| Take One | ||||
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| Released | 1992 | |||
| Recorded | October 16, 1991 | |||
| Studio | Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ | |||
| Genre | Jazz | |||
| Length | 66:39 | |||
| Label | Blue Note CDP 7 99614 2 | |||
| Producer | Don Sickler, Thelonious Monk Jr. | |||
| T. S. Monk chronology | ||||
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Take One is an album by the American musician T. S. Monk. [1] [2] It was released on the Blue Note label in 1992. [3] Monk supported the album with a European tour. [4]
The album was produced by Don Sickler and Thelonious Monk Jr. [5]
| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [6] |
| The Indianapolis Star | [7] |
The Ottawa Citizen deemed the album "a straightforward hard bop collection with compositions that come mostly from the mid-50s." [8] The Indianapolis Star wrote that, "though the arrangements are based on originals recorded by his father's generation, this doesn't seem like a ghost-band venture." [7]
The AllMusic review by Scott Yanow stated: "Drummer T.S. Monk's debut as a leader in jazz found him discarding his earlier R&B-ish music in favor of heading an impressive hard bop revival group ... The T.S. Monk Sextet was just beginning its long life with this recording; all of its CDs are highly recommended to hard bop fans". [6]
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