Monk scared me.
It wasn't until later when i listened/collected to his offsprings: (or maybe not) Sun Ra, the Art Ensemble of Chicago, Roswell Rudd that i appreciated the roots of growing outside the box.
My fav cover of Round Midnight is by a solo t-bone player named Ron Wilson
My fav cover of "straight no chaser" is by Buddy Rich and another Leon Thomas (a jazz vocalist who sort of yodels)
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