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Prestige

Thelonious Monk / Sonny Rollins

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Recorded1957
LabelPrestige
CatalogLP 7075
Released1957
Personnel10 credited players
Discogsmaster 171076

The record

Five tracks assembled from more than one session: the credits carry three drummers -- Art Blakey, Art Taylor and Willie Jones -- plus two bassists in Percy Heath and Tommy Potter. Thelonious Monk's piano and Sonny Rollins's tenor are the principal voices, on 'Work', 'Nutty' and 'Friday The 13th' alongside 'The Way You Look Tonight' and 'I Want To Be Happy'. Prestige, 1957; remastered by Rudy Van Gelder.

Tracks

  1. The Way You Look Tonight
  2. I Want To Be Happy
  3. Work
  4. Nutty
  5. Friday The 13th

Session personnel

  • Percy Heath — Bass
  • Tommy Potter — Bass
  • Tom Hannan — Cover
  • Art Blakey — Drums
  • Art Taylor — Drums
  • Willie Jones — Drums
  • Ira Gitler — Liner Notes
  • Thelonious Monk — Piano
  • Rudy Van Gelder — Remastered By
  • Sonny Rollins — 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 45 pressings on file.

1957Prestige · LP 7075 — Vinyl LP Compilation Remastered earliest on file
2006Prestige · 0888072300101 — CD, Compilation, Reissue, Remastered · RVG stamp
2006Prestige · PRCD-30010-2 — CD, Compilation, Reissue, Remastered · RVG stamp
Prestige · 0888072300101 — CD, Compilation, Reissue, Remastered · RVG stamp
1958Prestige · LP 7075 — Vinyl, LP, Compilation
1972Prestige · PJ-9-7075 — Vinyl, LP, Compilation, Reissue, Remastered, Mono
1975Prestige · LPJ-70019 — Vinyl, LP, Compilation, Reissue, Mono
1979Prestige · SMJ-6627(M) — Vinyl, LP, Album, Compilation, Reissue, Mono
1979Prestige · SMJ-6627(M) — Vinyl, LP, Album, Compilation, Promo, Reissue, Mono
1983Original Jazz Classics · OJC-059 — Vinyl, LP, Compilation, Reissue
1983Original Jazz Classics · OJC-5059 — Cassette, Compilation, Reissue, Remastered
1983Original Jazz Classics · OJC-059 — Vinyl, LP, Compilation, Reissue, Stereo
1983Original Jazz Classics · OJC-059 — Vinyl, LP, Compilation, Reissue, Pitman pressing
1987Original Jazz Classics · OJCCD 059-2 — CD, Compilation, Reissue, Remastered, Stereo

Follow the players

Percy Heath also plays on

Tommy Potter also plays on

Tom Hannan also plays on

Art Blakey also plays on