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

“I was so stricken by [Thelonious Monk Quatet’s 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’s Pyramid and TMQ’s 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’s Pyramid and Thelonious Monk Quartet’s Misterioso -