Vladimir Martynov: Piece 2: Modern Jazz Quartet and Thelonious Monk

threepieces.org "I was so stricken by [Thelonious Monk Quatet&Misterioso album], and not just stricken, but also so changed that, I think, that what I play now, I play it only because I heard Monk back then - and kept emulating him. The sound of [MJK&Pyramid and TMQ&Misterioso] is the musical "lock and key" for me, for my understanding of music." Vladimir Martynov, Moscow-based Russian composer, talks about two jazz albums - Modern Jazz Quartet&Pyramid and Thelonious Monk Quartet&Misterioso - that changed his understanding of music and sound.