Solo Monk (1965) is the fifth studio album Thelonious Monk recorded for Columbia Records, and his eighth overall for that label. The album is composed entirely of solo piano work by Monk. The Allmusic review by Thom Jurek states "This is perhaps the solo piano record to have by Monk".[6] In addition to various vinyl and CD issues, Sony Music Enterprises issued an SACD (SRGS 4520) in Japan.

Solo Monk
Studio album by Thelonious Monk
Released	1965
Recorded	October 31, 1964 – March 2, 1965
Genre	Jazz • stride
Length	38:05
Label	Columbia
Producer	Teo Macero
Thelonious Monk chronology
Monk (1965) Solo Monk (1965) Live at the It Club (1964)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]
Down Beat	[2]
Encyclopedia of Popular Music	[3]
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide	[4]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings	[5]

Track listing

All compositions by Thelonious Monk except as indicated

Side One

1. "Dinah" [take 2] (Akst, Lewis, Young) – 2:27
2. "I Surrender, Dear" (Barris, Clifford) – 3:43
3. "Sweet and Lovely" [take 2] (Arnheim, LeMare, Tobias) – 2:58
4. "North of the Sunset" – 1:50
5. "Ruby, My Dear" [take 3] – 5:35
6. "I'm Confessin' (That I Love You)" (Daugherty, Neiburg, Reynolds) – 2:36

Side two

7. "I Hadn't Anyone Till You" (Noble) – 3:17
8. "Everything Happens to Me" [take 3] (Adair, Dennis) – 3:25
9. "Monk's Point" – 2:11
10. "I Should Care" (Cahn, Stordahl, Weston) – 1:56
11. "Ask Me Now" [take 2] – 4:35
12. "These Foolish Things (Remind Me of You)" (Link, Marvell, Strachey) – 3:32

CD Bonus Tracks

13. "Introspection" – 2:14
14. "Darn That Dream" (DeLange, Van Heusen) – 3:41
15. "Dinah" (Akst, Lewis, Young) – 2:25
16. "Sweet and Lovely" (Arnheim, LeMare, Tobias) – 3:18
17. "Ruby, My Dear" – 4:48
18. "I'm Confessin' (That I Love You)" (Daugherty, Neiburg, Reynolds) – 2:44
19. "I Hadn't Anyone Till You" (Noble) – 3:21
20. "Everything Happens to Me" (Adair, Dennis) – 5:20
21. "Ask Me Now" – 3:43

Personnel

• Thelonious Monk – piano

References