Sonny Rollins and Thelonious Monk explained

Sonny Rollins and Thelonious Monk [Quartet]
Artist:	Thelonious Monk and Sonny Rollins Quartet
Chronology:	Thelonious Monk 10-inch LP
Type:	studio
Cover:	Prlp190.jpg
Released:	1954
Recorded:	October 25, 1954
Studio:	Rudy Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack, NJ
Genre:	Jazz
Label:	Prestige
Prev Title:	Thelonious Monk Plays
Prev Year:	1954
Next Title:	Piano Solo
Next Year:	1954

Sonny Rollins and Thelonious Monk [Quartet] is a 10" LP by American jazz pianist and composer Thelonious Monk, performed by a quartet featuring Rollins and Monk. It was originally released in 1954 as the fifth of five 10" LPs featuring Monk for Prestige (PrLP 190). (The word "Quartet" appeared in the title only on the label.) Its contents were later split between the two 12-inch albums Thelonious Monk and Sonny Rollins and the Sonny Rollins album Moving Out. It has rarely been re-released in its original format, although it was included in a limited edition boxed set by Craft Records in 2017.^{[1] [2] [3] [4]}

Track listing

Side A:

1. "The Way You Look Tonight" (As "The Way You Blow Tonight") (Dorothy Fields, Jerome Kern) – 5:13
2. "I Want to Be Happy" (Irving Caesar, Vincent Youmans) – 7:43

Side B:

3. "More Than You Know" (Edward Eliscu, Billy Rose, Vincent Youmans) - 10:48

Notes

• Recorded at Rudy Van Gelder Studio in Hackensack, NJ, on October 25, 1954.

Personnel

• Sonny Rollins – tenor saxophone
• Thelonious Monk – piano
• Tommy Potter – bass
• Art Taylor – drums

Notes and References

1. Web site: Thelonious Monk: The Complete Prestige 10-inch LP Collection. December 20, 2017. PopMatters.
2. Web site: Craft To Release Historic Box Set of Monk on 10-Inch Vinyl. November 16, 2017. DownBeat Magazine.
3. Web site: Thelonious Monk, "The Complete Prestige 10-Inch LP Collection". FLOOD.
4. Web site: Five Thelonious Monk albums remastered and reissued in new 10" box set. October 31, 2017.