Underground (Thelonious Monk album)
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| Studio album by Thelonious Monk | ||||
| Released | 1968 | |||
| Recorded | December 14 and 21, 1967; February 14, 1968 | |||
| Genre | Jazz | |||
| Length | 37:23 (1:11:04 on Special Edition) | |||
| Label | Columbia | |||
| Producer | Teo Macero | |||
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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.
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).
"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.
All songs composed by Thelonious Monk unless otherwise noted.
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