Product Code: | BN LA579 H2 |
Artist: | Thelonious Monk |
Origin: | USA |
Label: | Blue Note (1976) |
Format: | LP |
Availability: | Enquire Now |
Condition: |
Cover: VG+
Record: VG+
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Genre: | Jazz U |
Superb compilation. Excellent 2LP vinyl, very nice clean gatefold cover.
Jazz pianist Thelonious Monk's first sessions as a bandleader were recorded between 1947 and 1952, and released on Blue Note records as a series of 78 RPM singles. These singles were then compiled in later years—with additional performances from the sessions—into long-playing album formats. As Monk's reputation and fame grew, the sessions were recompiled again and again into more complete configurations. This article details various releases of these sessions.
The Blue Note recordings were made over the course of six sessions. "Versions" refers only to the number of eventually-released performances; other takes may have been recorded.
All compositions by Thelonious Monk unless otherwise noted.