Brilliant Corners 37106 For Anouar Brahem and renowned

For Anouar Brahem and renowned bassist Dave Holland the album marks a reunion: they first collaborated 20 years ago on the very widely-acclaimed Thimar album

the flickering grace of Frisell and the plangent tenderness of Wheeler himself

featuring some of the UK's finest jazz musicians

Jamie Murray

Ten exquisite tracks were recorded in a period of just five hours

Brilliant Corners 37106 For Anouar Brahem and renownedDespite various reissue formats over several decades, the seven original LPs contained in Thelonious Monk The Riverside Tenor Sessions stood perfectly well on their own at the time of initial release and remain among the highest achievements of a truly golden age. Recorded and released between 1956 and 1961, these seven Monk combo albums were critical in Monk's emergence from a decade of ridicule and neglect to his status at the pinnacle of the jazz