Thelonious Monk – Thelonious Monk Plays Duke Ellington

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Thelonious Monk Plays Duke Ellington, also known as Thelonious Monk Plays the Music of Duke Ellington, is an album by American jazz pianist Thelonious Monk which was recorded in July 1955 and released on Riverside later that year.

Plays Duke Ellington
  • Audio CD – Audiobook
  • English (Publication Language)
  • 03/27/2007 (Publication Date) - Riverside (Publisher)

Track listing:
All songs written by Duke Ellington, except as noted.

Side 1

It Don’t Mean a Thing (If It Ain’t Got That Swing) – 4:38
Sophisticated Lady – 4:27
I Got It Bad and That Ain’t Good – 5:52
Black and Tan Fantasy (Miley, Ellington) – 3:24
Side 2

Mood Indigo (Ellington, Bigard) – 3:13
I Let a Song Go Out of My Heart – 5:40
Solitude – 3:42
Caravan (Tizol, Ellington) – 5:55

Personnel:
Thelonious Monk – piano
Oscar Pettiford – bass
Kenny Clarke – drums

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Released: December 1955[1]
Recorded: July 21 & 27, 1955
Studio: Van Gelder Studio
Hackensack, New Jersey
Length: 36:55
Label: Riverside
RLP 12-201
Producer: Orrin Keepnews