Thelonious Monk and Sonny Rollins

Thelonious Monk and Sonny Rollins
Studio album by
Thelonious Monk
Released1956
RecordedNovember 13, 1953
September 22, 1954
October 25, 1954
WOR Studios, NYC and Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack, NJ
GenreJazz
Length34:02
LabelPrestige
ProducerBob Weinstock
Ira Gitler
Thelonious Monk chronology
Monk
(1956) 		Thelonious Monk and Sonny Rollins
(1956) 		Thelonious Monk Plays Duke Ellington
(1956)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[1]
DownBeat[2]
MSN Music (Expert Witness)A[3]
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide[4]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings[5]

Thelonious Monk and Sonny Rollins is a compilation album by jazz pianist and composer Thelonious Monk and saxophonist Sonny Rollins released in 1956 by Prestige Records.[6] The tracks on it were recorded in three sessions between 1953 and 1954. While this is its original title, and its most consistent title in its digital re-releases, it was also released on Prestige as Work! (1959, PRLP 7169)[7] and The Genius Of Thelonious Monk (1967, PR 7656),[8] with alternative covers.[9]

  1. ^ Allmusic Review
  2. ^ Wilson, John S. (7 January 1960). "Thelonious Monk: Work". DownBeat. p. 38.
  3. ^ Christgau, Robert (December 21, 2012). "Thelonious Monk". MSN Music. Microsoft. Archived from the original on January 10, 2013. Retrieved December 21, 2012.
  4. ^ Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 145. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.
  5. ^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 1021. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.
  6. ^ Sheridan, Chris, Brilliant Corners: A Bio-discography of Thelonious Monk, p 295, Westport and London: Greenwood Press, 2001
  7. ^ Sheridan, Chris, Brilliant Corners: A Bio-discography of Thelonious Monk, p 296, Westport and London: Greenwood Press, 2001
  8. ^ Sheridan, Chris, Brilliant Corners: A Bio-discography of Thelonious Monk, p 296, Westport and London: Greenwood Press, 2001
  9. ^ Neely, Tim, Goldmine Standard Catalog of American Records, 1950-1975, 5th Edition p. 844, Iola, Wisconsin: Krause Publications, 2006