Summary
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]
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| Released | 1954 | |||
| Recorded | June 4, 1954 | |||
| Genre | Jazz | |||
| Label | Disques Vogue | |||
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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 edit
All compositions by Thelonious Monk except where indicated.
Side 1 edit
- 'Round About Midnight
- Evidence [originally listed as "Reflections"]
- Smoke Gets in Your Eyes (Jerome Kern)
- Well You Needn't
Side 2 edit
- Reflections [originally listed as "Portrait Of An Ermite"]
- We See [originally listed as "Manganése"]
- Eronel
- Off Minor
2017 Sony expanded release[4] edit
- Introduction by André Francis 0:52
- Evidence 3:05
- Smoke Gets in Your Eyes 3:27
- Hackensack 3:04
- 'Round Midnight 5:18
- Eronel 2:34
- Off Minor 2:34
- Well, You Needn't 3:28
- Portrait of an Ermite (Reflections) 5:00
- Manganese (We See) 2:36
- Announcement (Presenter – Jacques Souplet) 1:31
- Well, You Needn't (Live At Salle Pleyel, 6/1/1954) 6:02
- 'Round Midnight (Live At Salle Pleyel, 6/1/1954) 5:18
- Off Minor (Live At Salle Pleyel, 6/1/1954) 5:10
- Hackensack / Epistrophy (Live At Salle Pleyel, 6/1/1954) 3:32
- 'Round Midnight (Incomplete) (Live At Salle Pleyel, 6/3/1954) 2:56
Personnel edit
- Bass – Jean-Marie Ingrand (tracks 11 to 16)
- Drums – Jean-Louis Viale (tracks 11 to 15)
- Drums [Probably] – Gérard "Dave" Pochonet (tracks 16)