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Released | 1954 | |||
Recorded | June 4, 1954 | |||
Genre | Jazz | |||
Label | Disques Vogue | |||
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Piano Solo is a 1954 album by jazz pianist and composer Thelonious Monk, recorded in Paris, France on June 4, 1954, originally for a radio broadcast.[1][2]
The original album was released on the French Disques Vogue label as a 10' mini-LP. Several of the song titles were listed inaccurately on the original release, and Monk's first name included an extra 'o'. The material has been re-released over the years, under a number of titles, on GNP Crescendo and several other labels. Some releases include 'Hackensack' as an additional track, sometimes listed inaccurately as 'Well You Needn't (take 2).' [3]
Monk was born 10th October 1917 in Rocky Mount, North Carolina, the son of Thelonious and Barbara Monk, two years after his sister Marian. A brother, Thomas, was born a couple of years later. In 1922, the family moved to 243 West 63rd Street, in Manhattan. Monk started playing the piano at the age of six. Underground is a 1968 album by Thelonious Monk.It features Monk on piano, Larry Gales on bass, Charlie Rouse on tenor sax, and Ben Riley on drums. Although this album is most widely known for its provocative cover image, which depicts Monk as a fictitious French Resistance fighter in the Second World War, it contains a number of new Monk compositions, some of which appear in recorded form only.
A 2017 re-release by Sony contains all tracks from the original, but in recording order (now reported as being from Club d'Essai, Paris--this was the location of the recording studio [1]); plus, for the first time, the announcement by André Francis. Plus previously unreleased tracks from June 1st and 3rd, 1954, Salle Pleyel, Paris.[4]
Its recording in June 1954 places it chronologically between the recording dates for Monk's 3rd and 4th Mini-LPs for Prestige Records.
- 1Track listing
- 22017 Sony expanded release[4]
Track listing[edit]
All compositions by Thelonious Monk except where indicated.
Side 1[edit]
- Evidence [originally listed as 'Reflections']
- Smoke Gets in Your Eyes (Jerome Kern)
Side 2[edit]
- Reflections [originally listed as 'Portrait Of An Ermite']
- We See [originally listed as 'Manganése']
2017 Sony expanded release[4][edit]
- Introduction by André Francis 0:52
- Evidence 3:05
- Smoke Gets in Your Eyes 3:27
- Hackensack 3:04
- 'Round Midnight 5:18
- Eronel 2:34
- Off Minor 2:34
- Well, You Needn't 3:28
- Portrait of an Ermite (Reflections) 5:00
- Manganese (We See) 2:36
- Announcement (Presenter – Jacques Souplet) 1:31
- Well, You Needn't (Live At Salle Pleyel, 6/1/1954) 6:02
- 'Round Midnight (Live At Salle Pleyel, 6/1/1954) 5:18
- Off Minor (Live At Salle Pleyel, 6/1/1954) 5:10
- Hackensack / Epistrophy (Live At Salle Pleyel, 6/1/1954) 3:32
- 'Round Midnight (Incomplete) (Live At Salle Pleyel, 6/3/1954) 2:56
Personnel[edit]
- Bass – Jean-Marie Ingrand (tracks 11 to 16)
- Drums – Jean-Louis Viale (tracks 11 to 15)
- Drums [Probably] – Gérard 'Dave' Pochonet (tracks 16)
References[edit]
- ^ ab'Jazz in France - Thelonious Monk'. jazzinfrance.com.
- ^Planer, Lindsay. 'Solo 1954'. AllMusic. Retrieved 14 July 2018.
- ^'» Sessionography 1952-1954'.
- ^ ab'Thelonious Monk - Piano Solo'. Discogs.
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Discography of Thelonious Monk
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Mønk (Remastered) | 2018 | 5 | 320 | €0.70 | ||
Les Liaisons Dangereuses 1960 CD2 | 2017 | 6 | 320 | €0.84 | Buy now Add to cart | |
Les Liaisons Dangereuses 1960 CD1 | 2017 | 10 | 320 | €1.40 | ||
Jazz After Midnight | 2013 | 28 | 320 | €3.92 | Buy now Add to cart | |
Thelonious Himself + Portrait Of An Ermite | 2010 | 17 | 320 | €2.38 | ||
Brilliant Corners | 2010 | 11 | 320 | €1.54 | Buy now Add to cart | |
Jazz Manifesto CD2 | 2009 | 10 | 320 | €1.40 | ||
Jazz Manifesto CD1 | 2009 | 8 | 320 | €1.12 | Buy now Add to cart | |
Thelonious Monk Trio | 2007 | 10 | 320 | €1.40 | ||
The Complete 1957 Riverside Recordings (With John Coltrane) CD2 | 2006 | 10 | 320 | €1.40 | Buy now Add to cart |