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After making his first recordings for Blue Note Records in 1947, Thelonious Monk moved on to the Prestige label in the early '50s before moving on again to sign with the then-new Riverside Records in 1955. Working with producer Orrin Keepnews at Riverside, Monk produced some of his finest studio sessions during the next four years, several of which are collected here in this tightly sequenced set, which features some of the best tenor sax players bop had to offer. Coleman Hawkins and John Coltrane are both on the version collected here of "Epistrophy" from 1957. Coltrane also shines on two other Monk recordings from 1957, "Well You Needn't" and the starkly beautiful "Ruby, My Dear." Johnny Griffin's tenor gives "Rhythm-A-Ning" from 1958 a solid push, as does Sonny Rollins on 1956's "Pannonica." Monk's stride-run-through-a-bop-blender piano style is also featured on two solo turns, 1957's "'Round Midnight" and 1959's "Blue Monk." In all, this is a concise introduction to one of Monk's most important periods, but the bonus disc is simply a sampler for other artists in Riverside's Profiles series, which makes this package feel a little bit like an infomercial.
© Steve Leggett /TiVo
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John Coltrane, Tenor Saxophone, FeaturedArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Thelonious Monk, Composer, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Wilbur Ware, Double Bass, AssociatedPerformer - Art Blakey, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Coleman Hawkins, Tenor Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Gigi Gryce, Alto Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Ray Copeland, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1957 Riverside, Inc.
Thelonious Monk, ComposerLyricist - Johnny Griffin, FeaturedArtist - Thelonious Monk Quartet , MainArtist - Orrin Keepnews, Producer
℗ 1958 Fantasy, Inc.
Thelonious Monk, Composer, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Oscar Pettiford, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Ernie Henry, Alto Saxophone, FeaturedArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Clark Terry, FeaturedArtist - Sonny Rollins, Tenor Saxophone, FeaturedArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Max Roach, Drum, AssociatedPerformer - Orrin Keepnews, Producer
℗ 1957 Riverside, Inc.
Thelonious Monk, MainArtist - Irving Mills, ComposerLyricist - Orrin Keepnews, Producer - Bill Grauer, Producer
℗ 1955 Riverside, Inc.
Thelonious Monk, Composer, MainArtist - Orrin Keepnews, Producer
℗ 1959 Riverside, Inc.
Thelonious Monk, Composer - Orrin Keepnews, Producer - The Thelonious Monk Orchestra, MainArtist
℗ 1959 Fantasy, Inc.
John Coltrane, Tenor Saxophone, FeaturedArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Thelonious Monk, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Wilbur Ware, Double Bass, AssociatedPerformer - Orrin Keepnews, Producer - Shadow Wilson, Drums, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1957 Riverside Records
Thelonious Monk, Composer, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Johnny Griffin, Tenor Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Ahmed Abdul-Malik, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Roy Haynes, Drum, AssociatedPerformer - Thelonious Monk Quartet , MainArtist - Orrin Keepnews, Producer
℗ 1958 Riverside, Inc.
John Coltrane, Tenor Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Thelonious Monk, Piano, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Wilbur Ware, Double Bass, AssociatedPerformer - Art Blakey, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Coleman Hawkins, Tenor Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Gigi Gryce, Alto Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Ray Copeland, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer - Orrin Keepnews, Producer - Thelonious Monk Septet, MainArtist
℗ 1957 Fantasy, Inc.
Thelonious Monk, Composer, MainArtist - Bernie Hanighen, Composer - Orrin Keepnews, Producer - Charles Cootie Williams, Composer
℗ 1957 Riverside, Inc.
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Bobby Timmons, Composer, MainArtist - Oscar Brown, Jr., Author
℗ 2006 Concord Music Group, Inc.
Albert Heath, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Percy Heath, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Sonny Rollins, Composer - Tommy Flanagan, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Wes Montgomery, Guitar, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Orrin Keepnews, Producer - Jack Higgins, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1960 Craft Recordings., Distributed by Concord
Paul Chambers, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Philly Joe Jones, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Chet Baker, Trumpet, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Fletcher Henderson, Composer - Al Haig, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Orrin Keepnews, Producer - Jack Higgins, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1958 Fantasy, Inc.
Bill Evans, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - David Jones, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Victor Young, ComposerLyricist - Ned Washington, ComposerLyricist - PAUL MOTIAN, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Orrin Keepnews, Producer - Bill Evans Trio, MainArtist - Scott LaFaro, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal)
℗ 1961 Fantasy, Inc.
António Carlos Jobim, Composer - NEWTON MENDONCA, Composer - Charlie Byrd, MainArtist
℗ 1962 Fantasy, Inc.
CEDAR WALTON, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Art Blakey, Drums, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Freddie Hubbard, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Curtis Fuller, Trombone, AssociatedPerformer - Reggie Workman, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - The Jazz Messengers, MainArtist - Orrin Keepnews, Producer - Ray Fowler, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1987 Fantasy, Inc.
Thelonious Monk, Composer, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Paul Chambers, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Ernie Henry, Alto Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Clark Terry, Trumpet, FeaturedArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Sonny Rollins, Tenor Saxophone, FeaturedArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Max Roach, Drum, AssociatedPerformer - Denzil Best, Composer - Orrin Keepnews, Producer
℗ 1957 Riverside, Inc.
Nat Adderley, Cornett, AssociatedPerformer - Oscar Pettiford, ComposerLyricist - Bobby Timmons, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Cannonball Adderley, Alto Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Sam Jones, Upright Bass, AssociatedPerformer - Louis Hayes, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Orrin Keepnews, Producer - Cannonball Adderley Quintet, MainArtist - Reice Hamel, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1960 Riverside Records, a division of Concord Music Group, Inc.
Album review
After making his first recordings for Blue Note Records in 1947, Thelonious Monk moved on to the Prestige label in the early '50s before moving on again to sign with the then-new Riverside Records in 1955. Working with producer Orrin Keepnews at Riverside, Monk produced some of his finest studio sessions during the next four years, several of which are collected here in this tightly sequenced set, which features some of the best tenor sax players bop had to offer. Coleman Hawkins and John Coltrane are both on the version collected here of "Epistrophy" from 1957. Coltrane also shines on two other Monk recordings from 1957, "Well You Needn't" and the starkly beautiful "Ruby, My Dear." Johnny Griffin's tenor gives "Rhythm-A-Ning" from 1958 a solid push, as does Sonny Rollins on 1956's "Pannonica." Monk's stride-run-through-a-bop-blender piano style is also featured on two solo turns, 1957's "'Round Midnight" and 1959's "Blue Monk." In all, this is a concise introduction to one of Monk's most important periods, but the bonus disc is simply a sampler for other artists in Riverside's Profiles series, which makes this package feel a little bit like an infomercial.
© Steve Leggett /TiVo
About the album
- 2 disc(s) - 18 track(s)
- Total length: 01:54:06
- Main artists: Thelonious Monk
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Concord Records
- Genre: Jazz
© 2006 Concord Music Group, Inc. This Compilation ℗ 2006 Concord Music Group, Inc.
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