Brilliant Corners

~ Release by Thelonious Monk (see all versions of this release, 25 available)

Annotation

Original recording of album Brilliant Corners + 4 additional bonus featuring Monk and Sonny Rollins

Annotation last modified on 2020-03-07 20:58 UTC.

Tracklist

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1Brilliant Corners
recording engineer:
Jack Higgins (recording engineer)
producer:
Orrin Keepnews
alto saxophone:
Ernie Henry (on 1956-10-15)
double bass:
Oscar Pettiford (on 1956-10-15)
drums (drum set):
Max Roach (20th century US jazz drummer & composer) (on 1956-10-15)
piano:
Thelonious Monk (on 1956-10-15)
tenor saxophone:
Sonny Rollins (American saxophonist) (on 1956-10-15)
recorded at:
Reeves Sound Studios in New York, New York, United States (on 1956-10-15)
recording of:
Brilliant Corners (on 1956-10-15)
composer:
Thelonious Monk
Thelonious Monk7:51
2Ba-lue Bolivar Ba-lues-are
recording engineer:
Jack Higgins (recording engineer)
producer:
Orrin Keepnews
alto saxophone:
Ernie Henry (on 1956-10-09)
double bass:
Oscar Pettiford (on 1956-10-09)
drums (drum set):
Max Roach (20th century US jazz drummer & composer) (on 1956-10-09)
piano:
Thelonious Monk (on 1956-10-09)
tenor saxophone:
Sonny Rollins (American saxophonist) (on 1956-10-09)
recorded at:
Reeves Sound Studios in New York, New York, United States (on 1956-10-09)
recording of:
Ba‐lue Bolivar Ba‐lues‐are (on 1956-10-09)
composer:
Thelonious Monk
Thelonious Monk13:28
3Pannonica
recording engineer:
Jack Higgins (recording engineer)
producer:
Orrin Keepnews
alto saxophone:
Ernie Henry (on 1956-10-09)
celesta and piano:
Thelonious Monk (on 1956-10-09)
double bass:
Oscar Pettiford (on 1956-10-09)
drums (drum set):
Max Roach (20th century US jazz drummer & composer) (on 1956-10-09)
tenor saxophone:
Sonny Rollins (American saxophonist) (on 1956-10-09)
recorded at:
Reeves Sound Studios in New York, New York, United States (on 1956-10-09)
recording of:
Pannonica (on 1956-10-09)
writer and composer:
Thelonious Monk
Thelonious Monk8:54
4I Surrender, Dear
recording engineer:
Jack Higgins (recording engineer)
producer:
Orrin Keepnews
piano:
Thelonious Monk (on 1956-12-07)
recorded at:
Reeves Sound Studios in New York, New York, United States (on 1956-12-07)
instrumental recording of:
I Surrender Dear (on 1956-12-07)
lyricist:
Gordon Clifford (in 1931)
composer:
Harry Barris (in 1931)
publisher:
Mills Music, Inc.
Thelonious Monk5:34
5Bemsha Swing
recording engineer:
Jack Higgins (recording engineer)
producer:
Orrin Keepnews
double bass:
Paul Chambers (US jazz bassist) (on 1956-12-07)
drums (drum set):
Max Roach (20th century US jazz drummer & composer) (on 1956-12-07)
piano:
Thelonious Monk (on 1956-12-07)
tenor saxophone:
Sonny Rollins (American saxophonist) (on 1956-12-07)
trumpet:
Clark Terry (American swing trumpeter) (on 1956-12-07)
recorded at:
Reeves Sound Studios in New York, New York, United States (on 1956-12-07)
recording of:
Bemsha Swing (instrumental) (on 1956-12-07)
composer:
Denzil Best and Thelonious Monk
publisher:
Bayes Music Corporation, Bocu Music Ltd., Embassy Music Corporation, Second Floor Music and Thelonious Music
sub-publisher:
ミュージック・セールス (Music Sales, Japan, subsidiary of Shinko Music Entertainment) and 日音 Synch事業部 (NICHION, INC. Synch Division)
Thelonious Monk7:55
6I Want to Be Happy
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (on 1954-10-25)
recording engineer:
Rudy van Gelder
producer:
Bob Weinstock
double bass:
Tommy Potter (on 1954-10-25)
drums (drum set):
Art Taylor (on 1954-10-25)
piano:
Thelonious Monk (on 1954-10-25)
tenor saxophone:
Sonny Rollins (American saxophonist) (on 1954-10-25)
recorded at:
Van Gelder Studio (Hackensack – July 1, 1959) in Hackensack, New Jersey, United States (on 1954-10-25)
instrumental cover recording of:
I Want to Be Happy (No, No, Nanette) (on 1954-10-25)
lyricist:
Irving Caesar and Otto Harbach
composer:
Vincent Youmans
part of:
No, No, Nanette
Sonny Rollins feat. Thelonious Monk7:47
7The Way You Look Tonight
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (on 1954-10-25)
recording engineer:
Rudy van Gelder
producer:
Bob Weinstock
double bass:
Tommy Potter (on 1954-10-25)
drums (drum set):
Art Taylor (on 1954-10-25)
piano:
Thelonious Monk (on 1954-10-25)
tenor saxophone:
Sonny Rollins (American saxophonist) (on 1954-10-25)
recorded at:
Van Gelder Studio (Hackensack – July 1, 1959) in Hackensack, New Jersey, United States (on 1954-10-25)
instrumental recording of:
The Way You Look Tonight (from “Swing Time”) (on 1954-10-25)
publisher:
Jerome Kern (on 1936-07-24)
lyricist:
Dorothy Fields (American librettist and lyricist) (in 1936)
composer:
Jerome Kern (in 1936)
publisher:
Aldi Music Company, Chappell & Co., Inc. (USA), Chappell Music Ltd., Polygram Music, PolyGram Music Publishing Ltd., Shapiro Bernstein & Co. Ltd., Shapiro, Bernstein & Co., Inc., The Songwriters Guild and Universal PolyGram International Publishing, Inc. (existed only since ca. 1998) (in 1936)
sub-publisher:
シンコーミュージック・エンタテイメント (Shinko Music Entertainment Co., Ltd.) and ユニバーサル・ミュージック・パブリッシング Synch事業部 (Universal Music Publishing, Synch Division)
part of:
The 9th Academy Award for Best Original Song (number: 1) and Academy Award for Best Original Song (number: 1936 winner)
part of:
Swing Time (film)
Thelonious Monk/Sonny Rollins5:17
8More Than You Know
double bass:
Tommy Potter (on 1954-10-25)
drums (drum set):
Art Taylor (on 1954-10-25)
piano:
Thelonious Monk (on 1954-10-25)
tenor saxophone:
Sonny Rollins (American saxophonist) (on 1954-10-25)
recorded at:
Van Gelder Studio (Hackensack – July 1, 1959) in Hackensack, New Jersey, United States (on 1954-10-25)
instrumental recording of:
More Than You Know (on 1954-10-25)
lyricist:
Edward Eliscu and Billy Rose (lyricist and Broadway producer)
composer:
Vincent Youmans
publisher:
Anne-Rachel Music Corp., Intersong Music, LSQ Music Co., Miller Music Corp., The Songwriters Guild, WB Music Corp. (1929–2019) (, until 2019-05-28) and WC Music Corp. (from 2019-05-28 to present)
part of:
Great Day!
part of:
Hit the Deck (1955 movie)
Sonny Rollins10:51
9Friday the 13th
recorded in:
New Jersey, United States (on 1953-11-13)
recording engineer:
Rudy van Gelder
producer:
Ira Gitler
double bass:
Percy Heath (on 1953-11-13)
drums (drum set):
Willie Jones (jazz drummer, not Willie Jones III) (on 1953-11-13)
French horn:
Julius Watkins (on 1953-11-13)
piano:
Thelonious Monk (on 1953-11-13)
tenor saxophone:
Sonny Rollins (American saxophonist) (on 1953-11-13)
recorded at:
WOR Studios in New York, New York, United States (on 1953-11-13)
recording of:
Friday the 13th (on 1953-11-13)
composer:
Thelonious Monk
Thelonious Monk/Sonny Rollins10:34