Monk's Dream: 50 Years Fresh With Benny Green October 10, 2011

With his prodigious technique, quicksilver left hand, and unstoppable sense of swing, Berkeley-raised Benny Green is often associated with the late piano titan Oscar Peterson, who anointed him as a worthy successor. But Green cites Thelonious Monk as his first piano passion, and he's assembled a superlative band for 'Monk's Dream,' a project that revisits the material from Monk's classic 1962 Columbia album and celebrates the jazz legend's 94th birthday.