| 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 | |||
| Label | Riverside Records RLP 12-242 |
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| Producer | Orrin Keepnews | |||
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| Allmusic | [1] |
Monk's Music is a 1957 album by Thelonious Monk's jazz septet. It was recorded in New York on June 26, 1957. 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 a spell with the Miles Davis Quintet, and this is Coltrane's only studio recording with Monk, who can be heard enthusiastically calling on him to take the first 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 album was reissued by Original Jazz Classics on July 1, 1991.
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 mics at a greater distance from the band, and therefore has a distinctly different sound from the mono mix.
Contents |
Side A
Side B
CD reissue
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