Monk's Blues

Monk's Blues
Studio album by Thelonious Monk
Released 1968
Genre Jazz
Length 56:27
Producer Teo Macero
Thelonious Monk chronology
Underground
(1967)Underground1967		 Monk's Blues
(1968)		 The London Collection
(1971)The London Collection1971
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic [1]
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide[2]

Monk's Blues is an album by Thelonious Monk accompanied by a big band arranged and conducted by Oliver Nelson. Originally released by Columbia Records in 1968, it was re-released on CD in 1994. Produced by Teo Macero, the album was recorded in Los Angeles by Monk's working quartet augmented by a group of Hollywood studio musicians.

Track listing

  1. "Let's Cool One"
  2. "Reflections"
  3. "Little Rootie Tootie"
  4. "Just a Glance at Love" (Teo Macero)
  5. "Brilliant Corners"
  6. "Consecutive Seconds" (Macero)
  7. "Monk's Point"
  8. "Trinkle, Tinkle"
  9. "Straight, No Chaser"
  10. "Blue Monk"
  11. "'Round Midnight"

All compositions by Thelonious Monk, except where noted.

Personnel

The Quartet

Additional musicians

References

  1. ↑ Planer, Lindsay. Monk's Blues at AllMusic
  2. ↑ Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 145. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.



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