Vladimir Martynov: Piece 2: Modern Jazz Quartet and Thelonious Monk

I was so stricken by Thelonious Monk Quatet s Misterioso album, and not just stricken, but also so changed that, I think, that what I play now, I play it only because I heard Monk back then and kept emulating him. The sound of MJK s Pyramid and TMQ s Misterioso is the musical lock and key for me, for my understanding of Vladimir Martynov, Moscowbased Russian composer, talks about two jazz albums Modern Jazz Quartet s Pyramid and Thelonious Monk Quartet s Misterioso that changed his understanding of music and