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Sonny Rollins on Disco Monk

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Marc Myers
Apr 08, 2016
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In May 1979, Sonny Rollins recorded his composition Disco Monk at the Berkeley, Calif., studio of Milestone Records for his album Don't Ask. Two months later, Sonny performed the song at the Pori Jazz Festival, held at the Riihiketo School in Pori, Finland. Now that live version of Disco Monk appears for the first time on Sonny's new album of concert pe…

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