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).