Xhosa Cole interview: “Monk was unapologetically himself… in Monk’s time the whole thing was like, how do I sound different?”

Thomas Rees
Thursday, January 23, 2025

Saxophonist Xhosa Cole has a knack for making old songs sound new. He speaks to Thomas Rees about his latest album, celebrating that great free radical Thelonious Monk, bohemian ‘boat life’, bold choices and why we should all be on the dancefloor...

Xhosa Cole (photo: Chris Neophytou)
Xhosa Cole (photo: Chris Neophytou)

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