Rock-a-Rama

ROCK-A-RAMA

CHICO FREEMAN — Tradition in Transition (Elektra/Musician):: If you're hip to the toweringly majestic 'Jackie-ing,' one of Thelonius Monk's obscurer magnum opuses, you've absolutely gotta hear the version here. Dunno who actually did the arrangement (coulda been Chico but more likely it was Jack DeJohnette), but the junior high school oompah band treatment they give it is as pure-Monk in spirit as these ears have ever heard in a Monk cover.