Thelonious Monk

NEW MINI-LP PAPERSLEEVE GATEFOLD REPLICAS WITH OBI

5 STARS  DOWNBEAT MAGAZINE

INCLUDES 6 BONUS TRACKS

"Monk’s Dream" was the first album Thelonious Monk released on Columbia Records after his less than amicable departure from Riverside Records. Even though Monk had already recorded all of the tracks on the album – with the sole exception of “Bright Mississippi” (a variation on the standard “Sweet Georgia Brown”) – in a variety of settings, the powerful cohesion of the quartet produced a first-rate work worthy of the praises it received when released, and which it still receives today. It was Monk’s best selling album ever.

PERSONNEL:

THELONIOUS MONK, piano
CHARLIE ROUSE, tenor sax
JOHN ORE, bass
FRANKIE DUNLOP, drums

New York, October 31 & November 1, 2 & 6, 1962.

TRACKS:

01) MONK’S DREAM
02) BODY AND SOUL [solo piano]
03) BRIGHT MISSISSIPPI
04) FIVE SPOT BLUES
05) BLUE BOLIVAR BLUES [aka BA-LUE-BOLIVAR BA-LUES-ARE]
06) JUST A GIGOLO [solo piano]
07) BYE-YA
08) SWEET AND LOVELY
09) MONK’S DREAM [original trio version, 1952] (*)
10) BLUE BOLIVAR BLUES [aka BA-LUE-BOLIVAR BA-LUES-ARE] [original 1956 quintet version] (*)
11) JUST A GIGOLO [solo piano; original 1954 version] (*)
12) BYE-YA [original trio version, 1952] (*)
13) SWEET AND LOVELY [original trio version, 1952] (*)
14) BODY AND SOUL [solo piano; live in 1961] (*)

TOTAL TIME: 76:52 Min.

(*) BONUS TRACKS