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Monk's Dream/Monk/At Newport 1963 & 1965

By Thelonious Monk

Label: Columbia Records
Released: 2003
Track listing:

Monk's Dream: 1 . Monk's Dream (Take 8), 2 . Body And Soul (Re-take 2), 3 . Bright Mississippi (Take 1), 4 . Blues Five Spot, 5 . Blue Bolivar Blues (Take 2), 6 . Just A Gigolo, 7 . Bye-Ya, 8 . Sweet And Lovely, 9 . Monk's Dream (Take 3), 10 . Body And Soul (Take 1), 11. Bright Mississippi (Take 3), 12 . Blue Bolivar Blues (Take 1)

Monk: 1 . Liza (All The Clouds'll Roll Away), 2 . April In Paris (Take 6), 3 . Children's Song (That Old Man), 4 . I Love You (Sweetheart Of All My Dreams), 5 . Just You, Just Me, 6 . Pannonica (Re-take 2), 7 . Teo, 8 . April In Paris (Take 1), 9 . Pannonica (Take 2), 10 . Medley: Just You, Just Me/Liza (All The Clouds'll Roll Away)

At Newport 1963 & 1965: Disc 1- 1 . Criss-Cross, 2 . Light Blue, 3 . Nutty, 4 . Blue Monk, 5 . Epistrophy

Disc 2- 1 . Off Minor, 2 . Ruby, My Dear, 3 . Hackensack, 4 . Epistrophy

Thelonious Monk: Monk's Dream/Monk/At Newport 1963 & 1965

by C. Andrew Hovan
February 18, 2003

Some listeners operate under the misconception that pianist Thelonious Monk recorded his best work for producer Orrin Keepnews at Riverside Records, and the rest of his catalog is somehow considered a mere shadow of those previous glories. One listen to “Bright Mississippi” from the newly re-mastered edition of Monk’s Dream (Columbia/Legacy 63536) and you can’t help ...