Album

Blues Five Spot

Thelonious Monk

1984 · Jazz

Rare pressing on Gatefold

Blues Five Spot by Thelonious Monk

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

  1. A1Unidentified Solo Piano (Unknown)1:53
  2. A2Blues Five Spot9:54
  3. A3In Walked Bud/Epistrophy10:55

Side B

  1. B1'Round Midnight6:15
  2. B2Coming On The Hudson6:01
  3. B3Played Twice (Take 1)6:56
  4. B4Crepescule With Nellie2:39
  5. 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

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Rare pressing on Gatefold · 5 pressings tracked on Gatefold

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