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Thelonious Himself

Label: Riverside
Released: 1957
Track listing: April in Paris; Ghost of a Chance; Functional Take 2; Im Gettin Sentimental Over You; I Should Care; Round Midnight; All Alone; Monks Mood featuring John Coltrane Wilbur Ware; April in Paris; I Dont Stand A Ghost of a Chance With You ; Functional; Im Gettin Sentimental Over You; I Should Care; Round Midnight; All Alone; Monks Mood 749; Round Midnight in progress 2159; April in Paris; I Dont Stand A Ghost of a Chance With You ; Functional take 2; Im Gettin Sentimental Over You; I Should Care take 3; Round Midnight; All Alone; Monks Mood false start 58; Monks Mood 753; I Dont Stand A Ghost of a Chance With You ; Functional take 1; I Should Care take 1; I Should Care take 2.
Thelonious Monk: Thelonious Himself

by Stuart Broomer
When producer Orrin Keepnews undertook this album for Riverside in 1957, Thelonious Monk had recorded relatively little as a solo pianist--nine tracks for French Vogue in 1954 and single tracks on Prestige and Riverside LPs. While the Vogue had emphasized Monk's originals and the single tracks were all old tunes, Thelonious Himself (Riverside/OJC, 1957) balanced his ...