If you went to hear Thelonious Monk with his quartet at the height of his powers around 1959, much of the concert would have involved Monk away from the piano, dancing, twirling in circles while the sax, bass and drums swung like crazy. The Jazz Battery Saxophone Trio aims to bring you that experience: three players with deep knowledge of Monk’s compositions and their place in the history of American music bring you an intense interpretation of Monk’s best known songs like Round Midnight and Blue Monk as well as deep cuts like Shuffle Boil and Bye-Ya. With no piano, they lay bare the raw energy and sheer musicality of Monk’s compositions.