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Thelonious Monk · 1963

Context

Track 3 of the album Monk's Dream (Columbia, January 1963), Thelonious Monk's first album for Columbia after five years with Riverside. Recorded on 1 November 1962 (8 min 34 s), it is the only composition on the album that Monk had not already recorded; a 10 min 20 s take 3 appears on the 2002 reissue.

In the genealogy of jazz

This track belongs to Bebop (Minton's, Monroe's). Among the origins and influences of Bebop: Kansas City, Swing, big bands.

By the same artist

• Monk's Dream (1963)
• Light Blue (1959)
• Brilliant Corners (1956)
• Ba-Lue Bolivar Ba-Lues-Are (1956)
• Pannonica (1956)
• I Surrender, Dear (1956)

Sources

• EN: Monk's Dream (Thelonious Monk album)

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