Thelonious Himself

~ Release by Thelonious Monk (see all versions of this release, 14 available)

Annotation

Recorded in New York, April 12 and 16, 1957.

Annotation last modified on 2018-04-14 09:19 UTC.

Tracklist

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1April in Paris
recording engineer:
Jack Higgins (recording engineer)
producer:
Orrin Keepnews
piano:
Thelonious Monk (on 1957-04-16)
recorded at:
Reeves Sound Studios in New York, New York, United States
recording of:
April in Paris (on 1957-04-16)
lyricist:
Yip Harburg (in 1932)
composer:
Vernon Duke (in 1932)
publisher:
Chappell Music Ltd.
part of:
The Real Book (compilation of jazz standards, Volume I)
3:54
2(I Don't Stand) A Ghost of a Chance With You
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (on 1957-04-05)
piano:
Thelonious Monk (on 1957-04-05)
instrumental recording of:
(I Don’t Stand) A Ghost of a Chance (on 1957-04-05)
lyricist:
Bing Crosby and Ned Washington
composer:
Victor Young (American composer, arranger, violinist & conductor)
publisher:
Chappell & Co., EMI Harmonies Ltd., Mills Music Limited and Mills Music, Inc.
4:24
3Functional
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (on 1957-04-16)
piano:
Thelonious Monk (on 1957-04-16)
recording of:
Functional (on 1957-04-16)
composer:
Thelonious Monk
9:22
4I'm Getting Sentimental Over You
recording engineer:
Jack Higgins (recording engineer)
producer:
Orrin Keepnews
piano:
Thelonious Monk (on 1957-04-16)
recorded at:
Reeves Sound Studios in New York, New York, United States
recording of:
I’m Getting Sentimental Over You
lyricist:
Ned Washington
composer:
George Bassman
publisher:
Catharine Hinen Music, EMI Mills Music Inc. (ASCAP-affiliated), Mills Music, Inc., ヤマハミュージックエンタテインメントホールディングス (Yamaha Music Entertainment Holdings, Inc., holding company – do not use as release label), コンソーシアム音楽出版 C・F事業部 (Consortium Music Publishing, CF Division) (until 2021-06-30) and ソニー・ミュージックパブリッシング CMP外国事業部 (sub‐publisher for foreign (non‐Japanese) works) (from 2021-07-01 to present)
4:07
5I Should Care
recording engineer:
Jack Higgins (recording engineer)
producer:
Orrin Keepnews
piano:
Thelonious Monk (on 1957-04-05)
recorded at:
Reeves Sound Studios in New York, New York, United States
instrumental recording of:
I Should Care
writer:
Sammy Cahn, Axel Stordahl and Paul Weston
publisher:
Cahn Music Company, Dorsey Brothers Music, Hanover Music Corp., Music Sales Corporation (American copyright holder in both popular and classical music), Peermusic (UK) Limited and Stordahl Music Publishing
sub-publisher:
ピアーミュージック (Peer Music Japan, Japan, subsidiary of Nichion)
3:15
6'Round Midnight
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (on 1957-04-05)
recording engineer:
Jack Higgins (recording engineer)
producer:
Orrin Keepnews
piano:
Thelonious Monk (on 1957-04-05)
recorded at:
Reeves Sound Studios in New York, New York, United States (on 1957-04-05)
recording of:
’Round Midnight (on 1957-04-05)
lyricist:
Bernie Hanighen
composer:
Thelonious Monk and Cootie Williams
publisher:
Advanced Music, Advanced Music corp., Productions et Éditions Cinématographiques Françaises, Thelonious Music, Thelonious Music Corporation (publisher, affiliated to BMI), Ultra Empire Music, Warner Bros. Music (publisher; do NOT use as release label), Warner Bros., Inc. (not for release label use!), Warner Chappell Music Ltd. (no slash; used 1988–1996), Warner/Chappell Music Ltd. (1996–2019) and Warner/Chappell North America Limited (formerly incorporated as Marmalade Music Ltd., from 1968/09/19–1999/11/09)
is based on:
I Need You So
6:43
7All Alone
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (on 1957-04-16)
piano:
Thelonious Monk (on 1957-04-16)
instrumental recording of:
All Alone
lyricist and composer:
Irving Berlin (in 1924)
publisher:
Irving Berlin Music Corp. and Williamson Music Company
4:53
8Monk's Mood
recording engineer:
Jack Higgins (recording engineer) (on 1957-04-16)
producer:
Orrin Keepnews
double bass [bass]:
Wilbur Ware (on 1957-04-16)
piano:
Thelonious Monk (on 1957-04-16)
tenor saxophone:
John Coltrane (on 1957-04-16)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Concord Music Group, Inc. (part of Concord Bicycle Music since 2015/04/01, not for release label use!) (in 2010)
recorded at:
Reeves Sound Studios in New York, New York, United States (on 1957-04-16)
recording of:
Monk’s Mood (on 1957-04-16)
composer:
Thelonious Monk
publisher:
Embassy Music Corporation
7:50