- jazz
- 66 min
- 13 tracks
Thelonious Himself is a studio album by Thelonious Monk released in 1957 by Riverside Records. It was Monk's fourth album for the label. The album features Monk playing solo piano, except for the final track, "Monk's Mood", which features John Coltrane on tenor saxophone and Wilbur Ware on bass. It was Monk's second solo piano studio album, and it was the first made by an American label and distributed in the United States.
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Character-led, intimate, spare and grave.
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- intimateepic
- sparerichly built
- gravecomic
- earnestironic
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- The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings4/4 ★
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Tracks
- 1April In Paris3:54
- 2(I Don't Stand) A Ghost of a Chance (With You) (take 7)4:25
- 3Functional (take 2)9:22
- 4I'm Getting Sentimental Over You4:08
- 5I Should Care (take 3)3:16
- 6'Round Midnight (take 7)6:45
- 7All Alone4:54
- 8Monk's Mood (False Start)0:59
- 9Monk's Mood7:53
- 10(I Don't Stand) A Ghost of a Chance (With You) (take 5)4:14
- 11Functional (take 1)9:44
- 12I Should Care (take 1)3:29
- 13I Should Care (take2)3:18
13 tracks, 66 minutes.
About the album
- Artist
- Thelonious Monk
- Type
- Album
- Format
- CD
- Country
- PT
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