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Thelonious Monk – Brilliant Corners

Thelonious Monk – Brilliant Corners

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Label: Riverside Records – RLP 12-226 
Series: Riverside Contemporary Series 
Format: Vinyl, LP, Album, Repress, Mono, Deep Groove
Country: US 
Released: 1957 
Genre: Jazz 
Style: Hard Bop 

Media Condition: Near Mint (NM)

Sleeve Condition: Very Good Plus (VG+)

Peeling on lower portion of spine. 

Matrix Runout

Matrix / Runout (Runout side A): RLP-12-226-A 16 I U.S. PAT.# RE 23,946 G.B. PAT.# 713,418
Matrix / Runout (Runout side B): RLP-12-226-B 16 I U.S. PAT.# RE 23,946 G.B. PAT.# 713,418

Tracklist

A1 Brilliant Corners
A2 Ba-lue Bolivar Ba-lues-are
B1 Pannonica
B2 I Surrender, Dear
B3 Bemsha Swing

 

Credits

Alto Saxophone – Ernie Henry (tracks: A1 to B1) 
Bass – Oscar Pettiford (tracks: A1 to B1), Paul Chambers (tracks: B3) 
Celesta – Thelonious Monk (tracks: B1) 
Design [Cover] – Paul Bacon 
Drums – Max Roach (tracks: A1 to B1, B3) 
Engineer – Jack Higgins 
Liner Notes – Orrin Keepnews 
Photography By [Cover Photograph] – Paul Weller 
Piano – Thelonious Monk 
Producer – Bill Grauer, Orrin Keepnews 
Soloist – Thelonious Monk (tracks: B2) 
Tenor Saxophone – Sonny Rollins (tracks: A1 to B1, B3) 
Timpani – Max Roach (tracks: B3) 
Trumpet – Clark Terry (tracks: B3) 

Other Notes

Recorded at Reeves Sound Studios, New York City; October 9 (A2, B1), October 15 (A1) and December 7 (B2, B3), 1956.

White labels with 'mic & reels' logo. 553 West 51st St address on back cover.

Laminated cover jacket

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