Monk's Music

Monk's Music
Studio album by
ReleasedNovember 1957 (1957-11)[1][2]
RecordedJune 25–26, 1957
StudioReeves Sound Studio, New York City
GenreHard bop
Length38:24
LabelRiverside Records
ProducerOrrin Keepnews
Thelonious Monk chronology
Thelonious Himself
(1957)
Monk's Music
(1957)
Mulligan Meets Monk
(1957)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[3]
Pitchfork9.1/10[4]
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide[5]
Encyclopedia of Popular Music[6]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings[7]

Monk's Music is a jazz album by the Thelonious Monk Septet, which for this recording included Coleman Hawkins and John Coltrane. It was recorded in New York City on June 26, 1957, and released in November the same year.[1][2]

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  2. ^ a b "Jazz LPs". The Billboard. Cincinnati: Billboard Publishing Co. 28 October 1957. Retrieved 19 June 2019.
  3. ^ Planer, Lindsay. Monk's Music at AllMusic
  4. ^ Ratliff, Ben (12 March 2017). "Monk's Music". Pitchfork. Retrieved 12 March 2017.
  5. ^ Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 145. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.
  6. ^ Larkin, Colin (2007). Encyclopedia of Popular Music (4th ed.). Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0195313734.
  7. ^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 1021. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.