The session's billed as "very personal treatments of great standards" – and it's a great twist on familiar material, all given the
Thelonius touch! There's less of
Monk's creative composition and angular group arrangements going on here – and instead, the album's almost a rewriting of 40 years of popular compositions, all taken into the modern world of
Monk's piano. The group's a trio, with Oscar Pettiford on bass and
Art Blakey on drums – and titles include nicely reworked versions of "Just You Just Me", "Memories Of You", "Liza", "Darn That Dream", and "Tea For Two".
(Mid 70s mono Japanese pressing – SMJ-6068M. Includes the insert.)