| Monk's Dream | ||||
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| Released | March 1963 | |||
| Recorded | October 31, November 1, 2 & 6, 1962 | |||
| Studio | Columbia 30th Street Studio, New York City | |||
| Genre | Jazz | |||
| Length | 47:02 | |||
| Label | Columbia | |||
| Producer | Teo Macero | |||
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Monk's Dream is an album by jazz pianist Thelonious Monk, released by Columbia Records in March 1963. It was Monk's first album for Columbia following his five-year recording period with Riverside Records.
"Bye-Ya" and "Bolivar Blues" were recorded on October 31, 1962; "Body and Soul" and "Bright Mississippi" on November 1; "Sweet and Lovely", "Just a Gigolo" and "Monk's Dream" on November 2; and "Five Spot Blues" on November 6.
"Bright Mississippi" is the only composition on the album that Monk had not previously recorded. "Bolivar Blues" was originally titled "Ba-lue Bolivar Ba-lues-are" and had been on Monk's 1957 Riverside album, Brilliant Corners . [1] "Five Spot Blues" was called "Blues Five Spot" and first appeared on the album Misterioso , which was recorded in concert at the Five Spot Cafe in New York in 1958 and released by Riverside. [2] "Monk's Dream", [3] "Bye-Ya", [4] and "Sweet and Lovely" were recorded for Prestige at a session ten years earlier.
| Review scores | |
|---|---|
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |  [5] |
| DownBeat | [6] |
| The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings |  [7] |
| The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide | [8] |
In DownBeat , jazz critic Pete Welding gave the album five stars and called it "a stunning reaffirmation of his powers as a performer and composer." [6]
All tracks are written by Thelonious Monk except where noted
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Monk's Dream" | 6:26 | |
| 2. | "Body and Soul" | Edward Heyman, Robert Sour, Frank Eyton, Johnny Green | 4:29 |
| 3. | "Bright Mississippi" | 8:34 | |
| 4. | "Five Spot Blues" | 3:15 |
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Bolivar Blues" | 7:30 | |
| 2. | "Just a Gigolo" | Julius Brammer, Irving Caesar, Leonello Casucci | 2:29 |
| 3. | "Bye-Ya" | 6:01 | |
| 4. | "Sweet and Lovely" | Gus Arnheim, Harry Tobias, Jules LeMare | 7:48 |
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Monk's Dream" (Take 3) | 5:14 |
| 2. | "Body and Soul" (Take 1) | 5:05 |
| 3. | "Bright Mississippi" (Take 3) | 10:20 |
| 4. | "Bolivar Blues" (Take 1) | 6:20 |
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