TWO JAZZ GREATS TOGETHER IN THE STUDIO !
INCLUDES 1 BONUS TRACK
5 STARS DOWN BEAT original review “This is one to play again and again with no diminution of pleasure, or of discovery.” (Dom Cerulli, 1957)
PERSONNEL:
On A1-A2 & B1:
THELONIOUS MONK, piano
JOHN COLTRANE, tenor sax
WILBUR WARE, bass
SHADOW WILSON, drums
New York, July 1957
On A3-A4 & B2:
THELONIOUS MONK, piano
JOHN COLTRANE, tenor sax
COLEMAN HAWKINS, tenor sax
RAY COPELAND, trumpet
GIGI GRYCE, alto sax
WILBUR WARE, bass
ART BLAKEY, drums
New York, June 26, 1957
On B3:
THELONIOUS MONK, unaccompanied piano. New York, April 12, 1957.
SIDE A:
01 RUBY MY DEAR 6:19
02 TRINKLE TINKLE 6:39
03 OFF MINOR 5:09
04 OFF MINOR (alternate take) 5:15*
SIDE B:
01 NUTTY 6:39
02 EPISTROPHY 10:45
03 FUNCTIONAL 9:21
*Bonus track: From the same sessions. Not on the original LP. All compositions by THELONIOUS MONK (except EPISTROPHY, by Monk & Kenny Clarke)