Steve Lacy - Reflections: Steve Lacy Plays Thelonious Monk (Clear Vinyl) - LP - Sowing Records (Italy) and Lewin self-taught in production

and Lewin self-taught in production and music theory

The band's first club dates led to a record deal with the revered Daptone label

Then they go very unexpected with "Stranger Things Theme" where they take the synth heavy theme song to the hit show and give it a more hypnotizing tone than the original

originally released in 2014

Steve Lacy - Reflections: Steve Lacy Plays Thelonious Monk (Clear Vinyl) - LP - Sowing Records (Italy) and Lewin self-taught in productionAll of soprano saxophonist Steve Lacy's early recordings are quite fascinating, for during 1957 1964, aspects of his style at times hinted at Dixieland, swing, Monk, and Cecil Taylor, sometimes at the same time. Here, Lacy teams up with pianist Mal Waldron, bassist Buell Neidlinger, and drummer Elvin Jones for seven Thelonious Monk compositions. The typical standbys (such as "Round Midnight," "Straight No Chaser," and "Blue Monk") are avoided in favor