Paul Jeffrey Quartet

Thelonious Monk One Of The Most Original And Influential Artists In The History Of Modern Music Was Born October 10 1917 In Rocky Mount North Carolina. Though A Musical Maverick Monk During His Lifetime Achieved Great Fame With Numerous Carnegie Hall Concerts A Feature On The Cover Of Time Magazine And A Famous Force Of Will That Forever Changed The Direction Of Jazz Music. In 1970 Paul Jeffrey Replaced Charlie Rouse In Monk’s Quartet Following In A Long Line Of Storied Sax Men Including John Coltrane And Johnny Griffin. Paul Jeffrey Played With Thelonious Monk For The Next 7 Years Until Thelonious Monk More Or Less Quit The Road . Paul Jeffrey’s Long-Running Engagement With Thelonious Monk While Hugely Important Is Just One Chapter In A Musical Life That Includes Stints With BB King Charles Mingus Lionel Hampton Dizzy Gillespie And Howard McGhee. After A Full Career Of Touring Paul Jeffrey Went On To Teach Jazz Studies At Rutgers For 5 Years And Then For The Following 20 Years He Directed The Jazz Program At Duke University In Thelonious Monk’s Home State Of North Carolina. read less