Album
Blues Five Spot
1984 · Jazz
Rare pressing on Gatefold

Blues Five Spot is a Jazz album by Thelonious Monk, originally released in 1984. On Gatefold: 5 pressings tracked.
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Tracklist
Side A
- A1Unidentified Solo Piano (Unknown)1:53
- A2Blues Five Spot9:54
- A3In Walked Bud/Epistrophy10:55
Side B
- B1'Round Midnight6:15
- B2Coming On The Hudson6:01
- B3Played Twice (Take 1)6:56
- B4Crepescule With Nellie2:39
- B5Body And Soul (Solo Piano)2:47
Sound DNA
- Jazz
- Post-Bop & Modal
- angular
- intense
- cerebral
Notes from the original pressing. Later editions may differ.
A1 to B1 recorded at the Five Spot Cafe July 9, 1958
B2 recorded at Reeves Sound Studios, New York, Feb. 28, 1958
B3 recorded at Reeves Sound Studios, New York, June 1, 1959
B4 & B5 recorded at the Olympia Theater, Paris, April 18, 1961
Credits
The people behind it.
Performers
- Thelonious MonkPIANO
- "Philly" Joe JonesDRUMS
- Ahmed Abdul-MalikBASS
- Art TaylorDRUMS
- Charlie RouseTENOR SAXOPHONE
- Donald ByrdTRUMPET
- Frankie DunlopDRUMS
- John OreBASS
- Johnny GriffinTENOR SAXOPHONE
- Pepper AdamsBARITONE SAXOPHONE
- Roy HaynesDRUMS
- Sam JonesBASS
- Wilbur WareBASS
Rare pressing on Gatefold · 5 pressings tracked on Gatefold
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