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Monk's Music is a jazz album by the Thelonious Monk Septet, which for this recording included Coleman Hawkins and John Coltrane. It was released in November 1957 through Riverside Records . [ 1 ] [ 2 ] The recording was made in New York City on June 26, 1957.
Disc 1, tracks 9–13; disc 2, tracks 1–2: 17 March and 3 April 1956, Rudy Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack, NJ – see The Unique Thelonious Monk. Oscar Pettiford, bass; Art Blakey, drums; Disc 2, tracks 3–6, 8: 9 and 15 October 1956, Reeves Sound Studios, NYC – see Brilliant Corners. Ernie Henry, alto saxophone; Sonny Rollins, tenor saxophone
The Complete 1957 Riverside Recordings is a 2006 release of Thelonious Monk and John Coltrane's work for the Riverside Records label in 1957, with two tracks previously unreleased. This collection is an almost complete anthology of the work of Monk and Coltrane, who only recorded together in the studio during 1957.
Monk's Greatest Hits: Columbia: CS 9775 1969 The Best of Thelonious Monk: Riverside: RS 3037 1983 Monk's Classic Recordings: 1984 Blues Five Spot: 1998 Monk Alone: The Complete Solo Studio Recordings of Thelonious Monk 1962–1968: Sony: 2 CD 2001 The Columbia Years: '62–'68: Sony 3 CD 2003 The Essential Thelonious Monk: Columbia/Legacy 2006
Thelonious Himself is a studio album by Thelonious Monk released in 1957 by Riverside Records. [1] It was Monk's fourth album for the label. The album features Monk playing solo piano, except for the final track, "Monk's Mood", which features John Coltrane on tenor saxophone and Wilbur Ware on bass. It was Monk's second solo piano studio album ...
Monk's Dreams: The Complete Compositions of Thelonious Sphere Monk is a 6CD box set by jazz pianist Frank Kimbrough that was released by the Sunnyside label in 2018. [1] The set features 70 compositions by Thelonious Monk .
But there was a perception, particularly among music critics, that Monk's music was "too difficult" [4] for the mainstream public, and his Prestige albums sold poorly. After Riverside bought out Monk's contract in 1954 for slightly over $100, Riverside convinced Monk to record an entire album of Ellington tunes, an idea of record producer Orrin ...
Genius of Modern Music, Vols. One & Two are a pair of separate but related 12" compilation albums ( LPs ) by American jazz pianist Thelonious Monk released on Blue Note in 1956. Later re-issues on CD include more material recorded at the same sessions but not released on the original LPs.