Jazz Life

The Buddy System

for Buddy Tate

4:37

Beyond Category

for Clark Terry

5:19

The Gates of Swing

for Lionel Hampton

6:04

Portrait in the Wild

for Joe Wilder

4:45

Jazz Class

for Milt & Mona Hinton

5:24

One for Nat

for Nat Adderley

4:55

Queen's Waltz

for Marian McPartland

4:42

Blanche's Jump

for Claude 'Fiddler' Williams

4:18

Things Ain't What they Used to Be

(Ellington, Persons/Tempo Music Inc.)

8:38

Standard Time

for Jane Jarvis

4:48

Harlem Lullaby

(Junior Mance/BMI)

4:43

All songs © Monk Rowe, ASCAP, 1999, except where indicated

Recorded March 25 & 26, 1999, Wellin Hall, Hamilton College, Clinton, NY
Producers: Monk Rowe & Romy Britell
Recording & Mastering: John Hutson, NORPA Mobile Recording Services
Photography: Marianita Amodio
'Big Guy' (cover soft sculpture): Julie Turtlehorse
Cover Design/Type: Romy's Creative Services
Acknowledgements: Hamilton College Music Department and Office of the Dean of Faculty

Recording Jazz Life with Monk was a group of six respected jazz musicians: Wendell Brunious (trumpet and flugelhorn), Dennis Mackrel (drums), Jerome Richardson (alto sax), Keter Betts (bass), Bill Watrous (trombone) and Rick Montalbano (piano).