Thelonious Monk - The Riverside Tenor Sessions

 

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180-gram vinyl

Mastered AAA by Kevin Gray from the original analog master tapes

Pressed at Quality Record Pressings

Despite various reissue formats over several decades, the seven original LPs contained in Thelonious Monk — The Riverside Tenor Sessions stood perfectly well on their own at the time of initial release and remain among the highest achievements of a truly golden age. Recorded and released between 1956 and 1961, these seven Monk combo albums were critical in Monk's emergence from a decade of ridicule and neglect to his status at the pinnacle of the jazz pantheon.

In addition to some of his best recorded piano performances and more than two dozen of his profoundly personal compositions, these albums provide an overview of the era's major tenor saxophonists, with contributions by Sonny Rollins, Coleman Hawkins, John Coltrane, Johnny Griffin, Charlie Rouse and Harold Land. Max Roach, Art Blakely, Roy Haynes and Thad Jones are among the other jazz immortals featured on the essential Brilliant Corners, Monk's Music, Thelonious Monk and John Coltrane, Thelonious in Action, Misterioso, 5 by Monk by 5 and Quartet Plus Two at the Blackhawk.

Like the Miles Davis quintet records contained in Analogue Productions' Miles Davis Quintet: The Prestige Recordings, these Monk albums are among the pinnacle of the LP art — now pressed by Quality Record Pressings, and they have never sounded better.

 

Brilliant Corners

Brilliant Corners

Ba-Lue Bolivar Ba-Lues-Are

Pannonica

I Surrender, Dear

Bemsha Swing

Monk's Music

Abide With Me

Well, You Needn't

Ruby, My Dear

Off Minor

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Crepescule With Nellie

Thelonious Monk With John Coltrane

Ruby, My Dear

Trinkle, Tinkle

Off Minor

Nutty

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Functional

Thelonious In Action

Light Blue

Coming On The Hudson

Rhythm-A-Ning

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Blue Monk

Evidence

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Misterioso

Nutty

Blues Five Spot

Let's Cool One

In Walked Bud

Just A Gigolo

Misterioso

Five By Monk By Five

Jackie-Ing

Straight, No Chaser

Played Twice

I Mean You

Ask Me Now

Quartet Plus Two At The Blackhawk

Let's Call This

Four In One

I'm Getting Sentimental Over You

Worry Later

'Round Midnight

Epistrophy

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Best Vinyl I've Heard Yet posted on 10/20/2012 5 Stars I've bought a few "audiophile" discs from Acoustic Sounds, never been very disappointed. I'd like to make clear my setup is very simple and would be frowned on by most as it's low cost. However these records sound amazing even through my simple setup. I listen on a good pair of phones and this is the cleanest vinyl I've ever heard play on my table. Not only is it a great collection it's a terrific quality. I'd buy an Analogue Productions record again without a second thought.

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