This is a preview Trailer of the new release from 2011 NEA Jazz Master Ellis Marsalis of his new project: An Open Letter To Thelonious.

It is the first jazz album in the new iTunes "LP" format and features (11) core songs; (3)bonus songs; (4) bonus high-definition videos; (10) bonus photographs, a song etymology from the Simon & Schuster publication Thelonious Monk: The Life and Times of an American Original by Robin D.G. Kelley, and bonus Liner Notes.

It will be availableon January 4, 2011. Only on iTunes.