Greg Lewis Organ Monk July 11, 2012

The second outing by Greg Lewis, 'Organ Monk: Uwo In the Black,' builds upon the success of the first call New York keyboardist's critically acclaimed debut 'Organ Monk.' Volume Two of a proposed trilogy of discs (uwo signifies the number two in North African Nubian dialect) exploring the music of Thelonious Monk, Lewis expands upon his original concept here, adding the tenor saxophone of Reginald Woods to the mix supplied by his Hammond C3 organ, the guitar of regular bandmate Ron Jackson and drums of longtime colleague Nasheet Waits (sitting in the seat previously occupied by Cindy Blackman-Santana), while filling out the program of ten Monk melodies with four of his own inspired compositions.