Take One (T. S. Monk album)

Take One
Studio album by
T. S. Monk
Released1992
RecordedOctober 16, 1991
StudioVan Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ
GenreJazz
Length66:39
LabelBlue Note
CDP 7 99614 2
ProducerDon Sickler, Thelonious Monk Jr.
T. S. Monk chronology
Human
(1982) 		Take One
(1992) 		Changing of the Guard
(1993)

Take One is an album by the American musician T. S. Monk.[1][2] It was released on the Blue Note label in 1992.[3] Monk supported the album with a European tour.[4]

Production

The album was produced by Don Sickler and Thelonious Monk Jr.[5]

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[6]
The Indianapolis Star[7]

The Ottawa Citizen deemed the album "a straightforward hard bop collection with compositions that come mostly from the mid-50s."[8] The Indianapolis Star wrote that, "though the arrangements are based on originals recorded by his father's generation, this doesn't seem like a ghost-band venture."[7]

The AllMusic review by Scott Yanow stated: "Drummer T.S. Monk's debut as a leader in jazz found him discarding his earlier R&B-ish music in favor of heading an impressive hard bop revival group ... The T.S. Monk Sextet was just beginning its long life with this recording; all of its CDs are highly recommended to hard bop fans".[6]

Track listing

  1. "Monaco" (Kenny Dorham) – 6:34
  2. "Skippy" (Thelonious Monk) – 3:40
  3. "Infra-Rae" (Hank Mobley) – 6:07
  4. "Waiting" (Idrees Sulieman) – 5:43
  5. "Boa" (Elmo Hope) – 4:49
  6. "Round Midnight" (Thelonious Monk) – 7:28
  7. "Jodi" (Walter Davis Jr.) – 4:34
  8. "Bear Cat" (Clifford Jordan) – 3:54
  9. "Capetown Ambush" (Donald Brown) – 5:35
  10. "Shoutin'" (Tommy Turrentine) – 6:14
  11. "Minor's Holiday" (Dorham) – 5:22
  12. "Think of One" (Thelonious Monk) – 6:39

Personnel

References

  1. ^ Poses, Jon W. (Jan 1993). "Take One by T. S. Monk". Audio. 77 (1): 155.
  2. ^ Shuster, Fred (Sep 1992). "Riffs: T.S. Monk". DownBeat. 59 (9): 13.
  3. ^ Feather, Leonard (9 June 1992). "Son Keeps Jazz Legend's Legacy Alive". Los Angeles Times. p. F6.
  4. ^ McDonough, John (13 Oct 1992). "Jazz Great's Son Improvises His Own Career". The Wall Street Journal. p. A18.
  5. ^ "Take One by T. S. Monk". Billboard. 104 (36): 55. Sep 5, 1992.
  6. ^ a b Yanow, Scott. T.S. Monk: Take One – Review at AllMusic. Retrieved January 10, 2019.
  7. ^ a b Harvey, Jay (30 Oct 1992). "T.S. Monk 'Take One'". The Indianapolis Star. p. D5.
  8. ^ Moody, Lois (26 Sep 1992). "Offspring decide to brave comparisons". Ottawa Citizen. p. Z4.