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Two masterful guitarists join forces with a crushing rhythm section to perform the genius compositions of Thelonious Monk. NOT TO BE MISSED!

Peter Bernstein ~ Guitar
Steve Cardenas ~ Guitar
Ben Allison ~ Bass
Kenny Wollesen ~ Drums

Jazz guitarist PETER BERNSTEIN has been part of the jazz scene in New York and abroad since 1989. He has 12 albums as a leader and has appeared on 200. Bernstein has played as a side man with Sonny Rollins, Bobby Hutcherson, George Coleman, Lou Donaldson, Dr. Lonnie Smith, Joshua Redman, Brad Mehldau, Diana Krall and others. He latest release on the Smoke Sessions label, What Comes Next finds him teamed up with Sullivan Fortner on piano, Peter Washington, bass and Joe Farnsworth, drums. “With tour schedules and conflicting dates hardly being an issue these days,” Bernstein says, he had no problem “assembling a dream team” for this recording. In 2009, Bernstein did a CD of Monk’s music in 2009 with Bill Stewart on drums.

Guitarist STEVE CARDENAS was a member of the groups of Paul Motian, Steve Swallow, Ben Allison, John Patitucci, Charlie Haden’s Liberation Jazz Orchestra and others. He has also worked with Paul McCandless, Marc Johnson, Madeleine Peyroux, and Norah Jones. Cardenas is on faculty at the New School and is co-author, with Don Sickler, of the Thelonious Monk Fakebook, Hal Leonard Publishing. Steve’s latest recording is “Blue Has A Range”.