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THELONIUS MONK—April In Paris (Milestone):: This live two-fer recorded in Paris in April ’61, has the weirdest format...after a solid first side consisting of long and short pieces by quartet and solo piano, each of the three remaining sides features two Monk standards clocking in at circa 10 minutes apiece, all six cuts having the identical solo line up—tenor saxist Charlie Rouse, Monk, and walking bass solo by John Ore, a longish one on the traps by Frankie Dunlop.