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. "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''. "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. "Monk's Dream", "Bye-Ya", and "Sweet and Lovely" were recorded for Prestige at a session ten years earlier.Reception
In '' Down Beat'' magazine, jazz criticTrack listing
Personnel
* Thelonious Monk – piano * Charlie Rouse – tenor saxophone * John Ore – bass * Frankie Dunlop – drumsReferences
{{DEFAULTSORT:Monk's Dream 1963 albums Columbia Records albums Thelonious Monk albums Albums produced by Teo Macero Albums recorded at CBS 30th Street Studio