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Artist: Thelonious Monk
Label: Riverside
Category: Music

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Avg. Customer Rating: 4.0 out of 5 stars

8 reviews
Sales Rank: 11973

Format: Original Recording Remastered
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 5 x 0.5

MPN: 30128
UPC: 888072301283
EAN: 0888072301283
ASIN: B000NDEXQG

Release Date: March 27, 2007
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Tracks:

•	It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing) - Thelonious Monk, Mills, Irving
•	Sophisticated Lady
•	I Got It Bad (And That Ain't Good)
•	Black and Tan Fantasy
•	Mood Indigo
•	I Let a Song Go out of My Heart
•	Solitude - Thelonious Monk, Delange, Eddie
•	Caravan

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Customer Reviews: Read 3 more reviews...

5 out of 5 stars

Tasty Combination November 16, 2008
When you get a combination as in Duke Ellington played by Thelonius Monk, it's a combo that's hard to beat. Buy the album.

4 out of 5 stars

Wow! Doesn't that feel good? May 3, 2008
Everyone has an interpretation of Duke Ellington's work, and everyone has an interpretation of Monk's work. So what's a jazz fan to make of one of the legendary pianists of all time taking on one of the greatest jazz composers of all time? Just sit back and let the Monkisms of the Duke roll over your brain and massage it into complete submission. This crystal clear recording features a number of the Duke's biggest hits, with Monk stomping and two-note-interval-ing them into a whole different sound. You won't find many recordings as interesting and as repeat-playable as this one. A choice selection for the jazz enthusiast, this will also round out any popular music collection with familar tunes in different sorts of renderings.

4 out of 5 stars

Two Masters At Work September 1, 2007
I thought this was a fine album. I agree with some reviewers that this was not Monk "unleashed." Still, it's neat to hear one master interpret the work of another. That's what you get here.

Now, wouldn't it have been neat to have the reverse of this as well? You know,"Duke Ellington Plays Thelonious Monk"? I'd love to hear Duke play HIS version of "Straight, No Chaser" or "'Round Midnight" with a combo or even his big band!

1 out of 5 stars

Theolonius Monk August 28, 2007
1 out of 11 found this review helpful

Insipid. As an untried talent, I read the record companies wanted Monk to come out with something "safe." It's painful hearing Monk accommodate with playing somebody else's stuff--even if that someone is Ellington.

5 out of 5 stars

An old fave August 5, 2007
For what it's worth, according to Monk's son (drummer T.S.Monk) this was Monk's favorite of his own recordings. When you hear hear it you might understand why. Underneath everything else Monk's roots were as a stride player and a composer. What better for such a man than the music of the Duke? No, this doesn't have the nice scratchy corners of some of Monk's other work, but it is beautiful nonetheless, and isn't that the point?

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