Thelonious MonkFeaturing: Max Roach, Sonny Rollins
Brilliance (2LP)
LabelMilestone RecordsGenreJazz & Improvisation
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condition (records/cover): NM / NM
Gatefold sleeve with original innersleeve.
A Milestone twofer gathering prime Riverside-era Thelonious Monk - part of the label's classic seventies double-LP series that put this catalog back into circulation for a whole new generation, with generous playing time and honest packaging. The Riverside years are the summit for many Monk listeners: the great compositions arriving in their definitive forms, the bands sharpening around him, the world finally starting to catch up with what he had been saying since the forties. Two LPs of the most original piano music of the century, at its source period, in the economical format that built countless collections. The title states a plain fact.
Release notes
Side A and first two tracks on side B originally issued on "Brilliant Corners" (Riverside 226). B3, side C and side D originally issued as "Five By Monk By Five" (Riverside 305), except for C2 which is previously unissued. Recorded at Reeves Sound Studios, New York City, October 9, 1956 (A2, B1), October 15, 1956 (A1), December 7, 1956 (B2), June 1, 1959 (C2, C3), June 2, 1959 (C1, D1, D2), June 4, 1959 (B3) Remastered at Fantasy Studios, Berkeley, Ca. All tracks published by Thelonious…
| A1 | Brilliant Corners | 7:42 | |
| A2 | Ba-Lue Bolivar Ba-Lues-Are | 13:08 | |
| B1 | Pannonica | 8:50 | |
| B2 | Bemsha Swing | 7:42 | |
| B3 | Jackie-Ing | 6:07 | |
| C1 | Straight, No Chaser | 9:21 | |
| C2 | Played Twice (Take 2) | 7:54 | |
| C3 | Played Twice (Take 3) | 8:00 | |
| D1 | I Mean You | 9:49 | |
| D2 | Ask Me Now | 10:47 |
- Ernie Henry
- Alto Saxophone (A1 to B1)
- Phil Carroll
- Art Direction
- Oscar Pettiford
- Bass (A1 to B1)
- Paul Chambers
- Bass (B2)
- Sam Jones
- Bass (B3 to D2)
- Thelonious Monk
- Composed By, Piano
- Thad Jones
- Cornet (B3 to D2)
- Art Taylor
- Drums (B3 to D2)
- Max Roach
- Drums (A1 to B2), Timpani [Tympany] (B2)
- Jack Higgins
- Engineer [Original Recording Engineer]
- Nat Hentoff
- Liner Notes
- Lee Tanner
- Photography By [Cover]
- Orrin Keepnews
- Producer [Original Recordings], Reissue Producer, Liner Notes
- David Turner
- Remastered By
- Charlie Rouse
- Tenor Saxophone (B3 to D2)
- Sonny Rollins
- Tenor Saxophone (A1 to B2)
- Clark Terry
- Trumpet (B2)
