Monk (1954 album)

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Released 1954 Label Columbia Records		Release date 1954 Genre Jazz

Recorded November 13, 1953 and May 11, 1954 Artists Thelonious Monk, T. S. Monk Similar Thelonious Monk albums, Jazz albums

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Monk (also re-released as Wee See and The Golden Monk) is an album by jazz pianist and composer Thelonious Monk recorded for the Prestige label and performed by Monk with two quintets, one featuring Julius Watkins, Sonny Rollins, Percy Heath, and Willie Jones and one featuring Ray Copeland, Frank Foster, Curly Russell, and Art Blakey.

The recordings on this album first appeared on two 10" LPs: Thelonious Monk Quintet Blows for LP (Prestige PRLP 166) and Thelonious Monk Quintet (Prestige PRLP 180), both released in 1954. The cover art was done by Andy Warhol.

Reception

Allmusic's Scott Yanow states "Every Thelonious Monk recording is well worth getting although this one is not quite essential".

Track listing

All compositions by Thelonious Monk except as indicated

"We See" - 5:16
"Smoke Gets in Your Eyes" (Otto Harbach, Jerome Kern ) - 4:34
"Locomotive" - 6:23
"Hackensack" - 5:13
"Let's Call This" - 5:08
"Think of One" [Take 2] - 5:47
"Think of One" [Take 1] - 5:37

Recorded in New York City on November 13, 1953 (tracks 5-7), and at Rudy Van Gelder Studio in Hackensack, NJ, on May 11, 1954 (tracks 1-4)

Personnel

Thelonious Monk - piano

Ray Copeland - trumpet (tracks 1-4)

Frank Foster - tenor saxophone (tracks 1-4)

Curly Russell - bass (tracks 1-4)

Art Blakey - drums (tracks 1-4)

Julius Watkins - french horn (tracks 5-7)

Sonny Rollins - tenor saxophone (tracks 5-7)

Percy Heath - bass (tracks 5-7)

Willie Jones - drums (tracks 5-7)

Songs

1Liza4:40
2April in Paris7:55
3Children's Song4:58

References

Monk (1954 album) Wikipedia

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