| Thelonious Monk Plays Duke Ellington | ||||
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| Released | December 1955[1] | |||
| Recorded | July 21 & 27, 1955 | |||
| Studio | Van Gelder Studio Hackensack, New Jersey | |||
| Genre | Bebop[2] | |||
| Length | 36:55 | |||
| Label | Riverside RLP 12-201 | |||
| Producer | Orrin Keepnews | |||
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 Reissue cover used for pressings from 1958 onward.[3] | ||||
Thelonious Monk Plays Duke Ellington, also known as Thelonious Monk Plays the Music of Duke Ellington, is an album by American jazz pianist Thelonious Monk which was recorded in July 1955 and released on Riverside later that year. The album contains Monk's versions of songs by Duke Ellington.
- ^ "Billboard". December 31, 1955.
- ^ Bailey, C. Michael (March 20, 2004). "Thelonious Monk: Thelonious Monk Plays Duke Ellington". All About Jazz. Retrieved February 21, 2013.
- ^ Kelley, Robin D.G. (2009). Thelonious Monk: The Life and Times of an American Original. New York: Free Press. p. 249.