- jazz
- 38 min
- 7 tracks
- Original Jazz Classics
The Unique Thelonious Monk is a 1956 album by Thelonious Monk. It was his second for Riverside Records, and, like his Riverside debut, is made up of standards. It was a continuation of Riverside's strategy to broaden consumer interest in Monk by having him record cover versions of well-known material which, Riverside hoped, would help to break down the prevailing perception that Monk's original music was "too difficult" for mass-market acceptance.
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Character
Character-led, intimate, spare and grave.
- character-ledplot-driven
- intimateepic
- sparerichly built
- gravecomic
- earnestironic
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- AllMusic4.5/5 ★
- The Encyclopedia of Popular Music4/5 ★
- The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings3/4 ★
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Tracks
- 1Liza (All the Clouds'll Roll Away)3:13
- 2Memories of You4:17
- 3Honeysuckle Rose5:34
- 4Darn That Dream6:31
- 5Tea for Two5:55
- 6You Are Too Beautiful4:56
- 7Just You, Just Me7:58
7 tracks, 38 minutes.
About the album
- Artist
- Thelonious Monk
- Label
- Original Jazz Classics
- Type
- Album
- Format
- CD
- Country
- US
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