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Monk's Dream
Monk's Dream
Studio album by Thelonious Monk
Released	March 1963
Recorded	October 31, November 1, 2 & 6, 1962
Studio	Columbia 30th Street Studio, New York City
Genre	Jazz
Length	47:02
Label	Columbia
Producer	Teo Macero
Thelonious Monk chronology

Monk's Dream is an album by jazz pianist Thelonious Monk, released by Columbia Records in March 1963. It was Monk's first album for Columbia following his five-year recording period with Riverside Records.

Recording and music

"Bye-Ya" and "Bolivar Blues" were recorded on October 31, 1962; "Body and Soul" and "Bright Mississippi" on November 1; "Sweet and Lovely", "Just a Gigolo" and "Monk's Dream" on November 2; and "Five Spot Blues" on November 6.

"Bright Mississippi" is the only composition on the album that Monk had not previously recorded. "Bolivar Blues" was originally titled "Ba-lue Bolivar Ba-lues-are" and had been on Monk's 1957 Riverside album, Brilliant Corners.^[1] "Five Spot Blues" was called "Blues Five Spot" and first appeared on the album Misterioso, which was recorded in concert at the Five Spot Cafe in New York in 1958 and released by Riverside.^[2] "Monk's Dream",^[3] "Bye-Ya",^[4] and "Sweet and Lovely" were recorded for Prestige at a session ten years earlier.

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[6]
DownBeat	^[5]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings	^[8]
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide	^[7]

In DownBeat, jazz critic Pete Welding gave the album five stars and called it "a stunning reaffirmation of his powers as a performer and composer."^[5]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Thelonious Monk except where noted

Side one
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Monk's Dream"		6:26
2.	"Body and Soul"	Edward Heyman, Robert Sour, Frank Eyton, Johnny Green	4:29
3.	"Bright Mississippi"		8:34
4.	"Five Spot Blues"		3:15

Side two
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Bolivar Blues"		7:30
2.	"Just a Gigolo"	Julius Brammer, Irving Caesar, Leonello Casucci	2:29
3.	"Bye-Ya"		6:01
4.	"Sweet and Lovely"	Gus Arnheim, Harry Tobias, Jules LeMare	7:48

Bonus tracks on 2002 reissue
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Monk's Dream" (Take 3)	5:14
2.	"Body and Soul" (Take 1)	5:05
3.	"Bright Mississippi" (Take 3)	10:20
4.	"Bolivar Blues" (Take 1)	6:20

Personnel

Thelonious Monk – piano
Charlie Rouse – tenor saxophone
John Ore – bass
Frankie Dunlop – drums

References

^ Milkowski, Bill. "Thelonious Monk Quartet - Blue Bolivar Blues". pastemagazine.com. Retrieved 28 September 2018.
^ "Blues Five Spot". Thelonious Monk. Retrieved 28 September 2018.
^ "Monk's Dream". Thelonious Monk. Retrieved 28 September 2018.
^ "Bye-Ya". Thelonious Monk. Retrieved 28 September 2018.
^ ^a ^b Welding, Pete (March 14, 1963). "Monk's Dream". DownBeat. Vol. 30, no. 7.
^ Planer, Lindsay. "Monk's Dream". AllMusic. Retrieved 20 September 2018.
^ Swenson, John, ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. New York City: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 145. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.
^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). New York City: Penguin. p. 1022. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.