Thelonious Monk and Sonny Rollins

Thelonious Monk and Sonny Rollins
Studio album by
Released1956
RecordedNovember 13, 1953
September 22, 1954
October 25, 1954
WOR Studios, NYC and Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack, NJ
GenreJazz
Length34:02
LabelPrestige
ProducerBob Weinstock
Ira Gitler
Thelonious Monk chronology
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(1956)
Thelonious Monk and Sonny Rollins
(1956)
Thelonious Monk Plays Duke Ellington
(1956)
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The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide
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Thelonious Monk and Sonny Rollins is a compilation album by jazz pianist and composer Thelonious Monk and saxophonist Sonny Rollins released in 1956 by Prestige Records. The tracks on it were recorded in three sessions between 1953 and 1954. While this is its original title, and its most consistent title in its digital re-releases, it was also released on Prestige as Work! (1959, PRLP 7169) and The Genius Of Thelonious Monk (1967, PR 7656), with alternative covers.