Solo Monk

Studio album by Thelonious Monk

Released

1965

Recorded

October 31, 1964-March 2, 1965

Genre

Jazz

Length

40:35 (original LP)

Thelonious Monk chronology

Monk
(1964)

Solo Monk
(1964)

Live at the It Club
(1964)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[1]
Down Beat	^[2]
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide	^[3]

Solo Monk is the eighth album Thelonious Monk released for Columbia Records in 1965. The album is composed entirely of solo piano work by Monk. The Allmusic review by Thom Jurek states "This is perhaps the solo piano record to have by Monk".^[4] In addition to various vinyl and CD issues, Sony Music Enterprises issued an SACD (SRGS 4520) in Japan.

Track listing

"Dinah" [take 2] (Akst, Lewis, Young) - 2:27
"I Surrender, Dear" (Barris, Clifford) - 3:43
"Sweet And Lovely" [take 2] (Arnheim, LeMare, Tobias) - 2:58
"North Of The Sunset" - 1:50
"Ruby, My Dear" [take 3] - 5:35
"I'm Confessin' (That I Love You)" (Daugherty, Neiburg, Reynolds) - 2:36
"I Hadn't Anyone Till You" (Noble) - 3:17
"Everything Happens to Me" [take 3] (Adair, Dennis) - 3:25
"Monk's Point" - 2:11
"I Should Care" (Cahn, Stordahl, Weston) - 1:56
"Ask Me Now" [take 2] - 4:35
"These Foolish Things (Remind Me of You)" (Link, Marvell, Strachey) - 3:32
"Introspection" - 2:14 Bonus track on CD
"Darn That Dream" (DeLange, Van Heusen) - 3:41 Bonus track on CD
"Dinah" (Akst, Lewis, Young) - 2:25 Bonus track on CD
"Sweet and Lovely" (Arnheim, LeMare, Tobias) - 3:18 Bonus track on CD
"Ruby, My Dear" - 4:48 Bonus track on CD
"I'm Confessin' (That I Love You)" (Daugherty, Neiburg, Reynolds) - 2:44 Bonus track on CD
"I Hadn't Anyone Till You" (Noble) - 3:21 Bonus track on CD
"Everything Happens to Me" (Adair, Dennis) - 5:20 Bonus track on CD
"Ask Me Now" - 3:43 Bonus track on CD

All compositions by Thelonious Monk except as indicated

Personnel

Thelonious Monk: piano

References

↑ Allmusic review
↑ Down Beat: July 29, 1965 vol. 32, no. 16
↑ Swenson, J. (Editor) (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 145. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.
↑ Jurek, T. Allmusic Review accessed March 23, 2009

Thelonious Monk

Discography

Selected solo albums	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" "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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