Monk Suite: Kronos Quartet Plays Music of Thelonious Monk

Monk Suite: Kronos Quartet Plays Music of Thelonious Monk
Studio album by
Kronos Quartet
Released1985 (1985)
RecordedFall 1984[1]
Genrecontemporary classical, jazz
LabelLandmark (#1505)
ProducerOrrin Keepnews
Kronos Quartet chronology
In Formation
(1982) 		Monk Suite: Kronos Quartet Plays Music of Thelonious Monk
(1985) 		Terry Riley: Cadenza on the Night Plain
(1985)

Monk Suite: Kronos Quartet Plays Music of Thelonious Monk is a studio album by the Kronos Quartet. The album contains compositions by Thelonious Monk.[2][3] The quartet is joined by Ron Carter (bass) on "Off Minor/Epistrophy" and by Chuck Israels (bass) and Eddie Marshall (drums) on the Duke Ellington composition "Black and Tan Fantasy".[4] It was re-released in 2005 as CD, on Savoy, and re-issued with Music of Bill Evans on 2CD as 32 Jazz: The Complete Landmark Sessions.[5]

Track listing

All music is composed by Thelonious Monk except as noted

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Well You Needn't" 4:59
2."Rhythm-A-Ning" 3:04
3."Crepuscule with Nellie" 2:39
4."Off Minor/Epistrophy" 8:11
5."'Round Midnight" 4:34
6."Misterioso" 4:00
7."It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing)"Duke Ellington, Irving Mills4:03
8."Black and Tan Fantasy"Ellington, Bubber Miley3:43
9."Brilliant Corners" 5:07

See also

References

  1. ^ "Kronos Quartet – Monk Suite: Kronos Quartet Plays Music Of Thelonious Monk (1985, Vinyl)". Discogs.com. 1985. Retrieved 29 December 2021.
  2. ^ Solis, Gabriel (2007). Monk's music: Thelonious Monk and Jazz History in the Making. U of California P. p. 202. ISBN 978-0-520-25201-1.
  3. ^ Jazzlists: Landmark 1500 series discography, Jazzlists.com, accessed February 4, 2019
  4. ^ Bogdanov, Vladimir; Chris Woodstra; Stephen Thomas Erlewine (2002). "Kronos Quartet". All Music Guide to Jazz: The Definitive Guide to Jazz Music. Backbeat. p. 300. ISBN 978-0-87930-717-2. Retrieved 2009-01-28.
  5. ^ Tracy, Steven Carl (1999). Write me a few of your lines: a blues reader. U of Massachusetts P. p. 568. ISBN 978-1-55849-206-6.