Piano Solo (Thelonious Monk album)

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1954 studio album by Thelonious Monk

Piano Solo

Studio album by

Thelonious Monk

Released| 1954 (1954)
Recorded| June 4, 1954
Genre| Jazz
Label| Disques Vogue
Thelonious Monk 10-inch LP chronology
| Sonny Rollins and Thelonious Monk
(1954)  | Piano Solo
(1954)  |

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Thelonious Monk chronology
| Genius of Modern Music: Volume 2
(1952)  | Piano Solo
(1954)  | Thelonious Monk Trio
(1954/1956)

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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]

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

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All compositions by Thelonious Monk except where indicated.

### Side 1

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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

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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

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Source:[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

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

## References

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

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Thelonious Monk

* Discography
* Compositions

As leader|

* Genius of Modern Music: Volume 1
* Wizard of the Vibes
* Genius of Modern Music: Volume 2
* Thelonious Monk Trio
* Monk
* Thelonious Monk and Sonny Rollins
* Piano Solo
* Thelonious Monk Plays Duke Ellington
* The Unique Thelonious Monk
* Brilliant Corners
* Thelonious Himself
* Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers with Thelonious Monk
* Monk's Music
* Thelonious Monk with John Coltrane
* Mulligan Meets Monk
* Thelonious Monk Quartet with John Coltrane at Carnegie Hall
* The Complete 1957 Riverside Recordings
* Thelonious in Action
* Misterioso
* The Thelonious Monk Orchestra at Town Hall
* 5 by Monk by 5
* Thelonious Alone in San Francisco
* Thelonious Monk at the Blackhawk
* Monk in France
* Thelonious Monk in Italy
* Monk's Dream
* Criss-Cross
* Monk in Tokyo
* Miles & Monk at Newport
* Big Band and Quartet in Concert
* It's Monk's Time
* Monk
* Solo Monk
* Live at the It Club
* Live at the Jazz Workshop
* Misterioso (Recorded on Tour)
* Straight, No Chaser
* Thelonious Monk Nonet Live in Paris 1967
* Underground
* Monk's Blues

With others|

* Midnight at Minton's
* Bird and Diz
* Bags' Groove
* Miles Davis and the Modern Jazz Giants
* Moving Out
* Sonny Rollins, Vol. 2
* Nica's Tempo
* In Orbit

Compositions|

* "In Walked Bud"
* "'Round Midnight"

Related articles|

* Blue Note Sessions
* Thelonious Monk Institute of Jazz
* Thelonious Monk: Straight, No Chaser
* Rewind & Play

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* MusicBrainz release group

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