Ben Riley on Monk

Thelonious Monk’s other great drummer from the ’60’s, Ben Riley talks about joining the band, and an early performance experience:

Performance clips after the break. You could but shouldn’t write a bop drumming textbook from them:

Ending:

Lulu’s Back in Town:

Another Lulu- tenor and piano solos

Lulu end:

Brush solo:

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