It's Monk's Time Explained

It's Monk's Time (1964) is the third studio album Thelonious Monk released on Columbia Records, and his sixth overall for that label.^[1] It featured three original compositions as well as three jazz standards.

Track listing

Side One

1. "Lulu's Back In Town" (Al Dubin, Harry Warren) – 9:55
2. "Memories of You" (Andy Razaf, Eubie Blake) – 6:06
3. "Stuffy Turkey" (Thelonious Monk) – 8:16

Side Two

4. "Brake's Sake" (Monk) – 12:29
5. "Nice Work If You Can Get It" (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) – 4:15
6. "Shuffle Boil" (Monk) – 7:09

Bonus Tracks on 2012 reissue

7. "Epistrophy" (Kenny Clarke, Monk) - 5:04
8. "Nice Work If You Can Get It" (Alternate take) - 4:06
9. "Shuffle Boil" (Alternate take) - 4:51

Notes

• Tracks 5, 6 and 8 recorded January 29, 1964.
• Tracks 3 and 7 recorded January 30, 1964.
• Tracks 1 and 4 recorded February 10, 1964.
• Track 2 and 9 recorded March 9, 1964.

Personnel

• Thelonious Monk – piano
• Butch Warren – bass
• Ben Riley – drums
• Charlie Rouse – tenor saxophone
• Teo Macero – producer

Notes and References

1. Allmusic entry for It's Monk's Time