Riverside Records · in the Kissa Kissa racks
Thelonious In Action
| Recorded | Aug 1958 |
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| Label | Riverside Records |
| Released | 1958 |
| Personnel | 4 credited players |
| Discogs | master 178128 |
The record
The Five Spot residency turns unguarded on this date, Griffin's tenor jabbing hard against the leader's spiky comping while Haynes trades brushes for sticks mid-tune.
Session personnel
- Ahmed Abdul-Malik — bass
- Roy Haynes — drums
- Thelonious Monk — piano, composed by
- Johnny Griffin — tenor saxophone
Contemporary reception
No period review located yet. The vintage-press pipeline searches DownBeat, Cash Box, and Billboard for this session.
Pressings
Showing the first pressing, audiophile reissues and copies carrying a collector marker, out of 57 pressings on file.
| 1958 | Riverside Records · RLP 12-262 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Mono earliest on file · deep groove |
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| 1958 | Riverside Records · RLP 12-262 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Mono · deep groove |
| 1959 | Riverside Records · RLP 12-262 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Repress, Mono · deep groove |
| 1959 | Riverside Records · RLP 12-262 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Repress, Mono · deep groove |
| 1960 | Riverside Records · RLP 1190 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo · deep groove |
| 1963 | Riverside Records · RLP 12-262 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Mono, Deep Groove · deep groove |
| 1963 | Riverside Records · RLP 12-262 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Mono, DG, AB Pressing · deep groove; laminated sleeve |
| 1958 | Riverside Records · RLP 12-262 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Mono |
| 1960 | Riverside Records — MONO |
| 1961 | Riverside Records · RLP 12-262 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Mono |
| 1961 | Riverside Records · RLP 12-262 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Mono |
| 1964 | Riverside Records · 1190 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Stereo |
| 1966 | Riverside Records · RLP 1190 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Stereo |
| 1966 | Riverside Records · RLP 12-262 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Mono |
Follow the players
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