MONK’S DEBUT ALBUM FOR THE COLUMBIA LABEL!
5 STARS DOWN BEAT MAGAZINE
5 STARS ALL MUSIC GUIDE
INCLUDES 1 BONUS TRACK
PERSONNEL:
THELONIOUS MONK, piano
CHARLIE ROUSE, tenor sax
JOHN ORE, bass
FRANKIE DUNLOP, drums
All tracks recorded in New York on October 31 (B1 & B3), November 1 (A2 & A3),
November 2 (A1 & B2), and November 6 (A4 & B4), 1962.
Original recordings produced by TEO MACERO.
(*) BONUS TRACK (B5): Thelonious Monk (p), Gary Mapp (b), Art Blakey (d).
New York, October 15, 1952.
Original recording produced by Bob Weinstock.
SIDE A:
01 MONK’S DREAM (Thelonious Monk) 6:29
02 BODY AND SOUL (Johnny Green-Edward Heyman-Robert Sour-Frank Eyton) 4:31
03 BRIGHT MISSISSIPPI (Thelonious Monk) 8:38
04 FIVE SPOT BLUES (Thelonious Monk) 3:16
SIDE B:
01 BLUE BOLIVAR BLUES (Thelonious Monk) 7:33
02 JUST A GIGOLO (Irving Caesar-Julius Brammer-Leonello Casucci) 2:29
03 BYE-YA (Thelonious Monk) 5:25
04 SWEET AND LOVELY (Gus Arnheim-Harry Tobias-Jules Lemare) 7:47
05 MONK’S DREAM [original version] (Thelonious Monk) 3:09 *