Thelonious Monk Plays Duke Ellington

Thelonious Monk Plays Duke Ellington
Studio album by
Thelonious Monk
ReleasedDecember 1955
RecordedJuly 21 & 27, 1955
StudioVan Gelder Studio
Hackensack, New Jersey
GenreBebop
Length36:55
LabelRiverside
RLP 12-201
ProducerOrrin Keepnews
Thelonious Monk chronology
Thelonious Monk and Sonny Rollins
(1956)		 Thelonious Monk Plays Duke Ellington
(1955)		 The Unique Thelonious Monk
(1956)
Alternate cover
Reissue cover used for pressings from 1958 onward.

Thelonious Monk Plays Duke Ellington, also known as Thelonious Monk Plays the Music of Duke Ellington, is an album by American jazz pianist Thelonious Monk which was recorded in July 1955 and released on Riverside later that year. The album contains Monk's versions of songs by Duke Ellington.

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