{"product_id":"jon-batiste-monk-meditations-vinyl","title":"Jon Batiste - Monk Meditations (Vinyl)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ciframe title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/n1yS03_BCPY?controls=0\" height=\"315\" width=\"560\"\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eStandard Black Vinyl LP\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMonk Meditations is Volume 3 of the Batiste Piano Series, issued by Verve Records on a single black LP, with eight solo piano pieces split four to a side. Verve's release notes frame it as a meditation sequence: Batiste strips Thelonious Monk's pieces down into new-age-inflected tracks, and the label calls it the first true meditation album inspired by Monk's music.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThree of the eight are Monk compositions: \"Reflections,\" \"Crepuscule With Nellie\" and \"Monk's Mood.\" The other five are credited to Batiste. They include \"Enlightenment of Ruby,\" a new piece built on Monk's \"Ruby, My Dear,\" and \"Always Know,\" which opens side A, was the album's first single, and returns as a short outro to close side B.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe Monk connection goes back to Batiste's student years at Juilliard, when, by the label's account, he listened to Monk for a year straight. The influence is already audible on his 2006 set Live in New York: At the Rubin Museum of Art. In the album notes he names Monk his favorite pianist of any style.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eVerve released Monk Meditations on August 14, 2026, together with its companion Monk Movements (Volume 4), which takes the opposite route and recasts Monk standards as long-form contemporary classical works. Black Mozart (Volume 2, Decca Records US) arrived the same day. The series opened in 2024 with Beethoven Blues, which held No. 1 on Billboard's Classical Albums chart for five consecutive weeks and led Classical Crossover Albums for nine. Batiste's Grammy wins include Album of the Year for We Are and Best Americana Album for Big Money, and he shares an Academy Award with Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross for the score to Pixar's Soul.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eTracklist\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSide A\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003col\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAlways Know\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eReflections\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEternity Around The Corner\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMidnight Movement\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ol\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSide B\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003col\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEnlightenment of Ruby\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCrepuscule With Nellie\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMonk's Mood\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAlways Know - Outro\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ol\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eComplete the Collection (3)\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003ca href=\"\/products\/jon-batiste-black-mozart-batiste-piano-series-vol-2\"\u003eBlack Mozart - Batiste Piano Series, Vol. 2\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003ca href=\"\/products\/jon-batiste-monk-movements\"\u003eMonk Movements\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-bt-autogen\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eUPC:\u003c\/strong\u003e 199957930819\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLabel:\u003c\/strong\u003e Verve\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRelease Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e 8.14.26\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFormat:\u003c\/strong\u003e Vinyl\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Verve","offers":[{"title":"NEW \/ NEW","offer_id":67445244035230,"sku":"199957930819","price":25.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0718\/8801\/1422\/files\/JB_MonkMeditations_LP_standardblack_c782fa3a-91b3-405e-a379-acb5094cdb8a.png?v=1790737643","url":"https:\/\/evergreenvinyl.com\/products\/jon-batiste-monk-meditations-vinyl","provider":"Evergreen Vinyl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}