Riverside session · in the studio

April 3, 1956

Thelonious Monk Trio

Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack, NJ, March 17, and

This day's music is on 2 records: The Unique Thelonious Monk, Riverside Drive

In the room

Thelonious Monk – piano
Oscar Pettiford – bass
Art Blakey – drums

The takes

What the numbers mean

Riverside numbered the tunes it recorded in one running series; the take kept is the one that was issued.

Matrix · take	Title	First out on
–	Liza	RLP 12-209, RLP 12-267
–	Memories Of You	RLP 12-209
–	Honeysuckle Rose	RLP 12-209
–	Darn That Dream	RLP 12-209
–	Tea For Two	RLP 12-209
–	You Are Too Beautiful	RLP 12-209
–	Just You, Just Me	RLP 12-209

All 7 takes found on Spotify

Where it ended up

Thelonious Monk Trio – The Unique Thelonious Monk (Riverside RLP 12-209)

RLP 12-209 · 1956The Unique Thelonious MonkThelonious Monk Trio

Various Artists – Riverside Drive (Riverside RLP 12-267)

RLP 12-267 · 1958Riverside DriveVarious Artists

Together elsewhere

The other albums at least two of these players are on together.

The whole band 1 album

	No.	Title	Leader	Year	Who
	RLP 421	Thelonious Monk Greatest Hits	Thelonious Monk Quintet	1962	Thelonious Monk, Oscar Pettiford, Art Blakey

2 of them 28 albums

No.	Title	Leader	Year	Who
BLP 5002	Genius Of Modern Music	Thelonious Monk	1952	Thelonious Monk, Art Blakey
BLP 5009	Genius Of Modern Music Vol. 2	Thelonious Monk	1952	Thelonious Monk, Art Blakey
BLP 5011	Wizard Of The Vibes	Milt Jackson	1952	Thelonious Monk, Art Blakey
PR 7751	Thelonious Monk Trio · not on the site yet	Thelonious Monk Trio	1952	Thelonious Monk, Art Blakey
PRLP 142	Thelonious Monk Trio (Thelonious)	Thelonious Monk Trio	1953	Thelonious Monk, Art Blakey
PRLP 180	Thelonious Monk Quintet	Thelonious Monk Quintet Featuring Frank Foster	1954	Thelonious Monk, Art Blakey
PRLP 189	Thelonious Monk Plays	Thelonious Monk Trio	1954	Thelonious Monk, Art Blakey
PR 7848	Thelonious Monk Quintet Featuring Frank Foster · not on the site yet	Thelonious Monk Quintet Featuring Frank Foster	1954	Thelonious Monk, Art Blakey
BLP 5064	Julius Watkins Sextet Vol. 2	Julius Watkins Sextet	1955	Oscar Pettiford, Art Blakey
BLP 5065	Afro-Cuban	Kenny Dorham	1955	Oscar Pettiford, Art Blakey
MG-36007	Clark Terry	Clark Terry Septet	1955	Oscar Pettiford, Art Blakey
RLP 12-201	Thelonious Monk Plays The Music Of Duke Ellington	Thelonious Monk Trio	1956	Thelonious Monk, Oscar Pettiford
BLP 1509	Milt Jackson and the Thelonious Monk Quintet	Milt Jackson	1956	Thelonious Monk, Art Blakey
BLP 1510	Genius of Modern Music Volume 1	Thelonious Monk	1956	Thelonious Monk, Art Blakey
BLP 1511	Genius of Modern Music Volume 2	Thelonious Monk	1956	Thelonious Monk, Art Blakey
PRLP 7027	Thelonious Monk	Thelonious Monk Trio	1956	Thelonious Monk, Art Blakey
PRLP 7053	Thelonious Monk	Thelonious Monk Quintet Featuring Sonny Rollins	1956	Thelonious Monk, Art Blakey
RLP 12-226	Brilliant Corners	Thelonious Monk	1957	Thelonious Monk, Oscar Pettiford
RLP 12-242	Monk's Music	Thelonious Monk Septet	1957	Thelonious Monk, Art Blakey
RLP 12-243	Blues For Tomorrow	Various Artists	1957	Thelonious Monk, Art Blakey
CL 1002	Drum Suite	Art Blakey And The Jazz Messengers	1957	Oscar Pettiford, Art Blakey
BLP 1535	Afro-Cuban	Kenny Dorham	1957	Oscar Pettiford, Art Blakey
BLP 1558	Sonny Rollins Volume 2	Sonny Rollins	1957	Thelonious Monk, Art Blakey
PRLP 7075	Thelonious Monk, Sonny Rollins	Thelonious Monk Quintet Featuring Sonny Rollins	1957	Thelonious Monk, Art Blakey
RLP 12-266	Last Chorus	Ernie Henry	1958	Thelonious Monk, Oscar Pettiford
LP 1278	Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers With Thelonious Monk	Art Blakey And The Jazz Messengers With Thelonious Monk	1958	Thelonious Monk, Art Blakey
JLP 46	Thelonious Monk With John Coltrane	Thelonious Monk Solo	1961	Thelonious Monk, Art Blakey
LP 1337	The Blues In Modern Jazz	Various Artists	1961	Thelonious Monk, Art Blakey