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The Man I Love

Recorded	Nov 1971
Label	Black Lion Records
Released	1971
Personnel	3 credited players
Discogs	master 350089

The record

Cut for Black Lion late in Monk's career, this trio session leans on McKibbon's walking bass and Blakey's press rolls to frame a pianist still twisting standards into his own crooked shapes.

Session personnel

Al McKibbon — bass
Art Blakey — drums
Thelonious Monk — piano

Contemporary reception

No period review located yet. The vintage-press pipeline searches DownBeat, Cash Box, and Billboard for this session.

Pressings

Showing the first pressing, audiophile reissues and copies carrying a collector marker, out of 28 pressings on file.

1973	Black Lion Records · BL-197 — Vinyl, LP earliest on file
1973	Black Lion Records · BLP 30141 — Vinyl, LP, Album
1973	Black Lion Records · 28 449-7 U — Vinyl, LP, Album
1973	Black Lion Records · 2460 197 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo
1973	Freedom · BLP 30.141 — Vinyl, LP, Stereo
1973	Black Lion Records · PA-7058 — Vinyl, LP, Album
1973	Freedom · BLP 30141 — Vinyl, LP, Stereo
1973	Black Lion Records · BL-197 — Vinyl, LP, Album
1973	Black Lion Records · BL-197 — Vinyl, LP, Promo, Stereo
1974	Discophon · (S)4255 — Vinyl, LP, Album
1974	Black Lion Records · (S) 4255 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue
1975	Black Lion Records — STEREO
1975	Discophon · S DC-7077 — Cassette, Album, Reissue
1975	Discophon · (S) DC-7077 — Cassette, Album, Reissue