General Article name: Monk
Genre: Jazz Product type: LP (Vinyl) Label: Jazz EMI Number of tracks: 10 Tracklist LP - 1 1. Thelonious Monk - Liza (All The Clouds'll Roll Away) 2. Thelonious Monk - April In Paris 3. Thelonious Monk - Children's Song (That Old Man) 4. Thelonious Monk - I Love You (Sweetheart Of All My Dreams) 5. Thelonious Monk - Just You Just Me 6. Thelonious Monk - Pannonica 7. Thelonious Monk - Teo 8. Thelonious Monk - April In Paris 9. Thelonious Monk - Pannonica 10. Thelonious Monk - Just You Just Me/Liza (All The Clouds'll Roll Away)   Description Description

The Thelonious Monk Quartet of 1964 (comprised of the pianist-composer, tenor saxophonist Charlie Rouse, bassist Larry Gales, and drummer Ben Riley) is well featured on this excellent set which is augmented by two "new" alternate takes ("April in Paris" and "Pannonica") plus a medley of "Just You, Just Me" and "Liza" that was out previously on a sampler. The unique Monk takes "I Love You Sweetheart of All My Dreams" as a piano solo and otherwise jams tunes with his quartet. Surprisingly only two of the songs ("Pannonica" and "Teo") are his originals, but he reinvents the obscure "Children's Song," "Just You, Just Me," and "April in Paris" so they sound like he wrote them! Easily recommended to Monk fans, this set is just further proof that he never made an unworthy recording. [Monk was re-released on LP in 2015.] ~ Scott Yanow

Scott Yanow

Contributors Artist: Thelonious Quintet Monk Artist: MONK THELONIOUS QUINTET Record Label: Fantasy Record Label: Concord