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Mulligan Meets Monk 
Studio album by Thelonious Monk, Gerry Mulligan Released 1957 Recorded August 12-13, 1957
New York CityGenre Jazz Length 59:31 (reissue) Label Riverside
RLP 247Producer Orrin Keepnews Thelonious Monk chronology Monk's Music
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(1958)Professional ratings Review scores Source Rating Allmusic 
[1]Mulligan Meets Monk is a jazz album by saxophonist Gerry Mulligan and pianist Thelonious Monk, originally released in 1957.[2] It has been reissued numerous times on CD. It was remastered in 2003 with an altered track sequence and an additional take of "I Mean You".[3]
Contents
Track listing
- "'Round Midnight" (Monk, Cootie Williams, Bernie Hanighen) – 8:29
- "Rhythm-A-Ning" (Monk) – 5:19
- "Sweet and Lovely" (Gus Arnheim, Jules LeMare, Harry Tobias) – 7:17
- "Decidedly" [Take 4] (Gerry Mulligan) – 5:54
- "Decidedly" (Mulligan) – 6:37
- "Straight, No Chaser" (Monk) – 7:00
- "Straight, No Chaser" (Monk) – 5:29
- "I Mean You" [Take 4] (Monk, Coleman Hawkins) – 6:53
- "I Mean You" (Monk, Hawkins) – 6:30
Personnel
- Thelonious Monk – piano
- Gerry Mulligan – baritone saxophone
- Wilbur Ware – double bass
- Shadow Wilson – drums
Technical personnel
- Orrin Keepnews - producer, liner notes
- Jack Higgins - engineer
- Alan Yoshida - mastering
- Phil DeLancie - digital remastering
- Robert Parent- cover photo
- Peter Grant - design
References
- ^ Allmusic review
- ^ Allmusic entry for reissue of Mulligan Meets Monk Retrieved November 2009.
- ^ Allmusic entry for remastered reissue of Mulligan Meets Monk. Retrieved November 2009.
Thelonious Monk Selected solo albums Genius of Modern Music: Volume 1 · Wizard of the Vibes · Genius of Modern Music: Volume 2 · Thelonious Monk Trio · Monk · Thelonious Monk and Sonny Rollins · Thelonious Monk Plays the Music of Duke Ellington · The Unique Thelonious Monk · Brilliant Corners · Thelonious Himself · Thelonious Monk with John Coltrane · Monk's Music · Mulligan Meets Monk · Thelonious Monk Quartet with John Coltrane at Carnegie Hall · The Complete 1957 Riverside Recordings · Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers with Thelonious Monk · Thelonious in Action · Misterioso · The Thelonious Monk Orchestra at Town Hall · 5 by Monk by 5 · Thelonious Alone in San Francisco · Thelonious Monk at the Blackhawk · Monk in France · Monk's Dream · Criss Cross · Monk in Tokyo · Miles & Monk at Newport · Big Band and Quartet in Concert · It's Monk's Time · Monk · Solo Monk · Live at the It Club · Live at the Jazz Workshop · Straight, No Chaser · Thelonious Monk Nonet Live In Paris 1967 · Underground · Monk's BluesAs sideman Midnight at Minton's · Bags' Groove · Miles Davis and the Modern Jazz Giants · Moving Out · Sonny Rollins, Vol. 2 · Nica's Tempo · In OrbitCompositions "Blue Monk" · "Straight, No Chaser" · "Epistrophy" · "In Walked Bud" · "Rhythm-A-Ning" · "'Round Midnight" · "Ruby, My Dear" · "Well, You Needn't"Related articles Blue Note Sessions · Blue Note Records · Epistrophy · More Monk · Only Monk · Reflections · Thelonious Monk Institute of Jazz · Thelonious Monk: Straight, No Chaser · Thelonious Sphere Monk: Dreaming of the Masters Series Vol. 2Categories:- 1957 albums
- Thelonious Monk albums
- Gerry Mulligan albums
- Riverside Records albums
- Albums produced by Orrin Keepnews
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