Lookin' at Monk!

Lookin' at Monk!
Studio album by
The Johnny Griffin and Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis Quintet
Released1961
RecordedFebruary 7, 1961
New York City
GenreJazz
LabelJazzland
JLP-39
ProducerOrrin Keepnews
Johnny Griffin chronology
The Midnight Show
(1961) 		Lookin' at Monk!
(1961) 		Change of Pace
(1961)
Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis chronology
The Midnight Show
(1961) 		Lookin' at Monk!
(1961) 		Blues Up & Down
(1961)

Lookin' at Monk! is an album by saxophonists Johnny Griffin and Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis featuring compositions associated with Thelonious Monk recorded in 1961 and released on the Jazzland label.[1]

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[2]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings[3]

The AllMusic review by Rick Anderson stated: "this was only the second all-Monk program anyone had recorded and several of these numbers had yet to attain standard status. The playing is uniformly inventive and witty (both required attributes when approaching this repertoire), and Mance is particularly to be commended for maintaining a graceful and elegant attack and not trying to praise Monk by imitation".[2]

Track listing

All compositions by Thelonious Monk, except as indicated.

  1. "In Walked Bud" - 4:34
  2. "Well, You Needn't" - 5:31
  3. "Ruby, My Dear" - 4:39
  4. "Rhythm-A-Ning" - 3:53
  5. "Epistrophy" (Kenny Clarke, Monk) - 8:36
  6. "'Round Midnight" - 5:25
  7. "Stickball (I Mean You)" (Coleman Hawkins, Monk) - 5:52

Personnel

References

  1. ^ Johnny Griffin discography accessed July 12, 2012
  2. ^ a b Anderson, R. AllMusic Review accessed July 12, 2012
  3. ^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 607. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.