It's Monk's Time

It's Monk's Time
Studio album by Thelonious Monk
Released	July 1964 [1]
Recorded	January 29–March 9, 1964
Genre	Jazz
Length	47:59
Label	Columbia
Producer	Teo Macero
Thelonious Monk chronology
Miles & Monk at Newport (1964) It's Monk's Time (1964) Monk (1965)

Professional ratings

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Source	Rating
Allmusic	[2]
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide	[3]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings	[4]

It's Monk's Time is a studio album by American jazz musician Thelonious Monk, released in July 1964 ^[1] by Columbia Records. ^[5] It featured three original compositions as well as three jazz standards.

Track listing

Side One

1. "Lulu's Back In Town" (Al Dubin, Harry Warren) – 9:55
2. "Memories of You" (Andy Razaf, Eubie Blake) – 6:06
3. "Stuffy Turkey" (Thelonious Monk) – 8:16

Side Two

4. "Brake's Sake" (Monk) – 12:29
5. "Nice Work If You Can Get It" (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) – 4:15
6. "Shuffle Boil" (Monk) – 7:09

Bonus Tracks on 2012 reissue

7. "Epistrophy" (Kenny Clarke, Monk) - 5:04
8. "Nice Work If You Can Get It" (Alternate take) - 4:06
9. "Shuffle Boil" (Alternate take) - 4:51

Notes

• Tracks 5, 6 and 8 recorded January 29, 1964.
• Tracks 3 and 7 recorded January 30, 1964.
• Tracks 1 and 4 recorded February 10, 1964.
• Track 2 and 9 recorded March 9, 1964.

Personnel

• Thelonious Monk – piano
• Butch Warren – bass
• Ben Riley – drums
• Charlie Rouse – tenor saxophone
• Teo Macero – producer

References

1. Watts, Randy; Callahan, Mike; Edwards, David; Eyries, Patrice. "Columbia Main Series, Part 17: CL 2100-2199/CS 8900-8999 (1963-1964)". Both Sides Now. Retrieved March 24, 2025.
2. Allmusic review
3. Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide . USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. pp.  145. ISBN   0-394-72643-X.
4. Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 1023. ISBN   978-0-141-03401-0.
5. Allmusic entry for It's Monk's Time