Tracklist:

1. April In Paris
2. A Ghost Of A Chance
3. Functional
4. I’m Getting Sentimental Over You
5. I Should Care
6. Round Midnight
7. All Alone
8. Monk’s Mood

Released in 1957, Thelonious Himself is a solo album by Thelonious Monk. The only exception to this is the final track Monks Mood, where he is joined by John Coltrane and Wilbur Ware. The album was Monks fourth on Riverside and was given a coveted 5 stars by DownBeat magazine. This new edition of the album is released as part of the Original Jazz Classics Series on 180-gram vinyl pressed at RTI with all-analogue mastering from the original tapes at Cohearent Audio and a Stoughton Tip-On Jacket