Think of One is an album by Wynton Marsalis

Wynton Marsalis

Wynton Learson Marsalis is a trumpeter, composer, bandleader, music educator, and Artistic Director of Jazz at Lincoln Center. Marsalis has promoted the appreciation of classical and jazz music often to young audiences...

, released in 1983 through Columbia Records

Columbia Records

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. The album peaked at number 102 on the Billboard 200

Billboard 200

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 and number one on Billboard

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Top Jazz Albums chart. The album takes its name from the Thelonious Monk

Thelonious Monk

Thelonious Sphere Monk was an American jazz pianist and composer considered "one of the giants of American music". Monk had a unique improvisational style and made numerous contributions to the standard jazz repertoire, including "Epistrophy", "'Round Midnight", "Blue Monk", "Straight, No Chaser"...

 composition "Think of One", which is performed on the album. The album earned Marsalis a Grammy Award

Grammy Award

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for Best Jazz Instrumental Performance by a Soloist.

Track listing

1. "Knozz-Moe-King" (Marsalis) – 6:00
2. "Fuchsia" (Kirkland) – 6:29
3. "My Ideal" (Chase, Robin, Whiting) – 6:19
4. "What Is Happening Here (Now)?" (Drummond) – 4:06
5. "Think of One" (Monk) – 5:30
6. "The Bell Ringer" (Marsalis) – 9:05
7. "Later" (Marsalis) – 4:09
8. "Melancholia" (Ellington) – 2:49

Personnel

• Phil Bowler – Bass
• Dr. George Butler – Executive Producer, Producer
• Marc Cobrin – Assistant Engineer
• Henrietta Condak – Design
• Stanley Crouch – Liner Notes
• Ray Drummond – Bass
• Tim Geelan – Engineer
• Art Kane – Photography
• K. Kirkland – Composer
• Kenny Kirkland – Piano
• Branford Marsalis – Sax (Alto), Sax (Soprano), Sax (Tenor)
• Wynton Marsalis – Arranger, Producer, Trumpet
• Harry Spiridakis – Assistant Engineer
• Jeff "Tain" Watts – Drums