Forty-eight years ago this month, pianist Thelonious Monk appeared in Berlin at the Berliner Jazztage festival. Translated, the event's name meant Berlin Jazz Days, which today is known as JazzFest Berlin. On solo piano, during the first week of November 1969, Monk played four Duke Ellington songs—Satin Doll, Sophisticated Lady, Caravan and Solitude fol…
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