He performed a solo in the song "Flyin Hawk" and recorded the albums Plays Duke Ellington with bassist Oscar Pettiford.
He performed a solo in the song "Flyin Hawk" and recorded the albums Plays Duke Ellington with bassist Oscar Pettiford. He performed with Sun Ra's alto player Pat Patrick and his drummer son T.S. in the 1970s, and he recorded "Pannonica" on the celeste in one album that also included the song Bemsha Swing and features Sonny Rollins and trumpeter Clark Terry, along with Paul Chambers on bass. That album, recorded while he was banned from performing in New York, was Brilliant Corners. A member of the Coleman Hawkins sextet, he notoriously played the keyboard with flat fingers, and his most recorded song was co-written with Cootie Williams and released on Blue Note's "Genius of Modern Music." For 10 points, name this pianist who recorded "Round Midnight."
He performed a solo in the song "Flyin Hawk" and recorded the albums Plays Duke Ellington with bassist Oscar Pettiford.
Thelonius {Monk}