joshuasound (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

Gd bless charlie rouse. saw him in 83 at the keystone korner in san fran with 'sphere'. what a nice cat. he said the way to practice...was to practice musically. he said when you play your major scales, play them like a song. that nite they said 'it's so nice to have a rouse in the house'.

mibifinalist (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

i love this song so much. my personal favourite recording of this is on 'genius of modern music volume 1' . . . in a trio format. Both trio and quartet versions of this song are wonderful... and monk's solo is superb here.

Fabyfakid (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

true that!

Deliaboard (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

This is Charlie Rouse!

FredGuadalupe (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

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 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 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 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

why isn't coltrane playing?

clewisfan (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

charlie rouse

weeweemonsieur (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

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

bigelvin22 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 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