Thelonious Monk Septet - Monk's Music

Tracklist

1	Abide With Me	0:54
2	Well, You Needn't	11:26
3	Ruby, My Dear	5:26
4	Off Minor (Take 5)	5:09
5	Off Minor (Take 4)	5:16
6	Epistrophy	10:47
7	Crepuscule With Nellie (Take 6)	4:40
8	Crepuscule With Nellie (Takes 4 And 5) (Stereo)	4:46

Companies, etc.

• Recorded At – Reeves Sound Studios
• Made By – P+O Pallas – 0738
• Distributed By – BERNHARD MIKULSKI Schallplatten-Vertriebs-GmbH

Credits

• Alto Saxophone – Gigi Gryce
• Bass – Wilbur Ware
• Design [Cover] – Paul Bacon
• Drums – Art Blakey
• Engineer – Jack Higgins
• Mastered By – Danny Kopelson
• Photography By [Cover] – Paul Weller
• Piano – Thelonious Monk
• Producer, Liner Notes – Orrin Keepnews
• Remastered By – Danny Kopelson
• Tenor Saxophone – Coleman Hawkins, John Coltrane
• Trumpet – Ray Copeland

Notes

Recorded in New York; June 26, 1957.

("Abide with Me" is played by trumpet and saxes only; "Ruby, My Dear" by Hawkins and rhythm section only.)

A High Fidelity Recording - Riverside Reeve Spectrosonic High Fidelity Engineering (Audio Compensation: RIAA Curve).

Digitally remastered directly from the original analog master tapes, Fantasy Studios, Berkeley, CA.

Tracks 5 & 8: Additional tracks not on original LP release.

Made in Germany.

Jewel case, black tray, 4-page front inlay.

Barcode and Other Identifiers

• Barcode: none
• Label Code: LC 0325
• Rights Society: GEMA
• Matrix / Runout: OJC CD 084-2-P+O-0738-B-11-87

Other versions

Category	Artist	Title (Format)	Label	Category	Country	Year
RLP 12-242	Thelonious Monk Septet	Monk's Music ‎(LP, Album, Mono)	Riverside Records	RLP 12-242	US	1957
GSLP 7023, GSLP 7203	Thelonious Monk	Monk's Music ‎(LP)	Gateway Records, Gateway Records	GSLP 7023, GSLP 7203	US	1977
RLP 12-242, 088072357778, OJC-084	Thelonious Monk Septet	Monk's Music ‎(LP, Album, RE, 180)	Riverside Records, Universal Music Group International, Original Jazz Classics	RLP 12-242, 088072357778, OJC-084	Europe	2014
OJC 084, RLP-242	Thelonious Monk Septet	Monk's Music ‎(LP, Album, RE)	Original Jazz Classics, Riverside Records	OJC 084, RLP-242	Germany	1983
VDJ-1516	Thelonious Monk Septet	Monk's Music ‎(CD, Album, RM, Mono)	Riverside Records	VDJ-1516	Japan	1985

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