Album · 1956
Thelonious Monk Plays Duke Ellington
Tracklist
1
It Don’t Mean a Thing (If It Ain’t Got That Swing)
Thelonious Monk Plays Duke Ellington
2
Sophisticated Lady
Thelonious Monk Plays Duke Ellington
3
I Got It Bad (And That Ain’t Good)
Thelonious Monk Plays Duke Ellington
4
Black and Tan Fantasy
Thelonious Monk Plays Duke Ellington
5
Mood Indigo
Thelonious Monk Plays Duke Ellington
6
I Let a Song Go Out of My Heart
Thelonious Monk Plays Duke Ellington
7
Solitude
Thelonious Monk Plays Duke Ellington
8
Caravan
Thelonious Monk Plays Duke Ellington
In print
First pressed 1955, still pressed 2025 — 77 pressings across 15 countries.
Credits
Larissa Collins
Art Direction
Paul Bacon
Art Direction
Joe Lebow
Design
Media Sales Development
Design
Stanislaw Zagorski
Design
Bob Arnold
Engineer
Henri Rousseau
Illustration · painting [cover]
Hans Rettenbacher
Instrument · double bass
Joe Turner
Instrument · piano
Kenny Clarke
Instrument · drums
Oscar Pettiford
Instrument · bass
Stu Martin
Instrument · drums
Thelonious Monk
Instrument · piano
Frank Kofsky
Liner Notes
Orrin Keepnews
Liner Notes
Shoichi Yui
Liner Notes
Takao Ogawa
Liner Notes
Gary Hobish
Mastering · lacquer cut by
Joe Tarantino
Mastering · remastered by [digital remastering, 1987]
Marta Alvear
Mastering · lacquer cut by
Tamaki Beck
Mastering · remastered by
杉本一家
Mastering · remastered by [under supervisin of]
Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
Performing Orchestra
[anonymous]
Photography
Carole Reiff Galletly
Photography
Jim Marshall
Photography
Bill Grauer, Jr.
Producer
Rudy van Gelder
Recording
Barney Bigard
Writer
Bubber Miley
Writer
Duke Ellington
Writer
Eddie DeLange
Writer
Henry Nemo
Writer
Irving Mills
Writer
John Redmond
Writer
Juan Tizol
Writer
Mitchell Parish
Writer
Paul Francis Webster
Writer
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