Thelonious Monk

Criss-Cross

Columbia / Pure Pleasure

Terrific 1963 date with Charlie Rouse, John Ore and Frankie Dunlop.
Originals and standards; nothing Monk hadn’t recorded before. Bubbling, chewy versions of Hackensack and Rhythm-A-Ning; a fabulous, seven-minute, solo Don’t Blame Me.
As Baroness Nica notes poshly on the sleeve, ‘this is the happiest of albums, leaving one with an extraordinary feeling of elation.’

• Hackensack
• Tea For Two
• Criss-Cross
• Eronel
• Rhythm-A-Ning
• Don't Blame Me
• Think Of One
• Crepuscule With Nellie
• CD only: Coming On The Hudson
• Tea For Two
• Eronel