as good as it gets
5 Stars
Posted
Saturday, October 30, 2010
by Anonymous
The recording is amazingly clear. Close your eyes and you're sitting in that smoke filled club, listening to Ahmed Abdul Malik's fingers sliding on the bass, Roy Haynes cooking ever so eloquently on the drums, and when Johnny Griffin calls out "I got it, I got it" .... that tenor sax says it all. And Monk? Monk pays homage to these musicians with the transcending spirit that rises from his keyboard.
Was I blown away? Totally.