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Underground (Thelonious Monk album) 
Summary
Underground is the seventh studio album that Thelonious Monk recorded for Columbia Records. It features Monk on piano, Larry Gales on bass, Charlie Rouse on tenor sax, and Ben Riley on drums.[2] This is the last Monk album featuring the Thelonious Monk Quartet.[2] Its cover image depicts Monk as a French Resistance fighter in the Second World War, an homage to longtime patroness and friend Pannonica de Koenigswarter, who had served in the resistance, and whose likeness also appears on the cover.[2]
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| Released | May 1968[1] | |||
| Recorded | December 14 and 21, 1967; February 14, 1968 | |||
| Genre | Jazz | |||
| Length | 37:23 (1:11:04 on Special Edition) | |||
| Label | Columbia | |||
| Producer | Teo Macero | |||
| Thelonious Monk chronology | ||||
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Music edit
"Green Chimneys" is named after the school attended by Monk's daughter.[2]
For "In Walked Bud", Jon Hendricks added lyrics.[2]
Critical reception edit
| Review scores | |
|---|---|
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [2] |
| The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide |  [3] |
| The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings | [4] |
Track listing edit
All songs composed by Thelonious Monk unless otherwise noted.
Original LP edit
Side One
- "Thelonious" - 3:14
- "Ugly Beauty" - 7:20 recorded December 14, 1967[5]
- "Raise Four" - 4:36
- "Boo Boo's Birthday" - 5:56
Side Two
- "Easy Street" (A.R. Jones) - 5:52
- "Green Chimneys" - 9:00 recorded December 14, 1968[6]
- "In Walked Bud" - 4:17
CD re-issue edit
- "Thelonious" – 3:13
- "Ugly Beauty" – 3:17
- "Raise Four" – 5:47
- "Boo Boo's Birthday" – 5:56
- "Easy Street" (Alan Rankin Jones) – 5:53
- "Green Chimneys" – 9:00
- "In Walked Bud" (Jon Hendricks, Monk) – 4:17
Special Edition edit
- "Thelonious" – 3:16
- "Ugly Beauty" – 10:45
- "Raise Four" – 7:00
- "Boo Boo's Birthday (Take 11)" – 5:55
- "Easy Street" – 7:50
- "Green Chimneys" – 13:09
- "In Walked Bud" – 6:48
- "Ugly Beauty (Take 4)" – 7:37
- "Boo Boo's Birthday (Take 2)" – 5:34
- "Thelonious (Take 3)" – 3:10
Personnel edit
Musicians edit
- Thelonious Monk – piano
- Charlie Rouse – tenor saxophone
- Larry Gales – bass
- Ben Riley – drums
- Jon Hendricks – vocals on "In Walked Bud"
Production edit
- Teo Macero – production
- Tim Geelan – engineering
- Horn Grinner Studios – photography
- John Berg, Richard Mantel – art direction
References edit
- ^ "Billboard". May 25, 1968.
- ^ a b c d e f Planer, Lindsay. Underground at AllMusic
- ^ Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. pp. 145. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.
- ^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 1024. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.
- ^ https://ia803106.us.archive.org/26/items/cd_underground_thelonious-monk_0/cd_underground_thelonious-monk_0.pdf
- ^ https://ia803106.us.archive.org/26/items/cd_underground_thelonious-monk_0/cd_underground_thelonious-monk_0.pdf