FredGuadalupe (September 3, 2008 at 2:09 pm)

correct me if i'm wrong but out there somewhere is an interview with the legend John Coltrane, an innovator of improvisational free form jazz, and when asked about what it was like to perform with monk he replied something to the effect of "he is truly the hardest to follow and you find yourself struggling to keep up with him." just paraphrasing. but i found that shocking until i went and listened to monk. he is a true genius and virtuoso!!

clewisfan (August 19, 2008 at 1:04 am)

this is definitely charlie rouse. coltrane died in 1967. besides, charlie rouse was essentially monk's standard tenor player. even without knowing what he looks like, his sound is unmistakable.

xHUZZAHx (August 18, 2008 at 7:37 am)

why isn't coltrane playing?

clewisfan (August 5, 2008 at 11:47 am)

charlie rouse

weeweemonsieur (August 4, 2008 at 11:10 pm)

does anyone know whos playing the sax? i cant tell :P great performance by the way! 8D

bigelvin22 (July 10, 2008 at 2:04 am)

totally agree with you about rouse - some other great musicians had a tendecy to play over monk - charlie always played around what monk was doing - he had great ears

rlawton002 (July 4, 2008 at 8:41 am)

Gotta get me a big ole gold pinky ring!

arenae2 (July 3, 2008 at 3:36 am)

Legendary..... certainly a must for not only jazz lovers, but musicians and peers of every genre...... definitely worth storing in your collections!!!!!!

drummerob92 (July 1, 2008 at 5:53 pm)

definitely my favorite composition of monk

pnebenzahl (June 30, 2008 at 1:55 pm)

Rouse was Monk's "working" horn player, Coltrane was a star on his own, and, of course,m with Miles, so Monk and Trane had little time to work together. Their collaboration was brilliant, but Trane was built for Dizzy, Bird and Miles to shape. Rouse was MADE for Monk.