WORK is the entire Thelonious Monk songbook recorded for the first time on a solo instrument. It was released as a six-album set in August 2018 and subsequently went out of print. This reissue is available for preorder now, and will be released and shipped on October 10, 2026. People who purchase the preorder can listen to and download a high quality digital version of the album right away.
- “monumental statement of devotion” – The New York Times “Best Jazz of 2018”
- “an act of immersive scholarship and exhaustive scope . . . a singular achievement” – Nate Chinen, WBGO
- “The first of its kind . . . engrossing” – The New York Times
- “All I can say is ‘wow.‘” – Ted Gioia
- “seventy tunes . . . he does them justice and also turns them inside out.” – Sasha Frere-Jones, Best of 2018, Boomkat
- “the six-string equivalent of a free solo climb up El Capitan” – Nate Chinen, WBGO
- “a heartfelt, thoughtful exercise” – David Summer, Best of 2018, Bird is the Worm
- “real artistry” – NYC Jazz Record, Best of 2018 (Solo Album and Tribute categories)
- “an intimate, warm, enigmatic, playful, gentle experience” – The New York Times
- “balance between the personal and the reverential” – Free Jazz Collective
- “a heck of a surprise” – NextBop.com
- “jaw-dropping” – All About Jazz
- “delivers an emotional charge” – Bandcamp “The Best Jazz, August 2018”
- “dazzling invention” – JazzTimes
- “a monumental project” – Free Jazz Blog, 2018 Top Ten List”
- “heroic” – NPR, “Fresh Air”
WORK made the Best of 2018 lists by critics Giovanni Russonello (New
York Times, #5), Martin Johnson (WSJ, #7), Adam Shatz (#5), Ted Gioia
(no order), Peter Hum (#4), David R. Adler (#5), Mark Stryker (no
order), Jim Macnie (no order), Alexander Dubovoy (#10), Dave Summer
(#50), John Chacona (#1), Chris Haines (#8), Gustav Lundqvist (#1),
David Menestres (#2), Mark Corroto (#6), Richard B. Kamins (#10), NPR
Jazz Critics Polls (#13), editors of JazzTimes (#26), and the New York
City Jazz Record “Best solo recording” (#2) and “Best Tribute” (#5).