Piano Solo (Thelonious Monk album)

Piano Solo is a 1954 album by jazz pianist and composer Thelonious Monk, recorded in Paris, France, on June 4, 1954, originally for a radio broadcast.[1][2]

Piano Solo
Studio album by
Thelonious Monk
Released1954 (1954)
RecordedJune 4, 1954
GenreJazz
LabelDisques Vogue
Thelonious Monk 10-inch LP chronology
Sonny Rollins and Thelonious Monk
(1954)		 Piano Solo
(1954)
Thelonious Monk chronology
Genius of Modern Music: Volume 2
(1952)		 Piano Solo
(1954)		 Thelonious Monk Trio
(1954/1956)

The original album was released on the French Disques Vogue label as a 10" LP. Several of the song titles were listed inaccurately on the original release, and Monk's first name included an extra 'o'. The material has been re-released over the years, under a number of titles, on GNP Crescendo and other labels. Some releases include "Hackensack" as an additional track, sometimes listed inaccurately as "Well You Needn't (take 2)."[3]

A 2017 re-release by Sony contains all tracks from the original, but in recording order (now reported as being from Club d'Essai, Paris—this was the location of the recording studio);[1] plus, for the first time, an announcement by André Francis. This edition also includes previously unreleased tracks from Monk's June 1 and 3, 1954 trio concerts at the Salle Pleyel, Paris.[4]

Track listing

All compositions by Thelonious Monk except where indicated.

Side 1
  1. 'Round About Midnight
  2. Evidence [originally listed as "Reflections"]
  3. Smoke Gets in Your Eyes (Jerome Kern)
  4. Well You Needn't

Side 2
  1. Reflections [originally listed as "Portrait Of An Ermite"]
  2. We See [originally listed as "Manganése"]
  3. Eronel
  4. Off Minor

2017 Sony expanded release[4]
  1. Introduction by André Francis 0:52
  2. Evidence 3:05
  3. Smoke Gets in Your Eyes 3:27
  4. Hackensack 3:04
  5. 'Round Midnight 5:18
  6. Eronel 2:34
  7. Off Minor 2:34
  8. Well, You Needn't 3:28
  9. Portrait of an Ermite (Reflections) 5:00
  10. Manganese (We See) 2:36
  11. Announcement (Presenter – Jacques Souplet) 1:31
  12. Well, You Needn't (Live At Salle Pleyel, 6/1/1954) 6:02
  13. 'Round Midnight (Live At Salle Pleyel, 6/1/1954) 5:18
  14. Off Minor (Live At Salle Pleyel, 6/1/1954) 5:10
  15. Hackensack / Epistrophy (Live At Salle Pleyel, 6/1/1954) 3:32
  16. 'Round Midnight (Incomplete) (Live At Salle Pleyel, 6/3/1954) 2:56

Personnel
  • Bass – Jean-Marie Ingrand (tracks 11 to 16)
  • Drums – Jean-Louis Viale (tracks 11 to 15)
  • Drums [Probably] – Gérard "Dave" Pochonet (tracks 16)

References
  1. "Jazz in France - Thelonious Monk". jazzinfrance.com.
  2. Planer, Lindsay. "Solo 1954". AllMusic. Retrieved 14 July 2018.
  3. "» Sessionography 1952-1954".
  4. "Thelonious Monk - Piano Solo". Discogs.
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