Thelonious Monk Riverside Tenor Sessions Vinyl

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.

Thelonious monk riverside tenor sessions vinyl.

Riverside tenor sessions box set limited edition box set gold cd import. The riverside tenor sessions vinyl. 5 0 out of 5 stars 2 ratings. This edition also contains further studio recordings by monk and trane among them a blues performance from the same sessions in which monk sits out.

Although it is far from inexpensive this collection is sure to please the serious monk fan. Presented here is the complete original album monk s music riverside rlp12 242 featuring thelonious monk with a septet including both tenor sax luminaries john coltrane and coleman hawkins. Brilliant corners monk s music and the live tracks of thelonious monk with john coltrane are mono. 980 217 in cds vinyl see top 100 in cds vinyl 649698 in pop cds vinyl 11328 in modern postbebop cds vinyl.

Misterioso fades out early missing approximately 8 minutes of music from the original on the rlp 12 1133 b cut. It contains all the tracks previously released both on the original and on the later expanded cd versions of all his riverside albums together with. The riverside tenor sessions is a beautifully packaged box set. Recorded and released between 1956 and 1961 these seven monk combo albums were critical in monk s emergence.

The remainder are stereo. It was released by riverside in 1986 on 22 lps or on 15 cds. See all formats and editions hide other formats and editions. View credits reviews tracks and shop for the 1998 gold cd release of the riverside tenor sessions on discogs.

Limited to 2 500 copies each on cd and vinyl. The sound quality throughout the box is superior or in the case of monk s music vastly superior to the other discs out there.