More Monk

More Monk
Studio album by Steve Lacy
Released	1991
Recorded	April 18–19, 1989
Studio	Barigozzi Studio, Milan
Genre	Jazz
Length	55:40
Label	Soul Note
Producer	Giovanni Bonandrini
Steve Lacy chronology
Steve Lacy Solo (1991) More Monk (1991) Flim-Flam (1991)

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Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz	[2]

More Monk is an album by Steve Lacy. It features solo saxophone performances of eleven tunes written by Thelonious Monk. ^[3]

Recording and music

The album was recorded at Barigozzi Studio, Milan, on April 18–19, 1989. ^[4] All of the eleven pieces were composed by Thelonious Monk, ^[1] and played as solo soprano saxophone performances by Steve Lacy. ^[2]

Releases and reception

More Monk was released by Soul Note in 1991. ^[4] The Penguin Guide to Jazz suggested that the album was more accessible than Only Monk , an earlier solo Lacy album of Monk compositions, and most of the material was more commonly played. ^[2] More Monk was also released in 2011 as part of the 6-CD Solos Duos Trios: The Complete Remastered Recordings on Soul Note. ^[4]

Track listing

1. "Shuffle Boil" - 4:42
2. "Straight, No Chaser" - 4:31
3. "Off Minor" - 5:20
4. "Ruby My Dear" - 6:32
5. "In Walked Bud" - 4:16
6. "Trinkle Tinkle" - 5:00
7. "Comin' On The Hudson" - 6:27
8. "Introspection" - 6:10
9. "Jackie-ing" - 4:10
10. "Crepuscule With Nellie" - 4:00
11. "Bye-ya" - 4:32

All compositions by Thelonious Monk

Personnel

• Steve Lacy - soprano saxophone

References

1. "Steve Lacy: More Monk". AllMusic . Retrieved December 9, 2018.
2. Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (1996). The Penguin Guide to Jazz on CD (3rd ed.). Penguin. pp. 776–777. ISBN   978-0-14-051368-4.
3. Jazlists: Steve Lacy discography, accessed February 1, 2019
4. "Discography of Steve Lacy". nyds-discographies.com. January 2018. Retrieved December 9, 2018.