Thelonious Monk SeptetMonk's Music

Label:

Riverside Records – RLP 1102

Series:

Riverside Contemporary Series

Format:

Vinyl , LP, Album, Stereo

Country:

US

Released:

Genre:

Jazz

Style:

Hard Bop

Tracklist

A1 Abide With Me
Alto SaxophoneGigi Gryce
Tenor SaxophoneJohn Coltrane
TrumpetRay Copeland
0:51
A2 Well, You Needn't
Alto SaxophoneGigi Gryce
BassWilbur Ware
DrumsArt Blakey
PianoThelonious Monk
Tenor SaxophoneJohn Coltrane
TrumpetRay Copeland
11:24
A3 Ruby, My Dear
BassWilbur Ware
DrumsArt Blakey
PianoThelonious Monk
Tenor SaxophoneColeman Hawkins
5:26
B1 Off Minor
Alto SaxophoneGigi Gryce
BassWilbur Ware
DrumsArt Blakey
PianoThelonious Monk
Tenor SaxophoneJohn Coltrane
TrumpetRay Copeland
5:07
B2 Epistrophy
Alto SaxophoneGigi Gryce
BassWilbur Ware
DrumsArt Blakey
PianoThelonious Monk
Tenor SaxophoneJohn Coltrane
TrumpetRay Copeland
10:45

Companies, etc.

  • Record CompanyBill Grauer Productions Inc.
  • Produced ForBill Grauer Productions
  • Pressed ByResearch Craft

Credits

  • Alto SaxophoneGigi Gryce
  • BassWilbur Ware
  • DesignPaul Bacon (2)
  • DrumsArt Blakey
  • EngineerRay Fowler
  • Photography ByPaul Weller (3)
  • PianoThelonious Monk
  • Producer, Liner NotesOrrin Keepnews
  • Tenor SaxophoneJohn Coltrane
  • TrumpetRay Copeland

Notes

Recorded in New York, June 26, 1957.

Second stereo issue with small 92mm black/silver labels and "BILL GRAUER PRODUCTIONS" without "INC" on bottom.
With or without "deep groove". Stereo sleeve with pasted on front with or without gold "STEREOPHONIC" sticker on upper right. The first Riverside title to be released in stereo.

Note that early stereo issues does not include "Crepuscule With Nellie" (track B3 on mono issue).
Original mono release was RLP 12-242 with white labels in 1957. (According to Goldmine Jazz Album Price Guide)

Barcode and Other Identifiers

  • Matrix / Runout (Etched, side A): USS Stereo #0804583 RLP-12 #1102A
  • Matrix / Runout (Etched, side B): USS Stereo #0804584 RLP-12 #1102B
  • Matrix / Runout (Stamped, both sides): US PAT # RE23.546 GB PAT 713.48

Other Versions (5 of 126)

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Title (Format) Label Cat# Country Year
Monk's Music (LP, Album, Mono) Riverside Records RLP 12-242 US 1957
New Submission
Monk's Music (Reel-To-Reel, 7 ½ ips, ¼", 2-Track Stereo, 7" Cine Reel, Album, Small hub) Riverside Records RT 7-20 BN US 1957
New Submission
Monk's Music (LP, Album, Repress, Mono) Riverside Records RLP 12-242 US 1958
Monk's Music (LP, Album, Stereo) Riverside Records RLP 1102 US 1958
New Submission
Monk's Music (LP, Album, Repress, Mono) Riverside Records RLP 12-242 US 1958

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