Thelonious Monk Septet
Ray Copeland(tp, omit on 17), Gigi Gryce(as, omit on 17), Coleman Hawkins(ts, omit on 03), John Coltrane(ts, omit on 17), Thelonious Monk(p, omit on 06-07), Wilbur Ware(b, omit on 06-07), Art Blakey(d, omit on 06-07)
Reeves Sound Studios, New York City (Second Ave. between 44th and 45th Streets, borough of Manhattan)
26 June 1957 (Wed)
-01 Off Minor (take 1) (uni)
-02 Off Minor (take 2) (uni)
-03 Off Minor (take 3) (uni)
-04 Off Minor (take 4) (5:12) ②
-05 Off Minor (take 5) (5:06) ①
-06 Abide with Me (take 1) (0:51) ④
-07 Abide with Me (take 2) (0:52) ①
-08 Crepuscule with Nellie (take 1) (uni)
-09 Crepuscule with Nellie (take 2) (uni)
-10 Crepuscule with Nellie (take 3) (uni)
-11 Crepuscule with Nellie (take 4&5) (4:43) ③
-12 Crepuscule with Nellie (take 6) (4:37) ①
-13 Epistrophy (take 1) (2:18) ②
-14 Epistrophy (take 2) (10:42) ①
-15 Well, You Needn’t (take 1) (1:23) ③
-16 Well, You Needn’t (take 2) ①
-17 Rudy, My Dear ①
①Riverside RLP 12-242 (Monk’s Music, released ca. Nov. 1957)
②Jazzland JLP46 Thelonious Monk with John Coltrane, released ca. Oct. 1961)
③Riverside VDJ-25010-24 (Thelonious Monk / Complete Riverside Recordings, 1988, 15CD)
④Riverside RCD2-30027-2 (Thelonious Monk with John Coltrane / The Complete 1957 Riverside Recordings, 2006, 2CD)