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Monk Liberation Front at Bristol Beacon
Courtesy of Ian Storror | Posted on February 14, 2022
When
Sun, April 10, 2022
20:00
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Musicians
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Tony Kofi (Tenor Sax), Jonathan Gee (Piano & Keys), Ben Hazelton (Basses), Rod Youngs (Drums)
First heard at the 2003 London Jazz Festival, the Monk Liberation Front (MLF) played a 6-hour set featuring all 70 of Jazz pianist Thelonious Monk's compositions. The band the included 11 musicians performing in tandem throughout the day, with lead originators Jonathan Gee and Tony Kofi on stage for the majority. They performed again in July 2004 at the Rome, Terni and Vignola Jazz Festivals and a second LJF appearance in 2007 with a septet. Since then occasional quartet versions have performed selected Monk tunes, but until now, they have not been to Bristol ...