD, on Savoy
Savoy
Savoy is a region of France. It comprises roughly the territory of the Western Alps situated between Lake Geneva in the north and Monaco and the Mediterranean coast in the south....
, and re-issued with Music of Bill Evans
Music of Bill Evans
Music of Bill Evans is a studio album by the Kronos Quartet, containing compositions written by or associated with Bill Evans. With Jim Hall and Eddie Gomez...
on 2CD as 32 Jazz: The Complete Landmark Sessions.