Released 1968 Underground
(1967) Monk's Blues
(1968) Release date 1968 Genre Jazz | Label Columbia Artist Thelonious Monk Producer Teo Macero | |
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Recorded December 14 and 21, 1967; February 14, 1968 Length 37:23 (1:11:04 on Special Edition) Awards Grammy Award for Best Recording Package Similar Thelonious Monk albums, Jazz albums |
Underground is a 1968 album by American jazz musician Thelonious Monk. It features Monk on piano, Larry Gales on bass, Charlie Rouse on tenor sax, and Ben Riley on drums.
Contents
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- Music
- Track listing later CD issue
- Track listing Special Edition
- Musicians
- Production
- Songs
- References
The album is widely known for its provocative cover image, which depicts Monk as a fictitious French Resistance fighter in the Second World War. It contains a number of new Monk compositions, some of which appear in recorded form only on this album. This is the last Monk album featuring the Thelonious Monk Quartet, and the last featuring Charlie Rouse (who appears on only half the tracks, having missed a recording session to attend his father's funeral).
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Music
"Ugly Beauty" is the only waltz among Thelonious Monk's recorded compositions.
"Boo Boo's Birthday" and "Green Chimneys" are named after Monk's daughter Barbara, Boo Boo being her nickname, and Green Chimneys being the name of the school she attended.
"In Walked Bud", first recorded in 1947, is based on the chord progression of "Blue Skies". Jazz vocalese artist Jon Hendricks appears on this track, adding lyrics to the song's melody.
Track listing (later CD issue)
All songs composed by Thelonious Monk unless otherwise noted.
- "Thelonious" – 3:13
- "Ugly Beauty" – 3:17
- "Raise Four" – 5:47
- "Boo Boo's Birthday" – 5:56
- "Easy Street" (Alan Rankin Jones) – 5:53
- "Green Chimneys" – 9:00
- "In Walked Bud" (Jon Hendricks, Monk) – 4:17
Track listing (Special Edition)
- "Thelonious" – 3:16
- "Ugly Beauty" – 10:45
- "Raise Four" – 7:00
- "Boo Boo's Birthday (Take 11)" – 5:55
- "Easy Street" – 7:50
- "Green Chimneys" – 13:09
- "In Walked Bud" – 6:48
- "Ugly Beauty (Take 4)" – 7:37
- "Boo Boo's Birthday (Take 2)" – 5:34
- "Thelonious (Take 3)" – 3:10
Musicians
Production
Songs
1Thelonious3:17
2Ugly Beauty7:21
3Raise Four5:51