Misterioso

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Misterioso
Misterioso cover
Live album by Thelonious Monk
Released 1958
Recorded August 1, 1958
Genre Jazz
Length 60:06
Label Riverside/OJC
Producer(s) Orrin Keepnews
Professional reviews
Thelonious Monk chronology
Blues Five Spot (album) Misterioso
(1958)
Thelonious in Action: Recorded at the Five Spot Cafe
(1958)


Misterioso is a 1958 (see 1958 in music) album by jazz musician Thelonious Monk. It was recorded live with Thelonious Monk (piano), Johnny Griffin (sax), Ahmed Abdul-Malik (bass), and Roy Haynes (drums). The cover is taken from a painting by the Pittura Metafisica artist, Giorgio De Chirico entitled The Seer (or The Prophet).

[edit] Track listing

  1. "Nutty" (Thelonious Monk) –5:21
  2. "Blues Five Spot" (Monk) –8:10
  3. "Let's Cool One" (Monk) –9:11
  4. "In Walked Bud" (Barris-Clifford) –11:15
  5. "Just A Gigolo" (Monk-Best) –2:07
  6. "Misterioso" (Monk-Best) –10:44
  7. "'Round Midnight (song)" (Thelonious Monk) –6:16
  8. "Evidence" (Thelonious Monk) –10:11

[edit] Personnel

  • Orrin Keepnews - producer
  • Ray Fowler - engineer
  • Shigeo Miyamoto - mastering
  • Paul Bacon - Cover Design