Thelonious Monk: The Complete Riverside Recordings | |
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Released | 1986 |
Label | Riverside |
Thelonious Monk: The Complete Riverside Recordings is a comprehensive compilation of the recordings made by Thelonious Monk for Riverside Records between 21 July 1955 and 21 April 1961. It was released by Riverside in 1986 on 22 LPs or on 15 CDs. [1] It contains all the tracks previously released both on the original and on the later expanded CD versions of all his Riverside albums, together with some tracks never previously released.
Thelonious Monk plays piano on all tracks except where noted.
Disc 1, tracks 1–8: 21 and 27 July 1955, Rudy Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack, NJ – see Thelonious Monk Plays Duke Ellington
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
Disc 2, tracks 3–6, 8: 9 and 15 October 1956, Reeves Sound Studios, NYC – see Brilliant Corners
Disc 2, track 7: 7 December 1956, Reeves Sound Studios, NYC – see Brilliant Corners
Disc 3, tracks 1–9; disc 4, tracks 1–3: 12 April 1957, Reeves Sound Studios, NYC – see Thelonious Himself
Disc 3, tracks 10–11: 16 April 1957, Reeves Sound Studios, NYC – see Thelonious Himself
Disc 4, tracks 4–11; disc 5, tracks 1–5: 25–26 June 1957, Reeves Sound Studios, NYC – see Monk's Music ,
Disc 13: 29 April 1960, The Blackhawk, San Francisco, CA – see Thelonious Monk at the Blackhawk