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Solo Monk

1965 studio album by Thelonious Monk

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] In addition to various vinyl and CD issues, Sony Music Enterprises issued an SACD (SRGS 4520) in Japan.

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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)" (Daugherty, Neiburg, Reynolds) – 2:36

Side two

  2. "I Hadn't Anyone Till You" (Noble) – 3:17
  4. "Everything Happens to Me" [take 3] (Adair, Dennis) – 3:25
  6. "Monk's Point" – 2:11
  8. "I Should Care" (Cahn, Stordahl, Weston) – 1:56
  10. "Ask Me Now" [take 2] – 4:35
  12. "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

Personnel

References

  1. [1]
    Allmusic review
  2. [2]
    Down Beat: July 29, 1965 vol. 32, no. 16
  3. [3]
    Larkin, Colin (2007). Encyclopedia of Popular Music (4th ed.). Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0195313734.
  4. [4]
    Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 145. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.
  5. [5]
    Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 1023. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.
  6. [6]
    Jurek, T. Allmusic Review accessed March 23, 2009
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