Thelonious Monk - Thelonious Himself

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Thelonious Monk
Thelonious Himself

Album US 1957 on Riverside Records label
Jazz (Bop, Post-Bop)

First mono pressing White "mic and reels" deep groove label with black text (see photos) "mic and reel" graphic and "Riverside" block logo in light blue Address on back cover reads Riverside Records Are released by Bill Grauer Productions 553 West 51st Street New York 19, N.Y. Patent stamp and etching in deadwax/runout Recorded in New York, April 12 and 16, 1957.

Musicians

	Thelonious Monk p, 1917-1982 US piano, album by, written by
	Wilbur Ware b, 1923-1979 US bass
	John Coltrane ts, 1926-1967 US saxophone

Producers

Paul Bacon design

Jack Higgins engineer

Paul Weller photography by

Orrin Keepnews producer, liner notes

Composers

E.Y. Harburg

Vernon Duke

Bing Crosby

Ned Washington

Victor Young

Thelonious Monk

George Bassman

Axel Stordahl

Paul Weston

Sammy Cahn

Cootie Williams

Irving Berlin

Album Tracks

No	Title	Artist	Composer
1	April In Paris	Thelonious Monk	E.Y. Harburg, Vernon Duke
2	Ghost Of A Chance	Thelonious Monk	Bing Crosby, Ned Washington, Victor Young
3	Functional	Thelonious Monk	Thelonious Monk
4	I'm Getting Sentimental Over You	Thelonious Monk	George Bassman, Ned Washington
5	I Should Care	Thelonious Monk	Axel Stordahl, Paul Weston, Sammy Cahn
6	'Round Midnight	Thelonious Monk	Cootie Williams, Thelonious Monk
7	All Alone	Thelonious Monk	Irving Berlin
8	Monk's Mood	Thelonious Monk	Thelonious Monk

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Acknowledgements

To all the music fans that are contributing on Discogs, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia. Thanks to Franz Flückiger for providing Storygram used to visualize band membership.

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