Thelonious Monk and Sonny Rollins is an album by jazz pianist and composer … Read Full Bio ↴Thelonious Monk and Sonny Rollins is an album by jazz pianist and composer Thelonious Monk featuring his final recordings for the Prestige label performed by Monk with a quintet featuring Sonny Rollins, Julius Watkins, Percy Heath, and Willie Jones, a trio featuring Heath and Art Blakey and a quartet featuring Rollins, Tommy Potter, and Art Taylor.[1] The Allmusic review by Lindsay Planer states "This disc contains an all-star cast headed up by Thelonious Monk (piano) and includes some collaborative efforts with Sonny Rollins (tenor sax) that go beyond simply inspired and into a realm of musical telepathy"
Track listing
All compositions by Thelonious Monk except as indicated
1. "The Way You Look Tonight" (Dorothy Fields, Jerome Kern) - 5:13
2. "I Want to Be Happy" (Irving Caesar, Vincent Youmans) - 7:43
3. "Work" - 5:18
4. "Nutty" - 5:16
5. "Friday the 13th" - 10:32
* Recorded in New York City on November 13, 1953 (track 5), and at Rudy Van Gelder Studio in Hackensack, NJ, on September 22 (tracks 3 & 4) and October 25 (tracks 1 & 2), 1954
Personnel
* Thelonious Monk - piano
* Sonny Rollins - tenor saxophone (tracks 1, 2 & 5)
* Tommy Potter - bass (tracks 1 & 2)
* Art Taylor - drums (tracks 1 & 2)
* Art Blakey - drums (tracks 3 & 4)
* Percy Heath - bass (tracks 3-5)
* Julius Watkins - french horn (track 5)
* Willie Jones - drums (track 5)
Track listing
All compositions by Thelonious Monk except as indicated
1. "The Way You Look Tonight" (Dorothy Fields, Jerome Kern) - 5:13
2. "I Want to Be Happy" (Irving Caesar, Vincent Youmans) - 7:43
3. "Work" - 5:18
4. "Nutty" - 5:16
5. "Friday the 13th" - 10:32
* Recorded in New York City on November 13, 1953 (track 5), and at Rudy Van Gelder Studio in Hackensack, NJ, on September 22 (tracks 3 & 4) and October 25 (tracks 1 & 2), 1954
Personnel
* Thelonious Monk - piano
* Sonny Rollins - tenor saxophone (tracks 1, 2 & 5)
* Tommy Potter - bass (tracks 1 & 2)
* Art Taylor - drums (tracks 1 & 2)
* Art Blakey - drums (tracks 3 & 4)
* Percy Heath - bass (tracks 3-5)
* Julius Watkins - french horn (track 5)
* Willie Jones - drums (track 5)
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Thelonious Monk & Sonny Rollins
Sonny Rollins feat. Thelonious Monk Lyrics
I Want to Be Happy I'm a very ordinary man Trying to work out life's happy…
The Way You Look Tonight Some day, when I'm awfully low, When the world is cold, I…
We also have lyrics for these tracks by Sonny Rollins:
I Want to Be Happy I'm a very ordinary man Trying to work out life's happy…
The Way You Look Tonight Some day, when I'm awfully low, When the world is…
We also have lyrics for these tracks by Thelonious Monk:
I Want to Be Happy I'm a very ordinary man Trying to work out life's happy…
The Way You Look Tonight Some day, when I'm awfully low, When the world is cold, I…
Work The man who only lives for making money Lives a life…