Thelonious Monk Brilliant Corners Vinyl

Re issue on vinyl of the 1957 release by thelonious monk featuring sonny rollins ernie henry oscar pettiford max roach clark terry and paul chambers.

Thelonious monk brilliant corners vinyl.

October 9 a2 b1 october 15 a1 and december 7 b2 b3 1956. Thelonious monk brilliant corners vinyl. His group on this recording consisted of established players sonny rollins oscar pettiford and max roach etc who were sufficiently capable and adventurous to understand what the errant genius had in mind in his often very complex music. Referencing brilliant corners lp album mono rlp 12 226 monk is a genius composer and this is possibly the most important jazz album ever released by riverside and by monk.

I own an original pressing now. Brilliant corners is a wonderful introduction to monk. The complex title track required over a dozen takes in the studio. For both listeners and players it s a lot more demanding than his previous two albums with the label.

Brilliant corners is considered one of the best albums of his career. It was his third album for riverside records and the first for this label to include his own compositions. Thelonious monk straight no chaser 180gm lp vinyl record. Re issue on vinyl of the 1957 release by thelonious monk featuring sonny rollins ernie henry oscar pettiford max roach clark terry and paul chambers.

Brilliant corners is pretty much the monk record for anyone interested in diving into his rather massive catalogue. Brilliant corners is considered one of the best albums of his career. Other versions 5 of 89 view all. The ojc of brilliant corners was the first jazz record i ever bought back in 1985 or so.

Go to previous slide best selling. It received a 5 star rating in downbeat. Underground by thelonious monk vinyl jan 2013 music on vinyl 25 63 new. B3 bemsha swing composed by denzil best thelonious monk 7 50.

For one it features some truly killer album art that inspires feelings of pure joy anytime you glance at it look how happy he is. A1 brilliant corners composed by thelonious monk 7 46 a2 ba lue bolivar ba lues are composed by thelonious monk 13 24 b1 pannonica composed by thelonious monk 8 50 b2 i surrender dear composed by gordon clifford harry barris 5 31. That series is uniformly excellent. It received a 5 star rating in downbeat.

Recorded at reeves sound studios new york city.