''Monk's Dream'' is an album by jazz pianist
Thelonious Monk
Thelonious Sphere Monk ( October 10, 1917 – February 17, 1982) was an American Jazz piano, jazz pianist and composer. He had a unique improvisational style and made numerous contributions to the Jazz standard, standard jazz repertoire, includ ...
, released by
in January 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.
"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
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at a session ten years earlier.
Critical reception
In ''
DownBeat
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'', jazz critic
Pete Welding gave the album five stars and called it "a stunning reaffirmation of his powers as a performer and composer."
Track listing
Personnel
* Thelonious Monk – piano
*
Charlie Rouse – tenor saxophone
*
John Ore – bass
*
Frankie Dunlop – drums
References
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Thelonious Monk albums
1963 albums
Columbia Records albums
Albums produced by Teo Macero
Albums recorded at CBS 30th Street Studio