{"product_id":"piano-solo","title":"Piano Solo (reissue)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eNorth Carolina pianist Thelonious Monk sounds utterly unguarded across these extraordinary 1954 Paris recordings, captured originally for French radio and now expanded well beyond the original Vogue 10\" edition. With the trio performances sitting beside stark solo takes, the set offers a rare glimpse into how Monk continuously bent and reshaped his own material in real time. The solo reading of 'Round Midnight' feels especially uncanny, all suspended pauses, jagged clusters and strangely luminous melodic fragments, then the 'Hackensack\/Epistrophy' medley lurches forward with crooked momentum and deadpan wit. Elsewhere, 'Portrait Of An Ermite (Reflections)' drifts into something almost weightless. More than a historical document, this feels like sitting inches away from Monk's thought process as it unfolds at the keyboard.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Thelonious Monk \u0026 John Coltrane","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":58097690706255,"sku":"5263","price":30.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0887\/6785\/6975\/files\/Thelonious_Monk_Piano_Solo.png?v=1782836562","url":"https:\/\/secondlinerecords.com\/products\/piano-solo","provider":"Second Line Records","version":"1.0","type":"link"}