Monk & Me – Brian Trainor Trio & friends

Monk & Me – Brian Trainor Trio & friends
Catalog number: 253

Tracks:

01 Let's Cool One
comp: Thelonious Monk
02 Hackensack
comp: Thelonious Monk
03 Berstein's Girl
comp: Brian Trainor
04 Monk & Me
comp: Brian Trainor
05 Cape May Freeway
comp: Brian Trainor
06 Face Intro
comp: Brian Trainor
07 One Face, One Smile, One Heart
comp: Brian Trainor
08 Still We Dream
comp: Thelonious Monk
09 Straight No Chaser
comp: Thelonious Monk
10 B's Waltz
comp: Brian Trainor
11 Well You Needn't
comp: Thelonious Monk
12 Again To This Star
comp: Brian Trainor
13 Cape May Freeway (Rush Hour Mix)
comp: Brian Trainor
14 Monk & Me (Me & Monk Mix)
comp: Brian Trainor

Brian Trainor’s writing and playing display an uncanny similarity in style to Thelonious Monk on this aggressively charged collection of songs – original compositions with some classic Monk tunes.

On Monk and Me, Trainor joins forces with Richie Cole and Steve Marcus to created an incredible energy-packed recording. Trainor studied Monk as a composer and passionately loved him as a pianist.

This recording is the result of playing Monk’s music in performance and realizing the affinity he had with the music and the audience reaction to that synergy.

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