緻密に構築されたエリントンのナンバーを、セロニアス・モンクの個性的なピアノが料理。二人の天才の個性がぶつかり合って生まれた、美しい音楽の結晶。


THELONIOUS MONK, piano OSCAR PETTIFORD, bass KENNY CLARKE, drums
Hackensack, New Jersey, July 21 & 27, 1955.
*Bonus track (B5): THELONIOUS MONK, unaccompanied piano.
New York, December 7, 1956. Original recordings produced by ORRIN KEEPNEWS.


A1. IT DON’T MEAN A THING (IF IT AIN’T GOT THAT SWING) (Duke Ellington-Irving Mills) 4:40
A2. SOPHISTICATED LADY (Duke Ellington-Irving Mills-Mitchell Parish) 4:31
A3. I GOT IT BAD (AND THAT AIN’T GOOD) (Duke Ellington-Paul Francis Webster) 5:56
A4. BLACK AND TAN FANTASY (Duke Ellington-Bubber Miley) 3:28
B1. MOOD INDIGO (Duke Ellington-Barney Bigard-Irving Mills) 3:17
B2. I LET A SONG GO OUT OF MY HEART(Duke Ellington-Irving Mills-Henry Nemo-John Redmond) 5:43
B3. SOLITUDE (Duke Ellington-Eddie DeLange-Irving Mills) 3:46
B4. CARAVAN (Duke Ellington-Juan Tizol-Irving Mills) 5:59
B5. I SURRENDER, DEAR (Gordon Clifford-Harry Barris) 5:34

(WAXTIME/UK)771971 mono