Monk Suite: Kronos Quartet Plays Music of Thelonious Monk

Monk Suite: Kronos Quartet Plays Music of Thelonious Monk
Studio album by Kronos Quartet
Released	1985 (1985)
Genre	contemporary classical, jazz
Label	Landmark (#1505)
Kronos Quartet chronology
In Formation (1982) Monk Suite: Kronos Quartet Plays Music of Thelonious Monk (1985) Terry Riley: Cadenza on the Night Plain (1985)

Monk Suite: Kronos Quartet Plays Music of Thelonious Monk is a studio album by the Kronos Quartet. The album contains compositions by Thelonious Monk,^[1] played by the quartet with Ron Carter (bass improvisation).^[2] It was re-released in 2005 as CD, on Savoy, and re-issued with Music of Bill Evans on 2CD as 32 Jazz: The Complete Landmark Sessions.^[3]

Track listing

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Well You Needn't"	4:59
2.	"Rhythm-A-Ning"	3:04
3.	"Crepuscule With Nellie"	2:39
4.	"Off Minor/Epistrophy"	8:11
5.	"'Round Midnight"	4:34
6.	"Misterioso"	4:00
7.	"It Don't Mean A Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing)"	4:03
8.	"Black And Tan Fantasy"	3:43
9.	"Brilliant Corners"	5:07

References

1. ^ Solis, Gabriel (2007). Monk's music: Thelonious Monk and Jazz History in the Making. U of California P. p. 202. ISBN 9780520252011. http://books.google.com/?id=BZqWxvNKGSYC. 
2. ^ Bogdanov, Vladimir; Chris Woodstra, Stephen Thomas Erlewine (2002). "Kronos Quartet". All Music Guide to Jazz: The Definitive Guide to Jazz Music. Backbeat. p. 300. ISBN 9780879307172. http://books.google.com/books?id=1yXVEjS-j8IC&pg=PT738&dq=%27Kronos+Quartet+Performs+Philip+Glass&client=firefox-a. Retrieved 2009-01-28. 
3. ^ Tracy, Steven Carl (1999). Write me a few of your lines: a blues reader. U of Massachusetts P. p. 568. ISBN 9781558492066. http://books.google.com/?id=6DRpU7pU5mIC. 

See also

• Kronos Quartet discography