Mulligan Meets Monk

Mulligan Meets Monk
Studio album by Thelonious Monk and Gerry Mulligan
Released	1957
Recorded	August 12–13, 1957 Reeves Sound Studios, New York City
Genre	Jazz, bebop
Length	59:31 (reissue)
Label	Riverside RLP 12-247
Producer	Orrin Keepnews
Thelonious Monk chronology
Monk's Music (1957) Mulligan Meets Monk (1957) Thelonious Monk Quartet with John Coltrane at Carnegie Hall (1957/rel. 2005)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]
Penguin Guide to Jazz	[2]
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide	[3]

Mulligan Meets Monk is a jazz album by pianist Thelonious Monk and baritone saxophonist Gerry Mulligan, originally released on Riverside Records in 1957.^[4][5] It has been reissued numerous times. It was remastered for CD in 1987 (on Fantasy's Original Jazz Classics) with three additional alternative takes from the original session.^[6]

Track listing

Original LP (1957)

A-side

1. "'Round Midnight" (Monk, Cootie Williams, Bernie Hanighen) – 8:29
2. "Rhythm-a-Ning" (Monk) – 5:19
3. "Sweet and Lovely" (Gus Arnheim, Jules LeMare, Harry Tobias) – 7:17

B-side

1. "Decidedly" (Gerry Mulligan) – 5:54
2. "Straight, No Chaser" (Monk) – 7:00
3. "I Mean You" (Monk, Coleman Hawkins) – 6:53

Digital re-release (1987)

1. "'Round Midnight" – 8:29
2. "Rhythm-a-Ning" – 5:19
3. "Sweet and Lovely" – 7:17
4. "Decidedly" (original stereo take 4) – 5:54
5. "Decidedly" (original mono take 5) – 6:37
6. "Straight, No Chaser" (original take 3) – 7:00
7. "Straight, No Chaser" (alternate take 1) – 5:29
8. "I Mean You" (original take 4) – 6:53
9. "I Mean You" (alternate take 2) – 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 - recording engineer
• Robert Parent - cover photo
• Paul Bacon - cover design

For the CD-release (1987)

• Phil De Lancie - digital remastering
• Peter Grant - design

References

1. Allmusic review
2. Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2002). The Penguin Guide to Jazz on CD (6th edn). Penguin Books. ISBN 9780140515213
3. Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 145. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.
4. Cf. Jazzdisco.org
5. Mulligan Meets Monk at Discogs
6. All tracks were also part of the box set Thelonious Monk - The Complete Riverside Recordings at Discogs (list of releases) issued a year before in 1986.