Re: Starting my Sun Ra Collection...

BTW, I also liked Straight No Chaser as far as the music was concerned (I think that's what got me hooked on Monk), but I sort of came away from it feeling that I didn't know a whole lot more about the man (other than the music!) than I did before. An A for effort, though....

--evo.

Thelonious Monk-American Composer, from the Masters Of American Music series might give tou a little more insight.