A reissue of Thelonious Monk’s Underground reveals the great album it should always have been: “Until a few weeks ago, many jazz critics would have ranked Underground among Thelonious Monk’s least significant albums. Now they should consider placing it in his top tier. Released in 1968, Underground is one of the last recordings Monk made before slipping into the decadelong hibernation that preceded his death in 1982 at the age of 64. The album was never taken very seriously, in part, I suspect, … [<a href=”“>more].” — Fred Kaplan, Slate