John Beasley’s MONK’estra Big Band

GRAMMY® winner and Emmy-nominated recording artist John Beasley leads a smashing 16-piece big band called MONK’estra which has performed more than 80 concerts around the world, so far.

The feel and sound of MONK’estra captures the spirit of Thelonious Monk’s singular style with its off-beat melodies, humor, strange beauty and unbounded swing in fresh arrangements flavored with hints of New Orleans, hip-hop, Afro-Cuban, contemporary and atmospheric rhythms and colors.

John Beasley reimagines Monk’s compositions with an eye to the future that pays loving tribute to the master’s music while infusing it with contemporary harmonies, unstoppable grooves, and a contagious sense of fun.

“Some of the most mesmerizing big band music of recent memory.” Intl Review of Music

“Beasley hears things in Monk’s music that no one imagined! And he can make an orchestra sing like an uncaged bird.” — Quincy Jones

Listen:
Grammy winning “Donna Lee” – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZUtGddPwsZQ

EPK: – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rto2gSDcWj0

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MONK’estra 16-piece Big Band
Conductor, Arranger, Pianist: John Beasley
Trumpets: Ryan DeWeese, James Ford, Brian Swartz, Brandyn Philips
Trombones: Francisco Torres, Wendell Kelly, Ryan Dragon, Lemar Guillary
Woodwinds: Bob Sheppard, Danny Janklow, Tom Luer, Kirsten Edkins, Adam Schroeder
Bass: Edwin Livingston
Drummer: Terreon Gully