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" Don't Blame Me" (Retake 1) ( Jimmy McHugh, Dorothy Fields) – 7:04."Eronel" (Monk, Idrees Sulieman, Sadik Hakim) – 4:29." Tea for Two" ( Vincent Youmans, Irving Caesar) – 3:46 This is Thelonious Monk's second album for Columbia Records, planned to be completed over three consecutive afternoons, from February 25 to 27, 1963 at Columbia's 30th Street Studio, N.Y.Track listing Īll tracks composed by Thelonious Monk except where noted. This is Thelonious Monks second album for Columbia Records, planned to be completed over three consecutive afternoons, from February 25 to 27, 1963 at Columbias 30th Street Studio, N.Y. Thelonious Monk / (320Kbps) mp3, Thelonious Monk - Caravan, Thelonious Monk - Round Midnight, Thelonious Monk - Monk. Koenigswarter was Monk's friend and patron, and she wrote the liner notes for the original LP. The track "Pannonica" is available only on CD re-issue and named for Baroness Pannonica de Koenigswarter. The track "Crepuscule with Nellie" is a piece Monk wrote for his wife. "Eronel" is a distinctly bop tune that is fast-paced and showcases Monk's virtuosic piano playing. īefore entering the studio to record this album, a journalist reportedly asked Monk if he would be recording a new solo rendition of the classic song " Don't Blame Me", to which he replied: "Maybe, it depends on how I feel when I get there." Monk recorded his solo version of "Don't Blame Me" right after arriving at the studio. However, many retrospective reviews for CD reissues of the material have argued that the Columbia recordings have their own virtues, documenting a well-rehearsed band that had thoroughly absorbed the material in a way that some of Monk's 1940s and 1950s studio bands were unable to. Ĭriss-Cross and Monk's other Columbia recordings have been criticized for revisiting well-worn material and offering few new compositions or new perspectives on older works. Light Blue Criss Cross Epistrophy Sweet And Lovely Bright Mississippi Commercial Release - Storyville / STCD 8255/6 1994 This is Vol. It later became known that as Monk's international profile was reaching its apex in the mid-1960s, his manic depressive episodes were getting more severe and his composing output was diminished. Allmusic's Lindsay Planer called the album "some of the finest work that Monk ever did in the studio with his '60s trio and quartet." The critical and popular success of the group during this period led to Monk's appearance on the cover of Time magazine in February 1964. Whether revisiting pop standards or reinventing Monk's own classic compositions, Monk and Charlie Rouse (tenor sax), John Ore (bass), and Frankie Dunlop (drums) exchange powerful. The quartet of musicians that appear on the album had been playing together for four years at the time of the recording sessions, and was thus one of the longer-lived bands of Monk's career. Criss-Cross - Thelonious Monk's second album for Columbia Records - features some of the finest work that Monk ever did in the studio with his '60s trio and quartet. Criss-Cross was recorded during and shortly after the sessions for Monk's first Columbia LP, Monk's Dream.