Album
Eight Classic Albums
2010 · Jazz
Rare pressing on Gatefold
Eight Classic Albums is a Jazz album by Thelonious Monk, originally released in 2010. On Gatefold: 5 pressings tracked.
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Sound DNA
- Jazz
- Bebop & Hard Bop
- clean
- playful
- smoky
Notes from the original pressing. Later editions may differ.
Tracks originally released:
1-1 to 1-7 as LP compilation " Thelonious Monk " ( 1956 ) [Prestige LP 7053]. Tracks 1-1 to 1-4 first issued as LP 10" " Thelonious Monk Quintet " ( 1954 ) [Prestige PRLP 180], tracks 1-5 & 1-6 on LP 10" " Blows For LP " ( 1954 ) [Prestige PrLP 166] and track 1-7 previously unreleased.
1-8 to 1-13 as LP " Monk's Music " ( 1957 ) [Riverside Records RLP 12 242] credited to Thelonious Monk Septet.
2-1 to 2-8 as LP " Thelonious Monk Plays The Music Of Duke Ellington " (
Credits
The people behind it.
Performers
- Thelonious MonkPIANO
- Art BlakeyDRUMS
- Art TaylorDRUMS
- Bill HardmanTRUMPET
- Coleman HawkinsTENOR SAXOPHONE
- Curly RussellBASS
- Frank FosterTENOR SAXOPHONE
- Gary MappBASS
- Gerry MulliganBARITONE SAXOPHONE
- Gigi GryceALTO SAXOPHONE
- John ColtraneTENOR SAXOPHONE
- Johnny GriffinTENOR SAXOPHONE
- Julius WatkinsFRENCH HORN
- Kenny ClarkeDRUMS
- Max RoachDRUMS
- Oscar PettifordBASS
- Percy HeathBASS
- Ray CopelandTRUMPET
Rare pressing on Gatefold · 5 pressings tracked on Gatefold
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