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Baker's Dozen

Artists discuss the 13 records that shaped their lives

8. Thelonious MonkAlone In San Francisco

A musical voice so unique, so modern. I don’t try and understand its power, happy to just let it fill the room around me, to just be within it. I wouldn’t know how to describe his playing and humming and its effect on me. Maybe a clear night sky – alive, unpredictable, limitless and fascinating.

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