Thelonious: Fred Hersch Plays Monk
[Thelonius] Monk had a unique but relentless swing and was one of the great masters of solo construction. Hersch doesn't try to swing the tunes but takes a more intellectually distanced approach to the music, which is always interesting but sometimes no more than that.... Hersch manages to make us hear new possibilities for these compositions, no mean feat, and shows himself to be an intelligent and gutsy musician. --Jazz Times