Monk (1956 album) explained

Monk
Type:Album
Artist:Thelonious Monk
Cover:LP 7053orig monk.jpg
Caption:Original LP cover
Released:1956
Recorded:November 13, 1953 and May 11, 1954
Genre:Jazz
Length:38:00
Label:Prestige
Prev Title:Thelonious Monk Trio
Prev Year:1954/1956
Next Title:Thelonious Monk and Sonny Rollins
Next Year:1956

Monk (Prestige PRLP 7053)[1] is a 1956 compilation album by jazz pianist and composer Thelonious Monk, featuring material recorded from 1953 to 1954 for the Prestige label and performed by Monk with two quintets, one featuring Julius Watkins, Sonny Rollins, Percy Heath, and Willie Jones and one featuring Ray Copeland, Frank Foster, Curly Russell, and Art Blakey.[2] It was originally titled both Thelonious Monk [on its 1956 cover][3] and Thelonious Monk Quintets [on its labels][4] (PRLP 7053). Over the following decade, it was also re-released as Wee See (PRLP 7245)[5] and The Golden Monk (PRST 7363)[6] The most common cover art (with the Monk title), is 1958 revision, designed by Reid Miles.[7] [8]

Background

Most of the recordings on this album first appeared on two 10" LPs: Thelonious Monk Quintet Blows for LP (Prestige PrLP 166)[9] and Thelonious Monk Quintet (with Frank Foster, Art Blakey) (Prestige PrLP 180),[10] both released in 1954.[11] (This LP release added an additional take of "Think of One.")

Chris Sheridan, in his book Brilliant Corners: A Bio-discography of Thelonious Monk, dates the first 12-inch vinyl release of the album—Thelonious Monk (Prestige PRLP 7053)—to 1956. Its release was preceded in the Prestige 12-inch catalog of Monk's work by Thelonious Monk Trio (Prestige PRLP 7027), and followed by Thelonious Monk and Sonny Rollins (Prestige PRLP 7075).[12]

Reception

Allmusic's Scott Yanow states "Every Thelonious Monk recording is well worth getting although this one is not quite essential".[13]

Track listing

All compositions by Thelonious Monk except as indicated

Side 1

  2. "We See" - 5:16
  4. "Smoke Gets in Your Eyes" (Otto Harbach, Jerome Kern) - 4:34
  6. "Locomotive" - 6:23
  8. "Hackensack" - 5:13

Side 2

  2. "Let's Call This" - 5:08
  4. "Think of One" [Take 2] - 5:47
  6. "Think of One" [Take 1] - 5:37
Notes

Personnel

Notes and References

  1. Sheridan, Chris, Brilliant Corners: A Bio-discography of Thelonious Monk, p 295-296, Westport and London: Greenwood Press, 2001
  2. http://www.jazzdisco.org/thelonious-monk/catalog/#prestige-prlp-7053 Thelonious Monk discography
  3. https://londonjazzcollector.wordpress.com/record-labels-guide/prestige/prestige-alternative-covers "Prestige Alternative Covers"
  4. https://londonjazzcollector.wordpress.com/2015/04/12/prestige-definitive-original-pressing-guide-part-1-the-n-y-c-fireworks-label/ "PRESTIGE: the Complete NYC Label Reference Set (7000 – 7141)"
  5. Sheridan, Chris, Brilliant Corners: A Bio-discography of Thelonious Monk, p 295-296, Westport and London: Greenwood Press, 2001
  6. Sheridan, Chris, Brilliant Corners: A Bio-discography of Thelonious Monk, p 295-296, Westport and London: Greenwood Press, 2001
  7. http://dangerousminds.net/comments/the_early_jazz_album_covers_of_andy_warhol The Early Jazz Album Covers of Andy Warhol
  8. https://londonjazzcollector.wordpress.com/record-labels-guide/prestige/prestige-alternative-covers "Prestige Alternative Covers"
  9. Sheridan, Chris, Brilliant Corners: A Bio-discography of Thelonious Monk, p 295, Westport and London: Greenwood Press, 2001
  10. Sheridan, Chris, Brilliant Corners: A Bio-discography of Thelonious Monk, p 295, Westport and London: Greenwood Press, 2001
  11. Web site: Five Thelonious Monk albums remastered and reissued in new 10" box set . Thevinylfactory.com . 2017-10-31 . 2019-10-17.
  12. Sheridan, Chris, Brilliant Corners: A Bio-discography of Thelonious Monk, p 295, Westport and London: Greenwood Press, 2001
  13. Lankford, R. D. [{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r144158|pure_url=yes}} Allmusic Review] accessed 9 October 2009
  14. Web site: » Sessionography 1952-1954 .
  15. Sheridan, Chris, Brilliant Corners: A Bio-discography of Thelonious Monk, p 295, Westport and London: Greenwood Press, 2001
  16. Sheridan, Chris, Brilliant Corners: A Bio-discography of Thelonious Monk, p 295, Westport and London: Greenwood Press, 2001
  17. Web site: » Sessionography 1952-1954 .

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