Thelonious Monk bol americký jazzový pianista a skladateľ, jeden zo zakladateľov moderného jazzu. Jeho hra sa vyznačovala jedinečným prístupom k harmónii, času i štruktúre skladieb a zásadne ovplyvnila vývoj bebopového štýlu.
Album Solo Monk vyšiel v roku 1965 u vydavateľstva Columbia. Ide o sólové klavírne dielo — Monk tu hrá úplne bez sprievodu — a predstavuje piaty projekt, ktorý pre Columbia nahral. Nahrávka prináša 21 skladieb vrátane alternatívnych verzií niektorých tém, medzi nimi štandardy ako Dinah, Ruby, My Dear či These Foolish Things i Monkove autorské kúsky. Kritici album oceňujú ako jednu z najlepších sólových klavírnych dosiek v Monkovej diskografii.
Skladby
CD1 Straight, No Chaser
1-1 Locomotive 6:41
1-2 I Didn't Know About You 6:52
1-3 Straight, No Chaser 11:29
1-4 Japanese Folk Song 16:43
1-5 Between The Devil And The Deep Blue Sea 7:37
1-6 We See 11:38
1-7 This Is My Story, This Is My Song 1:42
1-8 I Didn't Know About You 6:50
1-9 Green Chimneys 6:35
CD2 Underground
2-1 Thelonious 3:17
2-2 Ugly Beauty 10:47
2-3 Raise Four 7:02
2-4 Boo Boo's Birthday 5:58
2-5 Easy Street 7:52
2-6 Green Chimneys 13:12
2-7 In Walked Bud 6:50
2-8 Ugly Beauty (Take 4) 7:39
2-9 Boo Boo's Birthday 5:36
2-10 Thelonious (Take 3) 3:11
CD3 Criss-Cross
3-1 Hackensack 4:15
3-2 Tea For Two 3:49
3-3 Criss-Cross 4:43
3-4 Eronel 4:32
3-5 Rhythm-A-Ning 3:55
3-6 Don't Blame Me 7:07
3-7 Think Of One 6:07
3-8 Crepuscule With Nellie 2:48
3-9 Pannonica 6:47
3-10 Coming On The Hudson 7:33
3-11 Tea For Two (Take 9) 5:14
3-12 Eronel (Take 3) 5:59
CD4 Monk's Dream
4-1 Monk's Dream 6:29
4-2 Body And Soul 4:31
4-3 Bright Mississippi 8:38
4-4 Five Spot Blues 3:16
4-5 Bolivar Blues 7:33
4-6 Just A Gigolo 2:29
4-7 Bye-Ya 5:25
4-8 Sweet And Lovely 7:57
4-9 Monk's Dream (Take 3) 5:16
4-10 Body And Soul (Take 1) 5:12
4-11 Bright Mississippi (Take 3) 10:24
4-12 Bolivar Blues (Take 1) 6:12
CD5 Solo Monk
5-1 Dinah 2:30
5-2 I Surrender, Dear 3:47
5-3 Sweet And Lovely 3:03
5-4 North Of The Sunset 1:56
5-5 Ruby, My Dear 5:43
5-6 I'm Confessin' (That I Love You) 2:39
5-7 I Hadn't Anyone Till You 3:21
5-8 Everything Happens To Me 3:32
5-9 Monk's Point 2:20
5-10 I Should Care 2:00
5-11 Ask Me Now 4:41
5-12 These Foolish Things (Remind Me Of You) 3:36
5-13 Introspection 2:15
5-14 Darn That Dream 3:42
5-15 Dinah (Take 1) 2:25
5-16 Sweet And Lovely (Take 1) 3:19
5-17 Ruby, My Dear (Take 1) 4:48
5-18 I'm Confessin' (That I Love You) (Take 1) 2:44
5-19 I Hadn't Anyone Till You (Take 2) 3:21
5-20 Everything Happens To Me (Retake 1) 5:20
5-21 Ask Me Now (Take 1) 3:44
