Album lore

Issued at the dawn of the new millennium on Blow It Hard Records, Monkeyshines captures the Nick Rossi Set in a terse yet potent statement. Limited to two tracks—"Monkeyshines" and "Five For One"—the record distills funk and soul-jazz through a Hammond organ’s warm pulse, placing the instrument at the heart of its groove. The sparse tracklist suggests a focus on extended improvisation and interplay rather than radio-friendly brevity.Though little is documented of the session personnel or recording locale, the record’s existence on Blow It Hard situates it within a boutique lineage of early-2000s funk revivalism, where organ-led combos mined vintage tonalities for fresh expression. Monkeyshines serves as a compact artifact for crate-diggers attuned to the Hammond’s enduring resonance in jazz-funk dialogue.

Album lore

Issued at the dawn of the new millennium on Blow It Hard Records, Monkeyshines captures the Nick Rossi Set in a terse yet potent statement. Limited to two tracks—"Monkeyshines" and "Five For One"—the record distills funk and soul-jazz through a Hammond organ’s warm pulse, placing the instrument at the heart of its groove. The sparse tracklist suggests a focus on extended improvisation and interplay rather than radio-friendly brevity.Though little is documented of the session personnel or recording locale, the record’s existence on Blow It Hard situates it within a boutique lineage of early-2000s funk revivalism, where organ-led combos mined vintage tonalities for fresh expression. Monkeyshines serves as a compact artifact for crate-diggers attuned to the Hammond’s enduring resonance in jazz-funk dialogue.