Columbia session · recorded live
July 3, 1963
Thelonious Monk Quartet And Pee Wee Russell
Newport Jazz Festival, Newport, RI
- This day's music is on 2 records: Misterioso (Recorded On Tour), Miles & Monk At Newport
In the room
Thelonious Monk – piano- Charlie Rouse – tenor sax
Pee Wee Russell – clarinet- Willis Conover – announcer
Butch Warren – bass- Frankie Dunlop – drums
The takes
3 of these 6 takes stayed in the vault at the time: alternates and tunes that weren't issued. Switch to hear only the ones that came out on the records.
What the numbers mean
Columbia numbered its masters by the tune, in series by the city: CO 55473 is a New York master.
| Matrix · take | Title | First out on |
|---|---|---|
| – | Introduction | Not issued at the time · later on Legacy C2K 53585 |
| – | Criss Cross | Not issued at the time · later on Columbia JG 35720 |
| CO81456 | Light Blue | CL 2416 |
| – | Nutty | CL 2178 |
| – | Blue Monk | CL 2178 |
| – | Epistrophy | Not issued at the time · later on Columbia C2 38262 |
6 takes · the ones we haven't matched yet are looked up on Spotify when you make it
Where it ended up
CL 2416 · 1965Misterioso (Recorded On Tour)Monk
CL 2178 · 1964Miles & Monk At NewportMiles Davis SextetTogether elsewhere
The other albums at least two of these players are on together.
4 of them 1 album
| No. | Title | Leader | Year | Who | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | CL 2164 | Big Band And Quartet In Concert | Thelonious Monk | 1964 | Thelonious Monk, Charlie Rouse, Butch Warren, Frankie Dunlop |
3 of them 6 albums
| No. | Title | Leader | Year | Who | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | CL 1965 | Monk's Dream | The Thelonious Monk Quartet | 1963 | Thelonious Monk, Charlie Rouse, Frankie Dunlop |
 | CL 1970 | The Giants Of Jazz | Various Artists | 1963 | Thelonious Monk, Charlie Rouse, Frankie Dunlop |
 | CL 2038 | Criss-Cross | Thelonious Monk | 1963 | Thelonious Monk, Charlie Rouse, Frankie Dunlop |
 | CL 2184 | It's Monk's Time | Thelonious Monk | 1964 | Thelonious Monk, Charlie Rouse, Butch Warren |
 | RLP 443 | Thelonious Monk In Italy | The Thelonious Monk Quartet | 1965 | Thelonious Monk, Charlie Rouse, Frankie Dunlop |
 | RLP 491 | Monk In France | The Thelonious Monk Quartet | 1966 | Thelonious Monk, Charlie Rouse, Frankie Dunlop |
2 of them 8 albums
| No. | Title | Leader | Year | Who | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | RLP 300 | The Thelonious Monk Orchestra At Town Hall | The Thelonious Monk Orchestra | 1959 | Thelonious Monk, Charlie Rouse |
 | RLP 305 | 5 By Monk By 5 | Thelonious Monk Quintet | 1959 | Thelonious Monk, Charlie Rouse |
 | RLP 323 | Thelonious Monk Quartet Plus Two At The Blackhawk | Thelonious Monk Quartet Plus Two | 1960 | Thelonious Monk, Charlie Rouse |
 | RLP 421 | Thelonious Monk Greatest Hits | Thelonious Monk Quintet | 1962 | Thelonious Monk, Charlie Rouse |
 | BLP 4091 | Leapin' And Lopin' | Sonny Clark | 1962 | Charlie Rouse, Butch Warren |
 | CL 2291 | Monk. | Thelonious Monk | 1965 | Thelonious Monk, Charlie Rouse |
 | CL 2651 | Straight, No Chaser | Monk | 1967 | Thelonious Monk, Charlie Rouse |
| CS 9632 | Underground · not on the site yet | Thelonious Monk | 1968 | Thelonious Monk, Charlie Rouse |