Thelonious Monk * Thelonious In Action [New LP] Outlaw Country My Life Is Good

My Life Is Good

incorporating layers of synthesizers and strings into The Who's powerful backing tracks

With a top-notch selection of compositions from Dizzy Gillespie

" Victim 2 kicks in bristling fashion with "Hopeless Grey" and "In Case Of Emergency

Long Before

Thelonious Monk * Thelonious In Action [New LP] Outlaw Country My Life Is GoodIn the early 1950s, Monk's career was hampered when his cabaret card (a license to work in city venues that served alcohol, and therefore, for a jazz musician a most important identification document) was revoked after a drug related incident. His meant for years he couldn't legally play in nightclubs. By 1957, Monk regained his cabaret card and his career reignited. He took up a residency at the Five Spot Caf in New York where this album was recorded