March 2, 2000 - Soprano saxophonist Steve Lacy and trombonist Roswell Rudd will release a new, Thelonious Monk-dedicated album on Verve next week, but like their previous Monk recordings, the two avant-garde improvisers hardly bow down to the altar. Working out over a few Monk tunes and originals, the two forty-year friends plan to levitate the bandstand in 15 cities in March, joined by Lacy's extra-sensory trio of bassist Jean-Jacques Avenel and drummer John Betsch.
