Take One (T. S. Monk album)

Take One
Studio album by T. S. Monk
Released	1992
Recorded	October 16, 1991
Studio	Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ
Genre	Jazz
Length	66:39
Label	Blue Note CDP 7 99614 2
Producer	Don Sickler, Thelonious Monk Jr.
T. S. Monk chronology
(1982) Take One (1992) Changing of the Guard (1993)

Take One is an album by drummer T. S. Monk which was recorded in 1991 and released on the Blue Note label the following year.^[1]

Reception[]

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[2]

The AllMusic review by Scott Yanow stated "Drummer T.S. Monk's debut as a leader in jazz found him discarding his earlier R&B-ish music in favor of heading an impressive hard bop revival group ... The T.S. Monk Sextet was just beginning its long life with this recording; all of its CDs are highly recommended to hard bop fans".^[2]

Track listing[]

1. "Monaco" (Kenny Dorham) – 6:34
2. "Skippy" (Thelonious Monk) – 3:40
3. "Infra-Rae" (Hank Mobley) – 6:07
4. "Waiting" (Idrees Sulieman) – 5:43
5. "Boa" (Elmo Hope) – 4:49
6. "Round Midnight" (Thelonious Monk) – 7:28
7. "Jodi" (Walter Davis Jr.) – 4:34
8. "Bear Cat" (Clifford Jordan) – 3:54
9. "Capetown Ambush" (Donald Brown) – 5:35
10. "Shoutin'" (Tommy Turrentine) – 6:14
11. "Minor's Holiday" (Dorham) – 5:22
12. "Think of One" (Thelonious Monk) – 6:39

Personnel[]

• T. S. Monk – drums
• Don Sickler – trumpet
• Bobby Porcelli – alto saxophone
• Willie Williams – tenor saxophone
• Ronnie Mathews – piano
• James Genus – bass

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