Sonny Rollins and Thelonious Monk [Quartet] is a 10" LP by American jazz pianist and composer Thelonious Monk, performed by a quartet featuring Rollins and Monk. It was originally released in 1954 as the fifth of five 10" LPs featuring Monk for Prestige (PrLP 190). (The word "Quartet" appeared in the title only on the label.) Its contents were later split between the two 12-inch albums Thelonious Monk and Sonny Rollins and the Sonny Rollins album Moving Out. It has rarely been re-released in its original format, although it was included in a boxed set by Craft Records in a limited edition in 2017.[1][2][3][4]

Sonny Rollins and Thelonious Monk [Quartet]
Studio album by Thelonious Monk and Sonny Rollins Quartet
Released	1954
Recorded	October 25, 1954
Studio	Rudy Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack, NJ
Genre	Jazz
Label	Prestige
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Track listing

Side A:

1. "The Way You Look Tonight" (As "The Way You Blow Tonight") (Dorothy Fields, Jerome Kern) – 5:13
2. "I Want to Be Happy" (Irving Caesar, Vincent Youmans) – 7:43

Side B:

3. "More Than You Know" (Edward Eliscu, Billy Rose, Vincent Youmans) - 10:48

Notes

• Recorded at Rudy Van Gelder Studio in Hackensack, NJ, on October 25, 1954.

Personnel

• Sonny Rollins – tenor saxophone
• Thelonious Monk – piano
• Tommy Potter – bass
• Art Taylor – drums

References