Tenor saxophonist Sonny Rollins didn't record much with pianist Thelonious Monk, but what they did record together remains remarkable. It's a shame they weren't brought together for several albums or recorded live, but the timing was never quite right. By the late 1950s both Sonny and Monk were towering jazz leaders, blazing paths on their own sessions.…
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