Monk (1964 album) explained

Monk.
Type:	Studio
Artist:	Thelonious Monk
Cover:	Monk cover.jpg
Released:	1965
Recorded:	March 9, October 6–8, 1964
Genre:	Jazz
Length:	45:34
Label:	ColumbiaCL 2291
Producer:	Teo Macero
Prev Title:	It's Monk's Time
Prev Year:	1964
Next Title:	Solo Monk
Next Year:	1965

Monk. (1964) is the fourth studio album Thelonious Monk released on Columbia Records, and his seventh album overall for that label. It features two original compositions and several jazz standards.

The track "Pannonica" is a tribute to the jazz patron Pannonica de Koenigswarter.

The track "Teo" is a tribute to the album's producer Teo Macero.

The album cover is a photo of Monk taken by W. Eugene Smith in 1959. Between 1957 and 1965, Monk and other prominent New York jazz musicians rehearsed at the photographer's home, nicknamed 'The Jazz Loft'.^[1]

Track listing

Side One

1. "Liza (All the Clouds'll Roll Away)" (Gershwin, Kahn, Gershwin) - (4:35)
2. "April in Paris" (Harburg, Duke) - (7:52)
3. "Children's Song (That Old Man)" (public domain) - (4:55)
4. "I Love You (Sweetheart of All My Dreams)" (Art Fitch, Bert Lowe, Kay Fitch) - (6:45)

Side Two

1. "Just You, Just Me" (Greer, Klages) - (8:42)
2. "Pannonica" (Monk) - (7:21)
3. "Teo" (Monk) - (5:24)

• "I Love You (Sweetheart of All My Dreams)" was misidentified as the Irving Berlin song "(Just One Way to Say) I Love You" through its 1980's releases. It is identified correctly on its 2018 rerelease.

Personnel

• Piano - Thelonious Monk
• Bass - Larry Gales
  • • Drums - Ben Riley Producer - Teo Macero Tenor saxophone - Charlie Rouse
• Liner notes - Bill Evans

References

Notes and References

1. Judy Gelman Myers, "W. Eugene Smith's Time in The Jazz Loft", Popular Photography