It's Monk's Time

It's Monk's Time (1964) is the third studio album Thelonious Monk released on Columbia Records, and his sixth overall for that label.^[4] It featured three original compositions as well as three jazz standards.

It's Monk's Time
Studio album by Thelonious Monk
Released	1964
Recorded	January 29–30, February 10 and March 9, 1964
Genre	Jazz
Length	47:59
Label	Columbia
Producer	Teo Macero
Thelonious Monk chronology
Big Band and Quartet in Concert (1963) It's Monk's Time (1964) Monk (1964)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide	[2]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings	[3]

Track listing

Side One

1. "Lulu's Back In Town" (Al Dubin, Harry Warren) – 9:55
2. "Memories of You" (Andy Razaf, Eubie Blake) – 6:06
3. "Stuffy Turkey" (Thelonious Monk) – 8:16

Side Two

4. "Brake's Sake" (Monk) – 12:29
5. "Nice Work If You Can Get It" (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) – 4:15
6. "Shuffle Boil" (Monk) – 7:09

Bonus Tracks on 2012 reissue

7. "Epistrophy" (Kenny Clarke, Monk) - 5:04
8. "Nice Work If You Can Get It" (Alternate take) - 4:06
9. "Shuffle Boil" (Alternate take) - 4:51

Notes

• Tracks 5, 6 and 8 recorded January 29, 1964.
• Tracks 3 and 7 recorded January 30, 1964.
• Tracks 1 and 4 recorded February 10, 1964.
• Track 2 and 9 recorded March 9, 1964.

Personnel

• Thelonious Monk – piano
• Butch Warren – bass
• Ben Riley – drums
• Charlie Rouse – tenor saxophone
• Teo Macero – producer

References

1. Allmusic review
2. Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. pp. 145. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.
3. Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 1023. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.
4. Allmusic entry for It's Monk's Time