Riverside session · recorded live
August 7, 1958
Thelonious Monk Quartet With Johnny Griffin
- This day's music is on 2 records: Thelonious In Action, Misterioso
In the room
Johnny Griffin – tenor sax
Thelonious Monk – piano- Ahmed Abdul-Malik – bass
Roy Haynes – drums
The takes
2 of these 15 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
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 |
|---|---|---|
| – | Light Blue | RLP 12-262 |
| – | Coming On The Hudson | RLP 12-262 |
| – | Rhythm-a-ning | RLP 12-262 |
| – | Epistrophy (theme) | RLP 12-262 |
| – | Blue Monk | RLP 12-262 |
| – | Evidence | RLP 12-262 |
| – | Epistrophy (theme) | RLP 12-262 |
| Matrix · take | Title | First out on |
|---|---|---|
| – | Nutty | RLP 12-279 |
| – | Blues Five Spot | RLP 12-279 |
| – | Let's Cool One | RLP 12-279 |
| – | In Walked Bud | RLP 12-279 |
| – | Just A Gigolo | RLP 12-279 |
| – | Misterioso | RLP 12-279 |
| – | Evidence | Not issued at the time · later on Riverside R-022 |
| – | Medley: Bye-Ya / Epistrophy (theme) | Not issued at the time · later on Riverside R-022 |
15 takes · the ones we haven't matched yet are looked up on Spotify when you make it
Where it ended up
RLP 12-262 · 1958Thelonious In ActionThelonious Monk Quartet With Johnny Griffin
RLP 12-279 · 1958MisteriosoThelonious Monk QuartetTogether elsewhere
The other albums at least two of these players are on together.
2 of them 4 albums
| No. | Title | Leader | Year | Who | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | LP 1278 | Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers With Thelonious Monk | Art Blakey And The Jazz Messengers With Thelonious Monk | 1958 | Johnny Griffin, Thelonious Monk |
 | RLP 12-287 | Jazz Sahara | Ahmed Abdul-Malik's Middle-Eastern Music With Johnny Griffin | 1959 | Johnny Griffin, Ahmed Abdul-Malik |
 | LP 1337 | The Blues In Modern Jazz | Various Artists | 1961 | Johnny Griffin, Thelonious Monk |
 | A-10 | "Live" At The Village Vanguard | Coltrane | 1962 | Ahmed Abdul-Malik, Roy Haynes |