More Monk
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{{Infobox album
| name = More Monk
| type = studio
| artist = Steve Lacy
| cover = More Monk.jpg
| alt =
| released = 1991
| recorded = April 18–19, 1989
| venue =
| studio = Barigozzi Studio, Milan
| genre = Jazz
| length = 55:40
| label = Soul Note
| producer = Giovanni Bonandrini
| prev_title = Steve Lacy Solo
| prev_year = 1991
| next_title = Flim-Flam
| next_year = 1991
}}
{{Music ratings
| rev1 = AllMusic
| rev1Score = {{rating|4.5|5}}{{cite web |last= |first= |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/more-monk-mw0000677570 |title=Steve Lacy: More Monk |publisher=AllMusic |access-date=December 9, 2018}}
| rev2 = The Penguin Guide to Jazz
| rev2Score = {{rating|4|4}}{{cite book |first1=Richard |last1=Cook |author-link=Richard Cook (journalist) |first2=Brian |last2=Morton |authorlink2=Brian Morton (Scottish writer) |title=The Penguin Guide to Jazz on CD |year=1996 |edition=3rd |publisher=Penguin |isbn=978-0-14-051368-4 |pages=776–777 }}}}
More Monk is an album by Steve Lacy. It features solo saxophone performances of eleven tunes written by Thelonious Monk.[http://www.jazzlists.com/SJ_Steve_Lacy.htm Jazlists: Steve Lacy discography], accessed February 1, 2019
Recording and music
The album was recorded at Barigozzi Studio, Milan, on April 18–19, 1989.{{cite web |last= |first= |date=January 2018 |title=Discography of Steve Lacy |publisher= |url=http://nyds-discographies.com/lacy.htm |website=nyds-discographies.com |access-date=December 9, 2018}} All of the eleven pieces were composed by Thelonious Monk, and played as solo soprano saxophone performances by Steve Lacy.
Releases and reception
More Monk was released by Soul Note in 1991. The Penguin Guide to Jazz suggested that the album was more accessible than Only Monk, an earlier solo Lacy album of Monk compositions, and most of the material was more commonly played. More Monk was also released in 2011 as part of the 6-CD Solos Duos Trios: The Complete Remastered Recordings on Soul Note.
Track listing
- "Shuffle Boil" - 4:42
- "Straight, No Chaser" - 4:31
- "Off Minor" - 5:20
- "Ruby My Dear" - 6:32
- "In Walked Bud" - 4:16
- "Trinkle Tinkle" - 5:00
- "Comin' On The Hudson" - 6:27
- "Introspection" - 6:10
- "Jackie-ing" - 4:10
- "Crepuscule With Nellie" - 4:00
- "Bye-ya" - 4:32
:All compositions by Thelonious Monk
Personnel
- Steve Lacy - soprano saxophone
References
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Category:Steve Lacy (saxophonist) albums