Take 5 - Happy Birthday Thelonious Monk

Today we celebrate the 103rd Anniversary of the birth of Thelonious Monk. This Take 5 of course represents only a small sampling of Monk's music. First up is "Ruby My Dear," with John Coltrane on tenor sax.

Next is a live performance of "Evidence."

Let us savor "Rhythm-a-ning" from "Live at the 5 Spot" with Johnny Griffin on tenor sax.

We follow that up with a solo performance of another gorgeous Monk ballad, "Reflections."

We close with another Monk solo performance. This time it is a live performance of Duke Ellington's "Solitude.

For more Monk, WKCR in New York City (wkcr.org) is playing Monk's music all day today October 10, 2020 until midnight EDT.