Thelonious Monk & Johnny Griffin - Complete Live At The Five Spot 1958 [2CD]

Cat. no: EJC55782
Format: CD2
Barcode: 8436559469975
Release Date: 10 Feb 2023
Genre: Jazz

Just after John Coltrane left Thelonious Monk and before the arrival of Charlie Rouse, Thelonious Monk formed a quartet with tenor saxophonist Johnny Grifn, which played at the Five Spot in New York during 1958 

Half of this music was issued on two albums: 'In Action' (Riverside RLP-1190) and 'Misterioso'(Riverside RLP-1133). This special 2CD edition contains all known music from that gig plus a rare bonus track, 'Coming On The Hudson', also featuring Johnny Grifn.

Thelonious Monk: piano
Johnny Grifn: tenor saxophone
Ahmed-Abdul Malik: bass
Roy Haynes: drums

Live at the Five Spot, New York, August 7 & July 9, 1958. Original sessions produced by Orrin Keepnews.

Tracks: Light Blue / Coming On The Hudson / Rhythm-A-Ning / Just A Gigolo / Blue Monk / Evidence / Epistrophy [theme] / Nutty / Blues Five Spot / Let's Cool One / In Walked Bud / Misterioso / Epistrophy [theme] / Evidence / Blues Five Spot / In Walked Bud/ Epistrophy [theme] / Sweet Stranger / ‘round Midnight / Bya-Ya/Epistrophy [theme] / Coming On The Hudson

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