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The Complete Riverside Recordings

by THELONIOUS MONK

 



Tracks

Abide With Me
Abide with Me (June 26, 1957)
All Alone
All Alone (April 16, 1957)
April in Paris
April In Paris (April 16, 1957)
April In Paris (April 18, 1961)
Argentia
Argentia (May 1958)
Ask Me Now
Ask Me Now (June 2, 1959)
Ba-Lue Bolivar Ba-Lues-Are
Ba-Lue Bolivar Ba-Lues-Are (Oct 9, 1956)
Bemsha Swing
Bemsha Swing (April 21, 1961)
Bemsha Swing (Dec 7, 1956)
Black And Tan Fantasy
Black and Tan Fantasy (July 1955)
Bluehawk
Bluehawk (Oct 22, 1959)
Blue Monk
Blue Monk (Aug 7, 1958)
Blue Monk (Feb 28, 1959)
Blue Monk (Oct 21, 1959)
Blues Five Spot
Blues Five Spot (Aug 7, 1958)
Blues Five Spot (July 9, 1958)
Blues for Tomorrow
Blues For Tomorrow (June 25, 1957)
Body and Soul
Body And Soul (April 18, 1961)
Body and Soul (April 21, 1961)
Brilliant Corners
Brilliant Corners (Oct 15, 1956)
Buck's Business (May 1958)
Bye-Ya / Epistrophy (theme) (previously unissued)
Bye-Ya - Epistrophy (theme) (previously unissued, July 9, 1958)
Caravan
Caravan (July 1955)
Coming On The Hudson
Coming On The Hudson (Aug 7, 1958)
Coming On The Hudson (Feb 25, 1958)
Crepescule With Nellie (April 21, 1961)
Crepuscule With Nellie
Crepuscule With Nellie (April 18, 1961)
Crepuscule With Nellie (Breakdown)
Crepuscule With Nellie - Breakdown
Crepuscule With Nellie - Breakdown (Previously Unissued)
Crepuscule With Nellie (breakdown, previously unissued, June 25, 1957))
Crepuscule with Nellie (Feb 28, 1959)
Crepuscule With Nellie (take 1, previously unissued, June 25, 1957))
Crepuscule With Nellie (Take 6)
Crepuscule With Nellie (take 6, originally issued, June 26, 1957)
Crepuscule With Nellie (takes 4/5, previously unissued, June 26, 1957)
Darn That Dream
Darn That Dream (April 3, 1956)
Decidedly (Monaural Take 5)
Decidedly (Stereo Take 4)
Decidedly (take 4, originally issued stereo take, Aug 13, 1957)
Decidedly (take 5, originally issued monaural take, Aug 13, 1957)
Epistrophy
Epistrophy (April 21, 1961)
Epistrophy (April 29, 1960)
Epistrophy - fragment
Epistrophy (fragment, June 26, 1957)
Epistrophy (June 26, 1957)
Epistrophy (Theme)
Epistrophy (Theme #2)
Epistrophy (theme #2, Aug 7, 1958)
Epistrophy (theme, April 29, 1960)
Epistrophy (theme, Aug 7, 1958)
Epistropy (April 18, 1961)
Everything Happens to Me
Everything Happens To Me (Oct 21, 1959)
Evidence
Evidence (April 29, 1960)
Evidence (Aug 7, 1958)
Evidence (previously unissued, July 9, 1958)
Flugelin' The Blues (May 1958)
Four In One (take 1, April 29, 1960)
Four In One (take 2,April 29, 1960 )
Friday The 13th
Friday The 13th (Feb 28, 1959)
Functional (Alternate Take 1)
Functional (take 1, alternate, April 16, 1957)
Functional (Take 2)
Functional (take 2, originally issued, April 16, 1957)
Hackensack
Hackensack (April 18, 1961)
Honeysuckle Rose
Honeysuckle Rose (April 3, 1956)
I Don't Stand a Ghost of a Chance with You (take 5, previously issued only in Italy, April 5, 1957)
I Don't Stand a Ghost of a Chance with You (take 7, originally issued, April 5, 1957)
I Got It Bad (And That Ain't Good)
I Got It Bad (And That Ain't Good Enough)
I Got It Bad (And That Ain't Good Enough) (July 1955)
I Let A Song Go Out Of My Heart
I Let a Song Go Out of My Heart (July 1955)
I Mean You
I Mean You (Alternate Take 1)
I Mean You (Alternate Take 2)
I Mean You (April 18, 1961)
I Mean You (June 2, 1959)
I Mean You (Take 1 - Alternate)
I Mean You (take 1, alternate, Aug 12, 1957)
I Mean You (Take 2 - alternate)
I Mean You (take 2, alternate, Aug 12, 1957)
I Mean You (take 4, originally issued, Aug 12, 1957)
I'm Getting Sentimental Over You
I'm Getting Sentimental Over You (April 16, 1957)
I'm Getting Sentimental Over You (April 18, 1961)
I'm Getting Sentimental Over You (April 29, 1960)
In Orbit
In Orbit (May 1958)
In Walked Bud
In Walked Bud (Aug 7, 1958)
In Walked Bud - Epistrophy (theme) (July 9, 1958)
In Walked Bud (Feb 28, 1959)
I Should Care (Take 1)
I Should Care (take 1, previously unissued, April 5, 1957)
I Should Care (take 2, previously issued only in Italy, April 5, 1957)
I Should Care (take 3)
I Should Care (take 3, originally issued, April 5, 1957)
I Surrender, Dear
I Surrender, Dear (Dec 7, 1956)
It Don't Mean A Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing)
It Don’t Mean A Thing If It Ain’t Got That Swing
It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing) (July 1955)
Jackie-Ing
Jackie-ing (April 18, 1961)
Jackie-ing (April 21, 1961)
Jackie-ing (June 4, 1959)
Just A Gigolo (April 18, 1961)
Just a Gigolo (Aug 7, 1958)
Just You, Just Me
Just You, Just Me (March 17, 1956)
Just You, Just Me (previously unissued)
Just You, Just Me (previously unissued, April 28, 1960)
Let's Call This
Let's Call This (April 29, 1960)
Let's Cool One
Let's Cool One (Aug 7, 1958)
Let's Cool One (May 1958)
Light Blue
Light Blue (Aug 7, 1958)
Little Rootie Tootie
Little Rootie Tootie - encore
Little Rootie Tootie (encore, Feb 28, 1959)
Little Rootie Tootie (Feb 28, 1959)
Liza, All The Clouds'll Roll A
Liza (All The Clouds'll Roll Away)
Liza, All The Clouds'll Roll Away
Liza, All The Clouds'll Roll Away (March 17, 1956)
Memories Of You
Memories of You (March 17, 1956)
Misterioso
Misterioso (Aug 7, 1958)
Monk's Mood
Monk's Mood (April 16, 1957)
Monk's Mood (false start)
Monk's Mood (false-start, previously unissued, April 16, 1957)
Monk's Mood (Feb 28, 1959)
Mood Indigo
Mood Indigo (July 1955)
Moonlight Fiesta (May 1958)
Nutty
Nutty (12, July, 1957)
Nutty (Aug 7, 1958)
Off Minor
Off Minor (Alternate Take 4)
Off Minor (April 18, 1961)
Off Minor (Feb 28, 1959)
Off Minor (take 4, alternate, June 26, 1957)
Off Minor (take 5)
Off Minor (take 5, originally issued, June 26, 1957)
One Foot In The Gutter (May 1958)
Pannonica
Pannonica (Oct 21, 1959)
Pannonica (Oct 9, 1956)
Pannonica (opening)
Pannonica (opening, previously unissued, Oct 9, 1956)
Pea Eye
Pea Eye (May 1958)
Played Twice
Played Twice (Alternate Take 2)
Played Twice (Take 1 - 2nd alternate)
Played Twice (take 1, 2nd alternate)
Played Twice (take 1, 2nd alternate, June 1, 1959)
Played Twice (take 2, alternate, June 1, 1959)
Played Twice-take 3
Played Twice (take 3, originally issued, June 1, 1959)
Reflections
Reflections (Oct 22, 1959)
Remember
Remember (Oct 22, 1959)
Rhythm-a-ning
Rhythm-A-Ning (April 18, 1961)
Rhythm-a-ning (April 21, 1961)
Rhythm-A-Ning (Aug 12, 1957)
Rhythm-A-Ning (Aug 7, 1958)
Rhythm-A-Ning (Feb 28, 1959)
Round Lights
Round Lights (Oct 21, 1959)
'Round Midnight
'Round Midnight (April 29, 1960)
'Round Midnight (Aug 13, 1957)
'Round Midnight (in progress, April 5, 1957)
'Round Midnight (July 9, 1958)
'Round Midnight (previously unissued)
'Round Midnight (previously unissued, April 29, 1960)
'Round Midnight (take 7, originally issued, April 5, 1957)
Ruby, My Dear
Ruby, My Dear (Oct 21, 1959)
Ruby, My Dear (with Coleman Hawkins)
Ruby, My Dear (with Coleman Hawkins, June 26, 1957)
Ruby, My Dear (with John Coltrane)
Ruby, My Dear (with John Coltrane, 12, July, 1957)
San Francisco Holiday (Alternate Take 2)
San Francisco Holiday (April 21, 1961)
San Francisco Holiday (previously unissued, April 28, 1960)
San Francisco Holiday (take 2, alternate, April 29, 1960)
San Francisco Holiday (Worry Later) (Take 3)
San Francisco Holiday (Worry Later) (take 3, April 29, 1960)
Solitude
Solitude (July 1955)
Sophisticated Lady
Sophisticated Lady (July 1955)
Straight, No Chaser
Straight, No Chaser (Alternate Take 1)
Straight, No Chaser (April 21, 1961)
Straight, No Chaser (June 2, 1959)
Straight, No Chaser (take 1, alternate, Aug 12, 1957)
Straight, No Chaser (take 3, originally issued, Aug 12, 1957)
Sweet and Lovely
Sweet and Lovely (Aug 13, 1957)
Tea For Two
Tea For Two (April 3, 1956)
Thelonious
Thelonious (Feb 28, 1959)
There's Danger In Your Eyes, Cherie (Alternate Take 1)
There's Danger In Your Eyes, Cherie (take 1, alternate, Oct 21, 1959)
There's Danger in Your Eyes, Cherie (take 2)
There's Danger In Your Eyes, Cherie - Take 2
There's Danger In Your Eyes, Cherie (take 2, originally issued, Oct 21, 1959)
Trinkle, Tinkle
Trinkle, Tinkle (12, July, 1957)
Trust In Me
Trust In Me (May 1958)
[unidentified solo piano]
unidentified solo piano (July 9, 1958)
Very Near Blue (May 1958)
Well, You Needn't
Well, You Needn't (April 18, 1961)
Well, You Needn't (June 26, 1957)
Well You Needn't - Opening
Well, You Needn't - opening (previously unissued)
Well, You Needn't (opening, previously unissued, June 26, 1957)
You Are Too Beautiful
You Are Too Beautiful (March 17, 1956)
You Took the Words Right Out of My Heart
You Took the Words Right out of My Heart (Oct 22, 1959)