Monk (1964 album)

Monk.
Monk.
Studio album by Thelonious Monk
Released	January 1965
Recorded	March 9, October 6–8, 1964
Genre	Jazz
Length	45:34
Label	Columbia
Producer	Teo Macero
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Allmusic	(favorable)^[2]
Down Beat	^[3]
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide	^[4]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings	^[5]

Monk. is a studio album by American jazz musician Thelonious Monk, released in January 1965 by Columbia Records. It features two original compositions and several jazz standards.

The track "Pannonica" is a tribute to the jazz patron Pannonica de Koenigswarter. The track "Teo" is a tribute to the album's producer Teo Macero.

The album cover is a photo of Monk taken by W. Eugene Smith in 1959. Between 1957 and 1965, Monk and other prominent New York jazz musicians rehearsed at the photographer's home, nicknamed 'The Jazz Loft'.^[6]

Track listing

Side One

"Liza (All the Clouds'll Roll Away)" (Gershwin, Kahn, Gershwin) - (4:35)
"April in Paris" (Harburg, Duke) - (7:52)
"Children's Song (That Old Man)" (public domain) - (4:55)
"I Love You (Sweetheart of All My Dreams)" (Art Fitch, Bert Lowe, Kay Fitch) - (6:45)

Side Two

"Just You, Just Me" (Greer, Klages) - (8:42)
"Pannonica" (Monk) - (7:21)
"Teo" (Monk) - (5:24)

"I Love You (Sweetheart of All My Dreams)" was misidentified as the Irving Berlin song "(Just One Way to Say) I Love You" through its 1980's releases. It is identified correctly on its 2018 rerelease.

Personnel

Piano - Thelonious Monk
Bass - Larry Gales
Drums - Ben Riley
Producer - Teo Macero
Tenor saxophone - Charlie Rouse
Liner notes - Bill Evans

References

^ Watts, Randy; Callahan, Mike; Edwards, David; Eyries, Patrice. "Columbia Main Series, Part 18: CL 2200-2299/CS 9000-9099 (1964-1965)". Both Sides Now. Retrieved March 24, 2025.
^ Yanow, Scott. Monk at AllMusic
^ Down Beat: April 8, 1965 vol. 32, no. 8
^ Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 145. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.
^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 1023. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.
^ Judy Gelman Myers, "W. Eugene Smith's Time in The Jazz Loft", Popular Photography

[1] Watts, Randy; Callahan, Mike; Edwards, David; Eyries, Patrice. "Columbia Main Series, Part 18: CL 2200-2299/CS 9000-9099 (1964-1965)". Both Sides Now. Retrieved March 24, 2025.

[2] Yanow, Scott. Monk at AllMusic

[3] Down Beat: April 8, 1965 vol. 32, no. 8

[RSJRG-4] Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 145. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.

[Penguin-5] Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 1023. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.

[6] Judy Gelman Myers, "W. Eugene Smith's Time in The Jazz Loft", Popular Photography

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v t e Thelonious Monk
Discography Compositions
As leader	Genius of Modern Music: Volume 1 Wizard of the Vibes Genius of Modern Music: Volume 2 Thelonious Monk Trio Monk Thelonious Monk and Sonny Rollins Piano Solo Thelonious Monk Plays Duke Ellington The Unique Thelonious Monk Brilliant Corners Thelonious Himself Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers with Thelonious Monk Monk's Music Thelonious Monk with John Coltrane Mulligan Meets Monk Thelonious Monk Quartet with John Coltrane at Carnegie Hall The Complete 1957 Riverside Recordings Thelonious in Action Misterioso The Thelonious Monk Orchestra at Town Hall 5 by Monk by 5 Thelonious Alone in San Francisco Thelonious Monk at the Blackhawk Monk in France Thelonious Monk in Italy Monk's Dream Criss-Cross Monk in Tokyo Miles & Monk at Newport Big Band and Quartet in Concert It's Monk's Time Monk Solo Monk Live at the It Club Live at the Jazz Workshop Misterioso (Recorded on Tour) Straight, No Chaser Thelonious Monk Nonet Live in Paris 1967 Underground Monk's Blues
With others	Midnight at Minton's Bird and Diz Bags' Groove Miles Davis and the Modern Jazz Giants Moving Out Sonny Rollins, Vol. 2 Nica's Tempo In Orbit
Compositions	"In Walked Bud" "'Round Midnight"
Related articles	Blue Note Sessions Thelonious Monk Institute of Jazz Thelonious Monk: Straight, No Chaser Rewind & Play

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