Thelonious Monk - Riverside Profiles

Title: Riverside Profiles Artist: Thelonious Monk Release Date: 11/7/2006 Re-Released On: 1/29/2007 Label: Riverside Records (Jazz), Concord Album Type(s): Greatest Hits UPCs: 888072300705, 0888072301702, 888072301702, 088807230170 Genre: Jazz Styles: Bop, Jazz Instrument, Piano Jazz Moods: Complex, Confident, Earthy, Enigmatic, Exuberant, Freewheeling, Humorous, Irreverent, Passionate, Playful, Quirky, Searching, Sophisticated, Stylish, Whimsical, Witty, Ambitious, Amiable/Good-Natured, Brash, Dramatic, Earnest, Effervescent, Elaborate, Literate, Lively, Reflective, Rousing, Sprawling, Stately, Thoughtful, Uplifting, Wry Total Copies: 0 Members Wishing: 0 Number of Discs/SwapaCD Credits: 2

1. Epistrophy
2. Rhythm-A-Ning
3. Pannonica
4. It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing)
5. Blue Monk
6. Off Minor
7. Ruby, My Dear
8. Nutty
9. Well, You Needn't
10. 'Round Midnight

1. Dat Dere [*]
2. Airegin [*]
3. Soft Winds [*]
4. My Foolish Heart [*]
5. Desafinado [*]
6. Thermo [*]
7. Bemsha Swing [*]
8. Bohemia After Dark [*]

Year Type Label Catalog # 2007 CD Concord 7230170 2006 CD Riverside Records (Jazz) 30070 2006 CD Concord 7230170

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After making his first recordings for Blue Note Records in 1947, Thelonious Monk moved on to the Prestige label in the early '50s before moving on again to sign with the then-new Riverside Records in 1955. Working with producer Orrin Keepnews at Riverside, Monk produced some of his finest studio sessions during the next four years, several of which are collected here in this tightly sequenced set, which features some of the best tenor sax players bop had to offer. Coleman Hawkins and John Coltrane are both on the version collected here of "Epistrophy" from 1957. Coltrane also shines on two other Monk recordings from 1957, "Well You Needn't" and the starkly beautiful "Ruby, My Dear." Johnny Griffin's tenor gives "Rhythm-A-Ning" from 1958 a solid push, as does Sonny Rollins on 1956's "Pannonica." Monk's stride-run-through-a-bop-blender piano style is also featured on two solo turns, 1957's "'Round Midnight" and 1959's "Blue Monk." In all, this is a concise introduction to one of Monk's most important periods, but the bonus disc is simply a sampler for other artists in Riverside's Profiles series, which makes this package feel a little bit like an infomercial. ~ Steve Leggett, All Music Guide

Name Credits Abbey Anna Project Assistant Ahmed Abdul-Malik Bass Art Blakey Drums Art Taylor Drums Bill Grauer, Jr. Original Recording Producer Bob Northern French Horn Charlie Rouse Sax (Tenor) Chris Clough Project Assistant Coleman Hawkins Sax (Tenor) Donald Byrd Trumpet Doug Ramsey Liner Notes Eddie Bert Trombone Ernie Henry Sax (Alto) Gigi Gryce Sax (Alto) Jamie Putnam Art Direction Jan Persson Photography Jay McAllister Tuba Joe Tarantino Remastering John Coltrane Sax (Tenor), Saxophone Johnny Griffin Sax (Tenor), Saxophone Kenny Clarke Drums Max Roach Drums Nick Phillips Compilation Producer Orrin Keepnews Original Recording Producer Oscar Pettiford Bass Pepper Adams Sax (Baritone) Phil Woods Sax (Alto) Ray Copeland Trumpet Rikka Arnold Project Assistant Roy Haynes Drums Sam "Stovepipe No. 1" Jones Bass Shadow Wilson Drums Sonny Rollins Saxophone, Sax (Tenor) Thelonious Monk Celeste, Piano Wendy Nyquist Sherman Design Wilbur Ware Bass