Monk (1964 album)

For the Prestige Records album of the same name, see Monk (1954 album).

Monk

Studio album by Thelonious Monk

Released

1964

Thelonious Monk chronology

It's Monk's Time
(1964)

Monk
(1964)

Solo Monk
(1964)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	(no rating)^[1]
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide	^[2]

Monk is the seventh album Thelonious Monk released for Columbia Records, featuring several original compositions as well as jazz standards.

The track "Pannonica" is a tribute to the jazz patron Nica de Koenigswarter.

The track "Teo" is a tribute to the albums' producer Teo Macero.

Track listing

"Liza (All the Clouds'll Roll Away)" (4:35)
"April In Paris"(7:52)
"Children's Song (That Old Man)" (4:55)
"I Love You (Sweetheart Of All My Dreams)" (6:45)
"Just You, Just Me" (8:42)
"Pannonica" (7:21)
"Teo" (5:24)

Personnel

Piano - Thelonious Monk
Bass - Larry Gales
Drums - Ben Riley
Producer - Teo Macero
Saxophone [Tenor] - Charlie Rouse

References

↑ Yanow, Scott. Monk at AllMusic
↑ Swenson, J. (Editor) (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 145. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.

Thelonious Monk

Discography

Selected solo albums	Genius of Modern Music: Volume 1 Wizard of the Vibes Genius of Modern Music: Volume 2 Thelonious Monk Trio Monk Thelonious Monk and Sonny Rollins Thelonious Monk Plays Duke Ellington The Unique Thelonious Monk Brilliant Corners Thelonious Himself Thelonious Monk with John Coltrane Monk's Music Mulligan Meets Monk Thelonious Monk Quartet with John Coltrane at Carnegie Hall The Complete 1957 Riverside Recordings Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers with Thelonious Monk Thelonious in Action Misterioso The Thelonious Monk Orchestra at Town Hall 5 by Monk by 5 Thelonious Alone in San Francisco Thelonious Monk at the Blackhawk Monk in France Thelonious Monk in Italy Monk's Dream Criss-Cross Monk in Tokyo Miles & Monk at Newport Big Band and Quartet in Concert It's Monk's Time Monk Solo Monk Live at the It Club Live at the Jazz Workshop Misterioso (Recorded on Tour) Straight, No Chaser Thelonious Monk Nonet Live in Paris 1967 Underground Monk's Blues

As sideman	Midnight at Minton's Bird and Diz Bags' Groove Miles Davis and the Modern Jazz Giants Moving Out Sonny Rollins, Vol. 2 Nica's Tempo In Orbit

Compositions	"Ask Me Now" "Bemsha Swing" "Blue Monk" "Epistrophy" "In Walked Bud" "Rhythm-a-Ning" "'Round Midnight" "Ruby, My Dear" "Straight, No Chaser" "Well, You Needn't"

Related articles	Blue Note Sessions Thelonious Monk Institute of Jazz Thelonious Monk: Straight, No Chaser

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