This is a 2014 reissue vinyl LP pressing of Plays the Music of Duke Ellington by Thelonious Monk. The American jazz composer and pianist originally released his album in December 1955, via Riverside Records. Produced by Orrin Keepnews, the album was recorded at Van Gelder Studios in Hackensack, New Jersey. Monk is one of five jazz musicians to have been featured on the cover of Time.

Label: Wax Time

Release Year: 2014

Track List:

1. It Don't Mean A Thing If It Ain't Got That Swing 
2. Sophisticated Lady 
3. I Got It Bad And That Ain't Good 
4. Black And Tan Fantasy 
5. Mood Indigo 
6. I Let A Song Go Out Of My Heart 
7. Solitude 
8. Caravan 
9. I Surrender, Dear