| A Portrait of Thelonious | ||||
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| Studio album by Bud Powell | ||||
| Released | 1965 | |||
| Recorded | 17 December 1961 | |||
| Genre | Jazz | |||
| Length | 47:04 | |||
| Label | Columbia | |||
| Producer | Cannonball Adderley | |||
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A Portrait of Thelonious is a studio album by jazz pianist Bud Powell, released on Columbia in 1965, featuring a session recorded at Studio Charlot in Paris on 17 December 1961, with Pierre Michelot on bass and Kenny Clarke on drums.[2] The session was the second of two produced by Cannonball Adderley with Powell, following the A Tribute to Cannonball session recorded two days earlier.
The album was digitally remastered and re-released on CD in 1997 with one additional take and without the fake applause added to the original LP.
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The album features four Monk compositions, only one of which had previously been recorded by Powell, and the album fittingly begins with this, "Off Minor", a song which Powell included in his first session as leader (see Bud Powell Trio), recorded in January 1947 – its first ever recording since Monk himself only recorded it in October the same year (see Genius of Modern Music).
All songs were written by Thelonious Monk, except where noted.