Thelonious Monk: Thelonious Monk Trio / Thelonious Monk with Sonny Rollins

Date:	Wednesday, September 22, 1954
Label/Number:	Prestige 7027 / 7075
Personnel:	Thelonious Monk (p) Percy Heath (b) Art Blakey (d)
Tracks:	Work / Nutty / Blue Monk / Just a Gigolo
Location:	Hackensack
Producer:	Bob Weinstock
Liner Notes:	Ira Gitler
Research Comments:	In the booklet accompanying the The Prestige Records Story 4-CD set released in 1999, Bob Weinstock recalled how the tune “Blue Monk” was recorded: “It was toward the end of the date and I asked Monk why he never played the blues. He sat down and knocked it right out.” Both albums listed above also contain material recorded in NYC in 1952 or 1953.
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Sources:	CDJ AMG CDN TL BW AJ-IJS PR1