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- Artist: Marcus Roberts
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- Release Date: 1990
- Total Time: 63:34
- Type: Instrumental
- Genre: Jazz
Review
This set of unaccompanied piano solos features Marcus Roberts interpreting three Jelly Roll Morton, six Duke Ellington and six Thelonious Monk songs. Morton gets a bit shortchanged, with "Jungle Blues," "New Orleans Blues" and "The Crave" emphasizing the Spanish tinge in his music, but only certain aspects of his style. However, Roberts has Ellington (best is "Shout 'Em Aunt Tillie") and Monk (mostly lesser-known songs) down quite well. Already at this early stage, Marcus Roberts had a fairly encyclopedic style, updating older idioms with his own voice, displaying an eccentric stride style and using some modern harmonies. Excellent music. ~ Scott Yanow, All Music GuideTracks
| Track Title | Composers | Performers | Time |
| Jungle Blues | Jelly Roll Morton | Marcus Roberts | (5:41) |
| Mood Indigo | Irving Mills, Barney Bigard, Duke Ellington | Marcus Roberts | (4:12) |
| Solitude | Irving Mills, Eddie DeLange, Duke Ellington | Marcus Roberts | (4:03) |
| I Got It Bad (And That Ain't Good) | Duke Ellington, Paul Francis Webster | Marcus Roberts | (3:34) |
| Trinkle, Tinkle | Thelonious Monk | Marcus Roberts | (4:58) |
| Misterioso | Thelonious Monk | Marcus Roberts | (4:28) |
| Pannonica | Thelonious Monk | Marcus Roberts | (4:14) |
| New Orleans Blues | Jelly Roll Morton | Marcus Roberts | (3:35) |
| Prelude to a Kiss | Irving Mills, Duke Ellington, Irving Gordon | Marcus Roberts | (3:02) |
| Shout 'Em Aunt Tillie | Irving Mills, Duke Ellington | Marcus Roberts | (5:33) |
| Black and Tan Fantasy | Bubber Miley, Duke Ellington | Marcus Roberts | (3:50) |
| Monk's Mood | Thelonious Monk | Marcus Roberts | (5:36) |
| In Walked Bud | Thelonious Monk | Marcus Roberts | (4:14) |
| Crepuscule With Nellie | Thelonious Monk | Marcus Roberts | (3:02) |
| The Crave | Jelly Roll Morton | Marcus Roberts | (3:32) |
