Mulligan Meets Monk | ||||
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Released | 1957 | |||
Recorded | August 12–13, 1957 Reeves Sound Studios, New York City | |||
Genre | Jazz, bebop | |||
Length | 40:52 (Original LP) 59:31 (reissue) | |||
Label | Riverside RLP 12-247 | |||
Producer | Orrin Keepnews | |||
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Allmusic | [1] |
Penguin Guide to Jazz | [2] |
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide | [3] |
Encyclopedia of Popular Music | [4] |
Mulligan Meets Monk is a studio album by American jazz pianist Thelonious Monk and baritone saxophonist Gerry Mulligan, originally released on Riverside Records in 1957. [5] [6] It has been reissued numerous times. It was remastered for CD in 1987 (on Fantasy's Original Jazz Classics) with three additional alternative takes from the original session. [7]
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