{"product_id":"monks-music","title":"Monk's Music","description":"\u003cp\u003eMonk's Music by the Thelonious Monk Septet included the grandfather of the modern\u003cbr\u003esaxophone Coleman Hawkins alongside the then 31-year-old John Coltrane. Released\u003cbr\u003ein November 1957 on Riverside Records, the programme is made up of Thelonious\u003cbr\u003eMonk's own composition, apart from the opening track 'Abide with Me', a hymn by the\u003cbr\u003e19th Century English church organist William Henry Monk and played here only by the\u003cbr\u003ehorn section. The album also represents the only recording to feature Coleman\u003cbr\u003eHawkins and Art Blakey together.\u003cbr\u003e\"Throughout, Monk is the dominant force. The music, whether blown by the horns or\u003cbr\u003erapped out by his hands, is as much a part of him as his thoughts. It is a highly\u003cbr\u003epersonal music, now brittle and seemingly spastic; now firm and outspoken. But\u003cbr\u003ealways it is unified in conception and in overall sound. It is a tribute to Monk that\u003cbr\u003ewithin this intensely personal music, a soloist like Coltrane can develop a singularly\u003cbr\u003epersonal style of his own, while fitting into the frame of Monk's reference. This is one\u003cbr\u003eto play again and again with no diminution of pleasure, or of discovery.\" - ***** Dom\u003cbr\u003eCerulli, DownBeat\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Record Plant","offers":[{"title":"LP Vinyl","offer_id":54784727286083,"sku":"RPT-31060","price":18.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0821\/1601\/8499\/files\/s-l1200.png?v=1788344748","url":"https:\/\/www.recordplant.co.uk\/products\/monks-music","provider":"Record Plant","version":"1.0","type":"link"}