Biography
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. 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)
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