Monk (1956 album)

For the Columbia Records album of the same name, see Monk (1964 album).
Monk
Original LP cover
Studio album by
Thelonious Monk
Released1956
RecordedNovember 13, 1953 and May 11, 1954
GenreJazz
Length38:00
LabelPrestige
Thelonious Monk chronology
Thelonious Monk Trio
(1954/1956) 		Monk
(1956) 		Thelonious Monk and Sonny Rollins
(1956)
Alternate cover
1958 Reid Miles artwork and title (with decorative handwriting by Julia Warhola) used on most contemporary reissues
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[1]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings[2]

Monk (Prestige PRLP 7053)[3] is a 1956 compilation album by jazz pianist and composer Thelonious Monk, featuring material recorded from 1953 to 1954 for the Prestige label and performed by Monk with two quintets, one featuring Julius Watkins, Sonny Rollins, Percy Heath, and Willie Jones and one featuring Ray Copeland, Frank Foster, Curly Russell, and Art Blakey.[4] It was originally titled both Thelonious Monk [on its 1956 cover][5] and Thelonious Monk Quintets [on its labels][6][better source needed] (PRLP 7053). Over the following decade, it was also re-released as Wee See (PRLP 7245)[7] and The Golden Monk (PRST 7363)[8] The most common cover art (with the Monk title), is 1958 revision, designed by Reid Miles.[9][10][better source needed]

  1. ^ Allmusic Review
  2. ^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 1021. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.
  3. ^ Sheridan, Chris, Brilliant Corners: A Bio-discography of Thelonious Monk, p 295-296, Westport and London: Greenwood Press, 2001
  4. ^ Thelonious Monk discography accessed 9 October 2009
  5. ^ "Prestige Alternative Covers", londonjazzcollector.wordpress.com Retrieved October 17, 2019 /
  6. ^ "PRESTIGE: the Complete NYC Label Reference Set (7000 – 7141)", londonjazzcollector.wordpress.com. Retrieved October 17, 2019
  7. ^ Sheridan, Chris, Brilliant Corners: A Bio-discography of Thelonious Monk, p 295-296, Westport and London: Greenwood Press, 2001
  8. ^ Sheridan, Chris, Brilliant Corners: A Bio-discography of Thelonious Monk, p 295-296, Westport and London: Greenwood Press, 2001
  9. ^ The Early Jazz Album Covers of Andy Warhol, accessed November 17, 2015
  10. ^ "Prestige Alternative Covers", londonjazzcollector.wordpress.com Retrieved October 17, 2019 /