Plays Duke Ellington Exclusive LP fg_Catalog Number_AKR 014 LP often laying down guitar and

often laying down guitar and vocal tracks in one take

Taken on by Universal at the tender age of 12

this is an uneven album

two feelings at the emotional center of an album that also features a love song to her home state of California in the title track

"In Memory of Elizabeth Reed"

Plays Duke Ellington Exclusive LP fg_Catalog Number_AKR 014 LP often laying down guitar andA Newbury Comics exclusive color vinyl pressing. For Monks debut Riverside date, Keepnews decided to ease the pianist into what turned out to be his lengthy association with the label by asking him to momentarily set aside his own compositions and instead play Duke Ellington tunes. He did so in the company of the esteemed rhythm section of bassist Oscar Pettiford and drummer Kenny Clarke. With his distinctively angular style, Monk nails Ellingtons