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Get It Straight - Thelonious Monk Is Still Cooking at 102

By Mary Foster Conklin | A Broad Spectrum
November 11, 2019
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Big birthday shout outs to

Thelonious Monk

piano
1917 - 1982

" data-original-title="" title="">Thelonious Monk and

Roy Kral

b.1921

" data-original-title="" title="">Roy Kral (pictured with

Jackie Cain

vocals
1928 - 2014

" data-original-title="" title="">Jackie Cain), along with singers

Nancy Kelly

vocals
b.1950

" data-original-title="" title="">Nancy Kelly,

Emma Larsson

vocals

" data-original-title="" title="">Emma Larsson,

Amy Cervini

vocals
b.1977

" data-original-title="" title="">Amy Cervini,

Lee Wiley

vocals
1915 - 1975

" data-original-title="" title="">Lee Wiley,

Nona Hendryx

vocals
b.1944

" data-original-title="" title="">Nona Hendryx, drummer

Eve Sicular

drums

" data-original-title="" title="">Eve Sicular, trumpeter

Pam Fleming

trumpet
b.1957

" data-original-title="" title="">Pam Fleming, pianists

Linda Presgrave

piano
b.1951

" data-original-title="" title="">Linda Presgrave and

Johnny O'Neal

piano
b.1956

" data-original-title="" title="">Johnny O'Neal among others; with a bounty harvest of new releases from trumpeter

Bria Skonberg

trumpet

" data-original-title="" title="">Bria Skonberg, pianists

Leslie Pintchik

piano

" data-original-title="" title="">Leslie Pintchik and

Champian Fulton

piano and vocals

" data-original-title="" title="">Champian Fulton with

Cory Weeds

saxophone, alto
b.1973

" data-original-title="" title="">Cory Weeds, vocalists

Ronny Whyte

" data-original-title="" title="">Ronny Whyte and

Kurt Elling

vocals
b.1967

" data-original-title="" title="">Kurt Elling with

James Morrison

multi-instrumentalist
b.1962

" data-original-title="" title="">James Morrison plus a posthumous release from vocalist

Nora York

vocals

" data-original-title="" title="">Nora York.

Playlist

Helen Sung
piano
" data-original-title="" title="">Helen Sung "Brother Thelonious" from Anthem for a New Day (Concord Jazz) 00:00
Mary Stallings
vocals
b.1939
" data-original-title="" title="">Mary Stallings "Blue Monk" from Songs Were Made to Sing (Smoke Sessions Records) 05:29
Madeline Eastman
vocals
b.1954
" data-original-title="" title="">Madeline Eastman "Epistrophy (Live)" from Can You Hear Me Now? (Mad-Kat Records) 11:49
Host speaks 16:24
Johnny O'Neal "Sweet Monk" from In the Moment (Smoke Sessions Records) 18:39
Andy Bey
piano
1939 - 2025
" data-original-title="" title="">Andy Bey "Get It Straight (Straight No Chaser)" from Shades of Bey (Evidence Music) 22:46
Carmen McRae
vocals
1920 - 1994
" data-original-title="" title="">Carmen McRae "Dear Ruby" from Carmen Sings Monk (RCA Records) 29:11
Host speaks 35:05
Champian Fulton & Cory Weeds "Lullaby for Art" from Dream a Little... (Cellar Live) 37:10
Nancy Kelly "Again" from Remembering Mark Murphy (SubCat Records) 43:59
Emma Frank
vocals
" data-original-title="" title="">Emma Frank "Sometimes" from Come Back (Justin Time Records) 49:00
Host speaks 51:40
Isle of Klezbos
band / ensemble / orchestra
b.1998
" data-original-title="" title="">Isle of Klezbos "Mellow Manna" from Live from Brooklyn (Self released) 55:08
Linda Presgrave "Insomnia" from Inspiration (Metropolitan Records) 1:00:14
Eliane Elias
piano and vocals
b.1960
" data-original-title="" title="">Eliane Elias "The View" from Love Stories (Concord Jazz) 1:09:12
Lauren Lee
vocals
b.1987
" data-original-title="" title="">Lauren Lee "She Who Journeys" from Windowsill (Eyes & Ears Records) 1:13:23
Host speaks 1:19:40
Harry Allen
saxophone
b.1966
" data-original-title="" title="">Harry Allen "The Party's Over" from The Candy Men (Arbors) 1:21:36
Jazzmeia Horn
vocals
" data-original-title="" title="">Jazzmeia Horn "Out the Window" from Love and Liberation (Concord) 1:24:45
Kurt Elling, James Morrison "Goin' to Chicago" from Live in New York (Universal Music Australia) 1:28:13
Heather Bambrick "Off My List" from Fine State (Self-produced) 1:33:47
Host speaks 1:38:10
Betty Carter
vocals
1929 - 1998
" data-original-title="" title="">Betty Carter "Ms. B.C." from The Music Never Stops (Blue Engine Records) 1:40:52
Joe Williams
vocals
1918 - 1999
" data-original-title="" title="">Joe Williams "Anytime, Anyday, Anywhere" from At Newport '63 (RCA) 1:44:02
Chelsea McBride
saxophone
b.1992
" data-original-title="" title="">Chelsea McBride's Socialist Night School "Fly by Night" from Aftermath (Browntasaurus Records) 1:46:17
Host speaks 1:54:13
Bria Skonberg "Villian Vanguard" from Nothing Never Happens (Self released) 1:55:46
Patricia Barber
piano
b.1955
" data-original-title="" title="">Patricia Barber "In Your Own Sweet Way" from Higher (ArtistShare) 2:00:16
Nora York "In the Morning" from Swoon (Good Mood Records) 2:06:21
Emma Larsson &
Xavier Davis
piano
" data-original-title="" title="">Xavier Davis "Naima's Love Song" from The Makings (Dav Lar Music) 2:11:40
Host speaks 2:16:58
Jane Bunnett
saxophone, soprano
b.1955
" data-original-title="" title="">Jane Bunnett & Maqueque "Mystery of Jane's House" from On Firm Ground/Tierra Firme (Linus) 2:19:41
Meredith d'Ambrosio
vocals
b.1941
" data-original-title="" title="">Meredith d'Ambrosio "Stoppin the Clock" from Out of Nowhere (Sunnyside) 2:27:29
Jackie & Roy "I Love You Real" from The ABC-Paramount Years (Entertainment One Music) 2:27:29
Host speaks 2:31:20
Miki Yamanaka
piano
" data-original-title="" title="">Miki Yamanaka "Monk's Dream" from Miki (Cellar Live) 2:33:24
Veronica Swift
vocals
" data-original-title="" title="">Veronica Swift "You're Gonna Hear From Me" from Confessions (Mack Avenue) 2:40:05
Ronny Whyte "Alright I Love You" from Whyte Witchcraft Songs of Cy Coleman (Audiophile) 2:43:50
Sara Gazarek
vocals
" data-original-title="" title="">Sara Gazarek "Cocoon" from Thirsty Ghost (MRI) 2:45:57
Host speaks 2:51:47
Debbie Poryes
piano
" data-original-title="" title="">Debbie Poryes "Autumn in New York" from Loving Hank (Origin) 2:54:19
Leslie Pintchik "Let's Get Lucky" from Same Day Delivery (Pintch Hard Records) 3:00:06
Ellynne Rey
" data-original-title="" title="">Ellynne Rey "I Thought I Heard a Hummingbird" from The Birdsongs Project (Self released) 3:05:33
Amy Cervini "Bye Bye Country Boy" from No One Ever Tells You (Anzic) 3:11:39
Host speaks 3:17:09
Houston Person
saxophone, tenor
b.1934
" data-original-title="" title="">Houston Person "Willow Weep For Me" from I'm Just a Lucky So and So (HighNote) 3:19:51
Lili Añel
vocals
" data-original-title="" title="">Lili A?el "Better Days" from Better Days (Winding Way Records) 3:27:56
Lynn Cardona "Mother Earth" from Ophelia (Self released) 3:33:08
Host speaks 3:37:32
Nadje Noordhuis
trumpet
" data-original-title="" title="">Nadje Noordhuis,
James Shipp
percussion
b.1980
" data-original-title="" title="">James Shipp "October" from Indigo (Little Mystery) 3:40:08
Jelena Jovovic "Paladin" from Heartbeat (Self released) 3:43:42
Terri Lyne Carrington
drums
b.1965
" data-original-title="" title="">Terri Lyne Carrington "Transformation" from The Mosaic Project (Concord) 3:47:52
Host speaks 3:53:22
Linda May Han Oh
bass, acoustic
b.1984
" data-original-title="" title="">Linda May Han Oh "Song Yue Rao" from Aventurine (Biophilia) 3:54:30

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