Thelonious Monk(piano), Art Blakey(drums), Johnny Griffin(tenor sax), Bill Hardman(trumpet), Spanky Debrest(bass), New York City, May 14 (3-4) & 15 (1-2; 5-6), 1957 Original Sessions Produced by Nesuhi Erteg?n.All Compositions by Thelonious Monk Except “Purple Shades”, by Johnny Griffin.
*Bonus Tracks:
7: Thelonious Monk Quartet: Johnny Griffin (ts), Thelonious Monk (p), Ahmed Abdul-Malik (b), Art Blakey (d). Live at The Five Spot, New York, July 9, 1958.
8-10: Art Blakey’s Jazz Messengers: Same Personnel as 1-6,
Except Sam Dockery (p) Replaces Thelonious Monk.
“Stars Of Jazz” TV Show, Los Angeles, July 29, 1957.
1 Evidence 6:46
2 In Walked Bud 6:39
3 Blue Monk 7:54
4 I Mean You 8:02
5 Rhythm-A-Ning 7:20
6 Purple Shades 7:48
7 Bya-Ya/Epistrophy 11:56 *
8 I Mean You 2:46 *
9 Blue Monk 2:58 *
10 Evidence 3:16 *
(AMERICAN JAZZ CLASSICS/EU)AJC-99156 CD ATLANTIC原盤