THELONIOUS ASSAULT

This is producer Hal Willner's second multi-artiste tribute to a recently deceased composer of renown, his first being the 1981 homage to film scorer and Fellini collaborator Nino Rota. This time the honoree is pianist Thelonious Monk, a jazz musician as celebrated for his distinctive composition as for his wonderfully eccentric style of improvising and, as before, Willner has assembled, along with some logical choices, musicians not generally associated with the music at hand.