Miles Davis – Bags Groove (1957)

Prestige – PRLP 7109Rec. Dates : June 29, 1954, December 24, 1954See additional notes about 12/24/1954 here: PRLP 7150, PRLP 7650 Trumpet : Miles DavisBass : Percy HeathDrums : Kenny ClarkePiano : Horace Silver, Thelonious MonkTenor Sax : Sonny RollinsVibes : Milt Jackson Listening to Prestige : #114, #131Stream this Album Billboard : 12/16/1957Score of 80 Remastered, converted sessions cut in 1954, also including previously unissued

Miles Davis – And the Modern Jazz Giants (1969)

Prestige – PRLP 7650Rec. Dates : December 24, 1954 Trumpet : Miles DavisBass : Percy HeathDrums : Kenny ClarkePiano : Thelonious MonkVibes : Milt Jackson Listening to Prestige : #131Album is Not StreamableCompilation of tracks from PRLP 7109 & PRLP 7150 Liner Notes by Martin WilliamsMarch 1969 The Bags’ Groove – Man I Love date, all of it, collected on a single LP. Miles Davis, Milt

Miles Davis – And The Modern Jazz Giants (1959)

Prestige – PRLP 7150Rec. Dates : December 24, 1954, October 26, 1956 Trumpet : Miles DavisBass : Percy Heath, Paul ChambersDrums : Kenny Clarke, Philly Joe JonesPiano : Thelonious Monk, Red GarlandTenor Sax : John ColtraneVibes : Milt Jackson Listening to Prestige : #131, #191Stream this AlbumSee more about 12/24/1954: PRLP 7109, PRLP 7650 Billboard : 06/15/1959Jazz Spotlight Winner of the Week This album could easily

Clark Terry with Thelonious Monk – In Orbit (1958)

Riverside – RLP 12-271Rec. Dates : May 7, 1958, May 12, 1958Stream this Album Flugelhorn : Clark TerryPiano : Thelonious MonkBass : Sam JonesDrums : Philly Joe Jones Audio : December, 1958Charles A. Robertson Since its adoption as a second horn by various jazz trumpet men, the flugelhorn is turning up in unexpected places, sprouting in the brass sections

Thelonious Monk – Thelonious in Action (1958)

Riverside – RLP 12-262Rec. Date : August 7, 1958Stream this Album Piano : Thelonious MonkBass : Ahmed Abdul-MalikDrums : Roy HaynesTenor Sax : Johnny Griffin San Bernardino County SunJim Angelo : 11/15/1958Album of the Week Musicians and critics alike generally recognize Thelonious Monk as one of the major figures in modern jazz. By virtue of his contributions to the Minton group

Thelonious Monk – Mulligan Meets Monk (1957)

Riverside – RLP 12-247Rec. Dates : August 12, 1957, August 13, 1957Stream this Album Baritone Sax : Gerry MulliganPiano : Thelonious MonkBass : Wilbur WareDrums : Shadow Wilson   Billboard : 11/18/1957Special Merit Jazz Album A significant album in which these two major modern figures engage in relaxed, conversational jazz, and are obviously challenged by each other. Though their

Thelonious Monk – Monk’s Music (1957)

Riverside – RLP 12-242Rec. Dates : June 25, 1957, June 26, 1957Stream this Album Piano : Thelonious MonkAlto Sax : Gigi GryceBass : Wilbur WareDrums : Art BlakeyTenor Sax : Coleman Hawkins, John ColtraneTrumpet : Ray Copeland Billboard : 11/18/1957Special Merit Jazz Album During these performances Monk‘s compositions, always harmoniously arresting, assume the beauty and richness they have suggested in the past. In

Thelonious Monk – Thelonious Himself (1957)

Riverside – RLP 12-235Rec. Dates : April 5, 1957, April 12, 1957, April 16, 1957Stream this Album Piano : Thelonious MonkBass : Wilbur WareTenor Sax : John Coltrane Billboard : 09/30/1957Special Merit Jazz Album The highly individual jazz piano innovator graces a basically standard program with significant performances. Tho somewhat irregular in his approach to time and development

Thelonious Monk – Brilliant Corners (1957)

Riverside – RLP 12-226Rec. Dates : October 9, 1956, October 15, 1956, December 7, 1956Stream this Album Piano : Thelonious MonkAlto Sax : Ernie HenryBass : Oscar Pettiford, Paul ChambersCeleste : Thelonious MonkDrums : Max RoachTenor Sax : Sonny RollinsTrumpet : Clark Terry Billboard : 04/13/1957Special Merit Jazz Album Here’s another refresher for those who feel modern jazz is slipping into ruts.

Thelonious Monk – The Unique (1956)

Riverside – RLP 12-209Rec. Dates : March 17, 1956, April 3, 1956Stream this Album Piano : Thelonious MonkBass : Oscar PettifordDrums : Art Blakey Billboard : 12/31/1955Score of 73 The diskery has hit on the all-Ellington gimmick as a method of introducing this pioneer pianist, acknowledged as a prime inventor of the idiom, to a wilder audience than he