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Mulligan Meets Monk

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Released
  
1957

Release date
  
1957

Label
  
Riverside Records

Length
  
59:31 (reissue)

Producer
  
Orrin Keepnews

Genres
  
Jazz, Bebop

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Recorded
  
August 12–13, 1957 Reeves Sound Studios, New York City

Mulligan Meets Monk (1957)
  
Thelonious Monk Quartet with John Coltrane at Carnegie Hall (1957/rel. 2005)

Artists
  
Thelonious Monk, Gerry Mulligan

Similar
  
Thelonious Monk albums, Jazz albums

Mulligan Meets Monk is a jazz album by pianist Thelonious Monk and baritone saxophonist Gerry Mulligan, originally released on Riverside Records in 1957. It has been reissued numerous times. It was remastered for CD in 1987 (on Fantasy's Original Jazz Classics) with three additional alternative takes from the original session.

Contents

Thelonious monk gerry mulligan round midnight


Original LP (1957)

A-side

  1. "'Round Midnight" (Monk, Cootie Williams, Bernie Hanighen) – 8:29
  2. "Rhythm-a-Ning" (Monk) – 5:19
  3. "Sweet and Lovely" (Gus Arnheim, Jules LeMare, Harry Tobias) – 7:17

B-side

  1. "Decidedly" (Gerry Mulligan) – 5:54
  2. "Straight, No Chaser" (Monk) – 7:00
  3. "I Mean You" (Monk, Coleman Hawkins) – 6:53

Digital re-release (1987)

  1. "'Round Midnight" – 8:29
  2. "Rhythm-a-Ning" – 5:19
  3. "Sweet and Lovely" – 7:17
  4. "Decidedly" (original stereo take 4) – 5:54
  5. "Decidedly" (original mono take 5) – 6:37
  6. "Straight, No Chaser" (original take 3) – 7:00
  7. "Straight, No Chaser" (alternate take 1) – 5:29
  8. "I Mean You" (original take 4) – 6:53
  9. "I Mean You" (alternate take 2) – 6:30

Personnel

  • Thelonious Monk – piano
  • Gerry Mulligan – baritone saxophone
  • Wilbur Ware – double bass
  • Shadow Wilson – drums

    • Technical personnel

  • Orrin Keepnews - producer, liner notes
  • Jack Higgins - recording engineer
  • Robert Parent - cover photo
  • Paul Bacon - cover design

    • For the CD-release (1987)

  • Phil De Lancie - digital remastering
  • Peter Grant - design

    • Songs

    1'Round Midnight8:29
    2Rhythm-A-Ning5:19
    3Sweet & Lovely7:18

    References

    Mulligan Meets Monk Wikipedia
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