Monk's Dream (Thelonious Monk album)

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Monk's Dream
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Studio album by
Thelonious Monk
ReleasedMarch 1963 (1963-03)
RecordedOctober 31, November 1, 2 & 6, 1962
StudioColumbia 30th Street Studio, New York City
GenreJazz
Length47:02
LabelColumbia
ProducerTeo Macero
Thelonious Monk chronology
Thelonious Monk with John Coltrane
(1961) 		Monk's Dream
(1963) 		Thelonious Monk in Italy
(1963)

Monk's Dream is an album by jazz pianist Thelonious Monk that was released by Columbia Records in March 1963. It was Monk's first album for Columbia following his five-year recording period with Riverside Records.

Recording and music[]

"Bye-Ya" and "Bolivar Blues" were recorded on October 31, 1962; "Body and Soul" and "Bright Mississippi" on November 1; "Sweet and Lovely", "Just a Gigolo" and "Monk's Dream" on November 2; and "Five Spot Blues" on November 6.[1]

"Bright Mississippi" is the only composition on the album that Monk had not previously recorded. "Bolivar Blues" was originally titled "Ba-lue Bolivar Ba-lues-are" and had been on Monk's 1957 Riverside album, Brilliant Corners.[2] "Five Spot Blues" was called "Blues Five Spot" and first appeared on the album Misterioso, which was recorded in concert at the Five Spot Cafe in New York in 1958 and released by Riverside.[3] "Monk's Dream",[4] "Bye-Ya",[5] and "Sweet and Lovely" were recorded for Prestige at a session ten years earlier.[1]

Reception[]

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Down Beat5/5 stars[6]
AllMusic5/5 stars[7]
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide4/5 stars[8]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings3/4 stars[9]

In Down Beat magazine, jazz critic Pete Welding gave the album five stars and called it "a stunning reaffirmation of his powers as a performer and composer."[6]

Track listing[]

All tracks are written by Thelonious Monk except where noted.

Side one
No.TitleLength
1."Monk's Dream"6:26
2."Body and Soul" (Edward Heyman, Robert Sour, Frank Eyton, Johnny Green)4:29
3."Bright Mississippi"8:34
4."Five Spot Blues"3:15
Side two
No.TitleLength
1."Bolivar Blues"7:30
2."Just a Gigolo" (Julius Brammer, Irving Caesar, Leonello Casucci)2:29
3."Bye-Ya"6:01
4."Sweet and Lovely" (Gus Arnheim, Harry Tobias, Jules LeMare)7:48
Bonus tracks on 2002 reissue
No.TitleLength
1."Monk's Dream (Take 3)"5:14
2."Body and Soul (Take 1)"5:05
3."Bright Mississippi (Take 3)"10:20
4."Bolivar Blues (Take 1)"6:20

Personnel[]

References[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b "Thelonious Monk Catalog". www.jazzdisco.org. Retrieved 20 September 2018.
  2. ^ Milkowski, Bill. "Thelonious Monk Quartet - Blue Bolivar Blues". pastemagazine.com. Retrieved 28 September 2018.
  3. ^ "Blues Five Spot". Thelonious Monk. Retrieved 28 September 2018.
  4. ^ "Monk's Dream". Thelonious Monk. Retrieved 28 September 2018.
  5. ^ "Bye-Ya". Thelonious Monk. Retrieved 28 September 2018.
  6. ^ Jump up to: a b Welding, Pete (March 14, 1963). "Monk's Dream". Down Beat. Vol. 30 no. 7.
  7. ^ Planer, Lindsay. "Monk's Dream". AllMusic. Retrieved 20 September 2018.
  8. ^ Swenson, John, ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. New York City: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 145. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.
  9. ^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). New York City: Penguin. p. 1022. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.
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