Monk was one of those rare genius in Jazz. He was a complete innovator of his instrument the piano and a great composer. He took what already was there in terms of musical ideas and made those musical ideas transcend rhythm, time and space. During the height of Monk\\\'s career other musicians of that era thought of his music as strange but positively attractive. For bassist/producer Jamaaladeen Tacuma Monk\\\'s musical legacy has inspired him to explore what was going in inside of Monk\\\'s musical head. „The Flavors of Thelonious Monk“ is a project first initiated with Jamaaladeen Tacuma and Wolfgang Puschnig with their duet group Gemini Gemini. Jamaaladeen Tacuma later experimented with this concept and took it a step further incorporating a quartet with Philadelphia pianist Orrin Evans, drummer Tim Hutson, and Soundscape artist DJ Logic. „The Flavors of Thelonious Monk“ is pleased and honored to take those classic Monk compositions and twist, shape them with grooves that can relate to our present day audience. With Jamaaladeen laying those infectious bass foundations, Tim Hutson keeping the groovy time, DJ Logic creating atmospheric love, and Orrin Evans accepting Monks spirit within, these concerts will leave thier audiences with a satisfying, exciting sense of respect for Thelonious Monk and his present day interpreters. (Jamaaladeen Tacuma)