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Thelonious Monk, Thelonious Himself
Audio CD
Disk ID: 1645179
Disk length: 1h 5m 52s (9 Tracks)
Original Release Date: 1954
Label: Unknown
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Tracks & Durations
| 1. April In Paris | 3:52 |
| 2. (I Don't Stand)A Ghost Of A Chance With You | 4:21 |
| 3. Functional | 9:16 |
| 4. I'm Getting Sentimental Over You | 4:04 |
| 5. I Should Care | 3:13 |
| 6. 'Round Midnight | 6:40 |
| 7. All Alone | 4:50 |
| 8. Monk's Mood | 7:49 |
| 9. 'Round Midnight(in progress) | 21:38 |
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Review
Because Thelonious Monk's artistic vision was so personal and peculiar, hearing him in a solo setting is perhaps the best way to begin to understand him. This 1957 album was his first to consist of exclusively solo material. His lines are fractured, his ideas are deliberate, his mood is introspective, and the end result is an album of both stunning beauty and jarring surprise, often at once. The three originals included are all significant: "Functional" shows how Monk's irregularities translate into a blues format. "'Round Midnight," his most famous composition, is boiled down to its very core (the CD reissue includes a revelatory 22 minutes of "'Round Midnight" outtakes, ideas, and development). The finale "Monk's Mood" is a fragile ballad that eventually adds color from tenor John Coltrane and bassist Wilbur Ware--the only spot on the record with accompaniment. That said, it's equally as fascinating to hear Monk reinvent the five timeless standards in his own image. --Marc Greilsamer
Other Versions
Albums are mined from the various public resources and can be actually the same but different in the tracks length only. We are keeping all versions now.
Tracks: 9, Disk length: 1h 5m 52s
Tracks: 9, Disk length: 1h 6m 28s (+0m 36s)
Tracks: 9, Disk length: 1h 6m 29s (+0m 37s)
Tracks: 9, Disk length: 1h 6m 29s (+0m 37s)
Tracks: 9, Disk length: 1h 6m 32s (+0m 40s)
Tracks: 9, Disk length: 1h 6m 39s (+0m 47s)
Tracks: 9, Disk length: 1h 10m 5s (+4m 13s)
Tracks: 9, Disk length: 1h 10m 6s (+4m 14s)
Tracks: 8 (-1 tracks), Disk length: 44m 34s (-22m 42s)
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