https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mHLtky5Gejk
Sorry, no video, just a recording of an 84-year-old man playing Monk on unaccompanied trumpet, from Smith’s new album, Solo: Reflections and Meditations on Monk. Sound a bit austere? Well, maybe. Is his technique less than it was? Yes. Is the full album ever anything less than exceptional? No. Is it for everybody? No, but you’re not everybody, are you? Sorry to get all Emily Dickinson on your ass. (But not really.)
