أحمد [Ahmed] – Play Monk (2026)

After six albums dedicated to refracting the music of Ahmed Abdul‑Malik, أحمد [Ahmed] – the quartet of Pat Thomas, Seymour Wright, Joel Grip and Antonin Gerbal – turn their attention to Abdul‑Malik’s one‑time bandleader, Thelonious Monk, in their ongoing search for “future music.” Monk and Abdul‑Malik are more than historical neighbors. In the late 1950s, […]