Solo Monk
Reviews
Chauncy Sunderland
Reviewed 2007-03-03
Reviewed 2007-03-03
An amazing record that showcases the more wistful, intimate side of Thelonious Monk. Solo piano. Except for a couple tracks, they are all standards, and many of them OLD standards from Tin Pan Alley...
A lot of stride piano. Great stuff.
I've spent many, many hours listening to this CD.
Of the Monk compositions the stand outs are Introspection!! and the people's favorite Ruby My Dear. But all the standards are beautiful, weepy, and fractured. I suppose there is a nicer version of Everything Happens To Me on Brilliant Corners...
A lot of stride piano. Great stuff.
I've spent many, many hours listening to this CD.
Of the Monk compositions the stand outs are Introspection!! and the people's favorite Ruby My Dear. But all the standards are beautiful, weepy, and fractured. I suppose there is a nicer version of Everything Happens To Me on Brilliant Corners...
Recent airplay
Ruby, My Dear
In Your Ear Radio - 1 of 2 Today — Oct 09, 2017
Sweet and Lovely, I Surrender, Dear, Dinah
In Your Ear Radio — Jul 21, 2015
I Surrender, Dear
Summer Jazz Spectacular — Jul 24, 2009
I Should Care
No Cover, No Minimum — Feb 20, 2009
I Surrender, Dear
Emphysema For Emphasis — Feb 04, 2008
North of the Sunset
Blues Marathon 2-6AM — Jan 05, 2008
Track listing
| 1. | Dinah | ||
| 2. | I Surrender, Dear | ||
| 3. | Sweet and Lovely | ||
| 4. | North of the Sunset | ||
| 5. | Ruby, My Dear | ||
| 6. | I'm Confessin' (That I Love) | ||
| 7. | I Hadn't Anyone Till You | ||
| 8. | Everything Happens to Me | ||
| 9. | Monk's Point | ||
| 10. | I Should Care | ||
| 11. | Ask Me Now | ||
| 12. | These Foolish Things | ||
| 13. | Introspection |