Piano Solo

About Piano Solo

Piano Solo is a 1954 album by jazz pianist and composer Thelonious Monk, recorded in Paris, France on June 4, 1954, originally for a radio broadcast. The original album was released on the French Disques Vogue label as a 10" mini-LP. Several of the song titles were listed inaccurately on the original release, and Monk's first name included an extra 'o'. The material has been re-released over the years, under a number of titles, on GNP Crescendo and several other labels. Some releases include "Hackensack" as an additional track, sometimes listed inaccurately as "Well You Needn't (take 2). " A 2017 re-release by Sony contains all tracks from the original, but in recording order (now reported as being from Club d'Essai, Paris--this was the location of the recording studio ); plus, for the first time, the announcement by André Francis. Plus previously unreleased tracks from June 1st and 3rd, 1954, Salle Pleyel, Paris. Its recording in June 1954 places it chronologically between the recording dates for Monk's 3rd and 4th Mini-LPs for Prestige Records more »