Carmen Sings Monk

"Get It Straight" ("Straight, No Chaser") (Thelonious Monk, Sally Swisher) – 3:58
"Dear Ruby" ("Ruby, My Dear") (Swisher) – 6:01
"It's Over Now" ("Well, You Needn't") (Mike Ferro) – 5:28
"Monkery's the Blues" ("Blue Monk") (Abbey Lincoln) – 4:56
"You Know Who" ("I Mean You") (Coleman Hawkins, Jon Hendricks) – 3:31
"Little Butterfly" ("Pannonica") (Hendricks) – 5:15
"Listen To Monk" ("Rhythm-A-Ning") (Hendricks) – 3:05
"How I Wish" ("Ask Me Now") (Hendricks) – 4:56
"Man, That Was a Dream" ("Monk's Dream") (Hendricks) – 2:55
"'Round Midnight" (Bernie Hanighen, Cootie Williams) – 6:32
"Still We Dream" ("Ugly Beauty") (Ferro) – 3:27
"Suddenly" ("In Walked Bud") (Hendricks) – 3:41
"Looking Back" ("Reflections") (Hendricks) – 5:35
Previously unreleased, alternate takes:
"Suddenly" ("In Walked Bud") (Hendricks) – 3:13
"Get It Straight" ("Straight, No Chaser") (Swisher) – 3:26

All music composed by Thelonious Monk, lyricists indicated.

Due to copyright restrictions the song titles of these standards (with the exception of "'Round Midnight") were modified. Monk's original titles are indicated after the track titles.

Personnel

Carmen McRae - vocals
Larry Willis - piano
Eric Gunnison - piano
Clifford Jordan - soprano saxophone, tenor saxophone
George Mraz - double bass
Charlie Rouse - tenor saxophone
Al Foster - drums

References

↑ Yanow, Scott. Carmen Sings Monk at AllMusic
↑ Robert Christgau review Archived April 5, 2011, at the Wayback Machine.
↑ Grammy Award Database

Carmen McRae
Studio albums	Blue Moon Carmen for Cool Ones Book of Ballads Mad About the Man Carmen McRae Sings Lover Man and Other Billie Holiday Classics Portrait of Carmen Heat Wave You're Lookin' at Me (A Collection of Nat King Cole Songs) Any Old Time Carmen Sings Monk Sarah: Dedicated to You
Duet albums	Boy Meets Girl Two for the Road The Carmen McRae – Betty Carter Duets
Live albums	Take Five Live Woman Talk Fine and Mellow: Live at Birdland West
Related articles	The Real Ambassadors Ella Fitzgerald and Billie Holiday at Newport
Book:Carmen McRae

Thelonious Monk
Discography
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 Thelonious Monk Plays Duke Ellington The Unique Thelonious Monk Brilliant Corners Thelonious Himself Thelonious Monk with John Coltrane Monk's Music Mulligan Meets Monk Thelonious Monk Quartet with John Coltrane at Carnegie Hall The Complete 1957 Riverside Recordings Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers with Thelonious Monk 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
As sideman	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	"Ask Me Now" "Bemsha Swing" "Blue Monk" "Epistrophy" "In Walked Bud" "Reflections" "Rhythm-a-Ning" "'Round Midnight" "Ruby, My Dear" "Straight, No Chaser" "Well, You Needn't"
Related articles	Blue Note Sessions Thelonious Monk Institute of Jazz Thelonious Monk: Straight, No Chaser

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