Thelonious Monk Plays Explained

Thelonious Monk Plays (with Percy Heath and Art Blakey)
Artist:	Thelonious Monk Trio
Chronology:	Thelonious Monk 10-inch LP
Type:	studio
Cover:	Prlp189.jpg
Released:	1954
Recorded:	September 22, 1954
Studio:	Rudy Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack, NJ
Genre:	Jazz
Label:	Prestige
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Prev Year:	1954
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Thelonious Monk Plays (with Percy Heath and Art Blakey) is a 10" LP by American jazz pianist and composer Thelonious Monk, performed by the Thelonious Monk Trio. It was originally released in 1954 as the fourth of five 10" albums by Monk for Prestige (PrLP 189). Its contents were later split between the two 12-inch albums Thelonious Monk Trio (side B of this record) and Thelonious Monk and Sonny Rollins (side A of this record). It has rarely been re-released in its original format, although it was included in a boxed set by Craft Records in a limited edition in 2017.^{[1] [2] [3] [4]}

Track listing

All compositions by Thelonious Monk, except where noted.

Side A:

1. "Work" – 5:18
2. "Nutty" – 5:16

Side B:

3. "Blue Monk" - 7:39
4. "Just a Gigolo" (Julius Brammer, Irving Caesar, Leonello Casucci) - 3:00

Notes

• Recorded at Rudy Van Gelder Studio in Hackensack, NJ, on September 22, 1954

Personnel

• • Thelonious Monk - piano Percy Heath - bass (on tracks 1-3)
• Art Blakey - drums (on tracks 1-3)
• Track 4 is a solo piano performance.

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.