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Thelonious Himself is a studio album by Thelonious Monk released in 1957 by Riverside Records. [1] It was Monk's fourth album for the label. The album features Monk playing solo piano, except for the final track, "Monk's Mood", which features John Coltrane on tenor saxophone and Wilbur Ware on bass.
According to the album's liner notes by critic John Corbett, this is the first comprehensive recording of all Monk's songs. An Open Letter to Thelonious (2008) by Ellis Marsalis; In Monk's Mood (2009) by John Tchicai; Friday the 13th: The Micros Play Monk (2010) by The Microscopic Septet
A tonally ambiguous ballad in D ♭ [4] first recorded on July 23, 1951, for the Genius of Modern Music sessions. [5] It also appears on 5 by Monk by 5, [6] and Solo Monk. [7] Jon Hendricks wrote lyrics to the tune and called it ”How I Wish”; it was first recorded by Carmen McRae on Carmen Sings Monk.
Monk's Music is a jazz album by the Thelonious Monk Septet, which for this recording included Coleman Hawkins and John Coltrane. It was released in November 1957 through Riverside Records . [ 1 ] [ 2 ] The recording was made in New York City on June 26, 1957.
The Complete 1957 Riverside Recordings is a 2006 release of Thelonious Monk and John Coltrane's work for the Riverside Records label in 1957, with two tracks previously unreleased. This collection is an almost complete anthology of the work of Monk and Coltrane, who only recorded together in the studio during 1957.
[3] [4] Two Thelonious Monk Quartet concerts, featuring John Coltrane and backed by a rhythm section of bassist Ahmed Abdul-Malik and drummers Shadow Wilson or Roy Haynes, have also been released on Blue Note: one recorded on November 29, 1957 at Carnegie Hall (with Shadow Wilson), the other on September 11, 1958 at the Five Spot Café (with ...
Thelonious Monk with John Coltrane is a 1961 album by Thelonious Monk issued on Jazzland Records, a subsidiary of Riverside Records. It consists of material recorded four years earlier when Monk worked extensively with John Coltrane , issued after Coltrane had become a leader and jazz star in his own right.
The discovery substantially increased coverage of Monk and Coltrane's partnership. The only other recordings known to feature both performers are from four sessions that took place in April, June and July 1957 and were originally issued on Thelonious Monk with John Coltrane, Monk's Music and Thelonious Himself.