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Solo Monk (1965) is the fifth studio album Thelonious Monk recorded for Columbia Records, and his eighth overall for that label. 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". [6]
Monk (Prestige PRLP 7053) [3] is a 1956 compilation album by jazz pianist and composer Thelonious Monk, featuring material recorded from 1953 to 1954 for the Prestige label and performed by Monk with two quintets, one featuring Julius Watkins, Sonny Rollins, Percy Heath, and Willie Jones and one featuring Ray Copeland, Frank Foster, Curly Russell, and Art Blakey. [4]
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.
Monk toured Europe in 1967 with a similar ensemble and played many of the same pieces featured on Big Band and Quartet in Concert. Recordings of a Paris concert with the 1967 group were later issued as Thelonious Monk Nonet Live in Paris 1967. Big Band and Quartet in Concert was called by reviewer Scott Yanow "essential for all jazz collections ...
The Best of Thelonious Monk: Riverside: RS 3037 1983 Monk's Classic Recordings: 1984 Blues Five Spot: 1998 Monk Alone: The Complete Solo Studio Recordings of Thelonious Monk 1962–1968: Sony: 2 CD 2001 The Columbia Years: '62–'68: Sony 3 CD 2003 The Essential Thelonious Monk: Columbia/Legacy 2006 The Complete 1957 Riverside Recordings: Riverside
Thelonious Monk plays piano on all tracks except where noted. Disc 1, tracks 1–8: 21 and 27 July 1955, Rudy Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack, NJ – see Thelonious Monk Plays Duke Ellington. Oscar Pettiford, bass; Kenny Clarke, drums
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Thelonious Monk and Sonny Rollins is a compilation album by jazz pianist and composer Thelonious Monk and saxophonist Sonny Rollins released in 1956 by Prestige Records. [6] The tracks on it were recorded in three sessions between 1953 and 1954.