Reissue cover used for pressings from 1958 onward.[3]
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Thelonious Monk Plays Duke Ellington is an album by jazz pianist Thelonious Monk that was released by Riverside in 1955. It was also released under the title Thelonious Monk Plays the Music of Duke Ellington. The album contains Monk's versions of songs by Duke Ellington. The album was reissued by Riverside on March 27, 2007, in the United States and on April 16, 2007, in the United Kingdom.[7]
^"Billboard". December 31, 1955.
^Bailey, C. Michael (March 20, 2004). "Thelonious Monk: Thelonious Monk Plays Duke Ellington". All About Jazz. Retrieved February 21, 2013.
^Kelley, Robin D.G. (2009). Thelonious Monk: The Life and Times of an American Original. New York: Free Press. p. 249.
^Planer, Lindsay. "Plays Duke Ellington". AllMusic. Retrieved 20 September 2018.
^Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. US: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 145. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.
^Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 1025. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.
^Cite error: The named reference Murphy was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
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Murphy, Sean (October 5, 2007). "Thelonious Monk: Thelonious Monk Plays Duke Ellington". PopMatters. Retrieved February 21, 2013.</ref>