Mulligan Meets Monk
1957 studio album by Gerry Mulligan and Thelonious Monk
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| Studio album by Gerry Mulligan and Thelonious Monk | ||||
| Released | 1957 | |||
| Recorded | August 12–13, 1957 Reeves Sound Studios, New York City | |||
| Genre | Jazz, bebop | |||
| Length | 40:52 (Original LP) 59:31 (reissue) | |||
| Label | Riverside RLP 12-247 | |||
| Producer | Orrin Keepnews | |||
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| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |   [1] |
| Penguin Guide to Jazz |  [2] |
| The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide | [3] |
| Encyclopedia of Popular Music | [4] |
Mulligan Meets Monk is a studio album by American jazz pianist Thelonious Monk and baritone saxophonist Gerry Mulligan, originally released on Riverside Records in 1957.[5][6] It has been reissued numerous times. It was remastered for CD in 1987 (on Fantasy's Original Jazz Classics) with three additional alternative takes from the original session.[7]
Track listing
Original LP (1957)
Side One
- "'Round Midnight" (Monk, Cootie Williams, Bernie Hanighen) – 8:29
- "Rhythm-a-Ning" (Monk) – 5:19
- "Sweet and Lovely" (Gus Arnheim, Jules LeMare, Harry Tobias) – 7:17
Side Two
- "Decidedly" (Gerry Mulligan) – 5:54
- "Straight, No Chaser" (Monk) – 7:00
- "I Mean You" (Monk, Coleman Hawkins) – 6:53
Digital re-release (1987)
- "'Round Midnight" – 8:29
- "Rhythm-a-Ning" – 5:19
- "Sweet and Lovely" – 7:17
- "Decidedly" (original stereo take 4) – 5:54
- "Decidedly" (original mono take 5) – 6:37
- "Straight, No Chaser" (original take 3) – 7:00
- "Straight, No Chaser" (alternate take 1) – 5:29
- "I Mean You" (original take 4) – 6:53
- "I Mean You" (alternate take 2) – 6:30
Personnel
Musicians
- Gerry Mulligan – baritone saxophone
- Thelonious Monk – piano
- Wilbur Ware – double bass
- Shadow Wilson – drums
Production
- Orrin Keepnews - producer, liner notes
- Jack Higgins - recording engineer
- Robert Parent - cover photo
- Paul Bacon - cover design
For the CD-release (1987)
- Phil De Lancie - digital remastering
- Peter Grant - design
References
- ^ Allmusic review
- ^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2002). The Penguin Guide to Jazz on CD (6th edn). Penguin Books. ISBN 9780140515213
- ^ Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. pp. 145. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.
- ^ Larkin, Colin (2007). Encyclopedia of Popular Music (4th ed.). Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0195313734.
- ^ Cf. Jazzdisco.org
- ^ Mulligan Meets Monk at Discogs
- ^ All tracks were also part of the box set Thelonious Monk - The Complete Riverside Recordings at Discogs (list of releases) issued a year before in 1986.
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- Wizard of the Vibes
- Genius of Modern Music: Volume 2
- Thelonious Monk Trio
- Monk
- Thelonious Monk and Sonny Rollins
- Piano Solo
- Thelonious Monk Plays Duke Ellington
- The Unique Thelonious Monk
- Brilliant Corners
- Thelonious Himself
- Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers with Thelonious Monk
- Monk's Music
- Thelonious Monk with John Coltrane
- Mulligan Meets Monk
- Thelonious Monk Quartet with John Coltrane at Carnegie Hall
- The Complete 1957 Riverside Recordings
- Thelonious in Action
- Misterioso
- The Thelonious Monk Orchestra at Town Hall
- 5 by Monk by 5
- Thelonious Alone in San Francisco
- Thelonious Monk at the Blackhawk
- Monk in France
- Thelonious Monk in Italy
- Monk's Dream
- Criss-Cross
- Monk in Tokyo
- Miles & Monk at Newport
- Big Band and Quartet in Concert
- It's Monk's Time
- Monk
- Solo Monk
- Live at the It Club
- Live at the Jazz Workshop
- Misterioso (Recorded on Tour)
- Straight, No Chaser
- Thelonious Monk Nonet Live in Paris 1967
- Underground
- Monk's Blues
- "In Walked Bud"
- "'Round Midnight"
- Blue Note Sessions
- Thelonious Monk Institute of Jazz
- Thelonious Monk: Straight, No Chaser
- Rewind & Play
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