Mulligan Meets Monk

Mulligan Meets Monk
Studio album by Gerry Mulligan and Thelonious Monk
Released	1957
Recorded	August 12–13, 1957 Reeves Sound Studios, New York City
Genre	Jazz, bebop
Length	40:52 (Original LP) 59:31 (reissue)
Label	Riverside RLP 12-247
Producer	Orrin Keepnews
Gerry Mulligan chronology
The Teddy Wilson Trio & Gerry Mulligan Quartet with Bob Brookmeyer at Newport (1957) Mulligan Meets Monk (1957) Blues in Time (1957)
Thelonious Monk chronology
Monk's Music (1957) Mulligan Meets Monk (1957) Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers with Thelonious Monk (1958)

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Encyclopedia of Popular Music	[4]

Mulligan Meets Monk is a studio

1. "'Round Midnight" (Monk, Cootie Williams, Bernie Hanighen) – 8:29
2. "
   Rhythm-a-Ning
   " (Monk) – 5:19
3. "
   Jules LeMare, Harry Tobias
   ) – 7:17

1. "Decidedly" (Gerry Mulligan) – 5:54
2. "
   Straight, No Chaser
   " (Monk) – 7:00
3. "I Mean You" (Monk, Coleman Hawkins) – 6:53

1. "'Round Midnight" – 8:29
2. "Rhythm-a-Ning" – 5:19
3. "Sweet and Lovely" – 7:17
4. "Decidedly" (original stereo take 4) – 5:54
5. "Decidedly" (original mono take 5) – 6:37
6. "Straight, No Chaser" (original take 3) – 7:00
7. "Straight, No Chaser" (alternate take 1) – 5:29
8. "I Mean You" (original take 4) – 6:53
9. "I Mean You" (alternate take 2) – 6:30

Musicians

• Gerry Mulligan – baritone saxophone
• Thelonious Monk – piano
• Wilbur Ware – double bass
• Shadow Wilson – drums

Production

• Orrin Keepnews - producer, liner notes
• Jack Higgins - recording engineer
• Robert Parent - cover photo
• Paul Bacon - cover design

For the CD-release (1987)

• Phil De Lancie - digital remastering
• Peter Grant - design