Solo Monk

1965 studio album by Thelonious Monk From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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 of solo piano work by Monk. The AllMusic review by Thom Jurek states, "This is perhaps the solo piano record to have by Monk".[8] In addition to various vinyl and CD issues, Sony Music Enterprises issued an SACD (SRGS 4520) in Japan.

ReleasedJune 1965 (1965-06)[1]
RecordedOctober 31, 1964 – March 2, 1965
GenreJazz[2]
Length38:05
Quick facts Studio album by Thelonious Monk, Released ...
Solo Monk
Studio album by
Thelonious Monk
ReleasedJune 1965 (1965-06)[1]
RecordedOctober 31, 1964 – March 2, 1965
GenreJazz[2]
Length38:05
LabelColumbia
ProducerTeo Macero
Thelonious Monk chronology
Monk
(1965)		 Solo Monk
(1965)		 Live at the It Club
(1964)
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AllMusicStarStarStarStarHalf star[3]
DownBeatStarStarStar[4]
The Encyclopedia of Popular MusicStarStarStarStar[5]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz RecordingsStarStarStar[6]
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record GuideStarStarStar[7]
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Track listing

All compositions by Thelonious Monk except as indicated

Side one

  2. "Dinah" [take 2] (Akst, Lewis, Young) – 2:27
  4. "I Surrender, Dear" (Barris, Clifford) – 3:43
  6. "Sweet and Lovely" [take 2] (Arnheim, LeMare, Tobias) – 2:58
  8. "North of the Sunset" – 1:50
  10. "Ruby, My Dear" [take 3] – 5:35
  12. "I'm Confessin' (That I Love You)" (Doc Daugherty, Neiburg, Ellis Reynolds) – 2:36

Side two

  1. "I Hadn't Anyone Till You" (Noble) – 3:17
  2. "Everything Happens to Me" [take 3] (Adair, Dennis) – 3:25
  3. "Monk's Point" – 2:11
  4. "I Should Care" (Cahn, Stordahl, Weston) – 1:56
  5. "Ask Me Now" [take 2] – 4:35
  6. "These Foolish Things (Remind Me of You)" (Link, Marvell, Strachey) – 3:32

CD bonus tracks

  2. "Introspection" – 2:14
  4. "Darn That Dream" (DeLange, Van Heusen) – 3:41
  6. "Dinah" (Akst, Lewis, Young) – 2:25
  8. "Sweet and Lovely" (Arnheim, LeMare, Tobias) – 3:18
  10. "Ruby, My Dear" – 4:48
  12. "I'm Confessin' (That I Love You)" (Daugherty, Neiburg, Reynolds) – 2:44
  14. "I Hadn't Anyone Till You" (Noble) – 3:21
  16. "Everything Happens to Me" (Adair, Dennis) – 5:20
  18. "Ask Me Now" – 3:43

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