Monk's Music

Monk's Music
Studio album by
Thelonious Monk
ReleasedNovember 1957 (1957-11)[1][2]
RecordedJune 25–26, 1957
StudioReeves Sound Studio, New York City
GenreHard bop
Length38:24
LabelRiverside Records
ProducerOrrin Keepnews
Thelonious Monk chronology
Thelonious Himself
(1957) 		Monk's Music
(1957) 		Mulligan Meets Monk
(1957)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[3]
Pitchfork9.1/10[4]
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide[5]
Encyclopedia of Popular Music[6]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings[7]

Monk's Music is a jazz album by the Thelonious Monk Septet, which for this recording included Coleman Hawkins and John Coltrane. It was released in November 1957 through Riverside Records.[1][2] The recording was made in New York City on June 26, 1957.

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  3. ^ Planer, Lindsay. Monk's Music at AllMusic
  4. ^ Ratliff, Ben (12 March 2017). "Monk's Music". Pitchfork. Retrieved 12 March 2017.
  5. ^ Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 145. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.
  6. ^ Larkin, Colin (2007). Encyclopedia of Popular Music (4th ed.). Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0195313734.
  7. ^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 1021. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.