Monk's Music
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| Studio album by Thelonious Monk | ||||
| Released | 1957 | |||
| Recorded | June 26, 1957 New York City |
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| Genre | Jazz | |||
| Length | 38:24 | |||
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Riverside Records RLP 12-242 |
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| Producer | Orrin Keepnews | |||
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| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |
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| Pitchfork | (9.1/10) |
| The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide | |
Monk's Music is an album by Thelonious Monk's jazz septet. It was recorded in New York City on June 26, 1957, and released in the same year.
The first song "Abide With Me"—a hymn by W. H. Monk—is an austere rendition played only by the septet's horn section. The song "Ruby, My Dear" is performed only by Monk, Coleman Hawkins, Wilbur Ware, and Art Blakey. John Coltrane had joined Monk after playing with the Miles Davis Quintet, and Monk can be heard enthusiastically calling on him ("Coltrane! Coltrane!") to take the first horn solo on the album in "Well, You Needn't" (though Coltrane's name does not appear on the front cover). All of the songs except one are original compositions by Thelonious Monk, but some had appeared on previous albums by Monk.
The two mixes of this album (stereo and mono) are notable in that they used entirely different setups of microphones, recording the same performances. The stereo mix was recorded using microphones at a greater distance from the band, and therefore has a distinctly different sound from the mono mix.
The album was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame in 2001.
The album was reissued by Original Jazz Classics on July 1, 1991.
All songs by Thelonious Monk unless otherwise noted.
Side A
Side B
CD reissue
Original Jazz Classics Remasters
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