Riverside session · recorded live

February 28, 1959

The Thelonious Monk Orchestra

This day's music is on 2 records: The Thelonious Monk Orchestra At Town Hall, Thelonious Monk Greatest Hits

In the room

Thelonious Monk – piano, composer, arranger
Donald Byrd – trumpet
Eddie Bert – trombone
Bob Northern – French horn · as Robert Northern
Jay McAllister – tuba
Phil Woods – alto sax
Charlie Rouse – tenor sax
Pepper Adams – baritone sax
Hall Overton – arranger
Sam Jones – bass
Art Taylor – drums

The takes

5 of these 11 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
–	Thelonious	RLP 300
–	Friday The 13th	RLP 300
–	Monk's Mood	RLP 300
–	Little Rootie Tootie	RLP 300, RLP 421
–	Off Minor	RLP 300
–	Crepescule With Nellie	RLP 300
–	Thelonious (complete version)	Not issued at the time · later on Milestone M-9115
–	Little Rootie Tootie (encore)	Not issued at the time · later on Milestone M-47033

Then · Thelonious Monk, Charlie Rouse, Sam Jones, Art Taylor

Matrix · take	Title	First out on
–	In Walked Bud	Not issued at the time · later on Milestone M-9115
–	Blue Monk	Not issued at the time · later on Milestone M-9115
–	Rhythm-a-ning	Not issued at the time · later on Milestone M-9115

11 takes · the ones we haven't matched yet are looked up on Spotify when you make it

Where it ended up

The Thelonious Monk Orchestra – The Thelonious Monk Orchestra At Town Hall (Riverside RLP 300)

RLP 300 · 1959The Thelonious Monk Orchestra At Town HallThe Thelonious Monk Orchestra

Thelonious Monk Quintet – Thelonious Monk Greatest Hits (Riverside RLP 421)

RLP 421 · 1962Thelonious Monk Greatest HitsThelonious Monk Quintet

Together elsewhere

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

5 of them 3 albums

No.	Title	Leader	Year	Who
BLP 4019	Byrd In Hand	Donald Byrd	1959	Donald Byrd, Charlie Rouse, Pepper Adams, Sam Jones, Art Taylor
CL 2164	Big Band And Quartet In Concert	Thelonious Monk	1964	Thelonious Monk, Eddie Bert, Phil Woods, Charlie Rouse, Hall Overton
CL 2416	Misterioso (Recorded On Tour)	Monk	1965	Thelonious Monk, Eddie Bert, Phil Woods, Charlie Rouse, Hall Overton

4 of them 2 albums

	No.	Title	Leader	Year	Who
	RLP 305	5 By Monk By 5	Thelonious Monk Quintet	1959	Thelonious Monk, Charlie Rouse, Sam Jones, Art Taylor
	BLP 4007	Off To The Races	Donald Byrd	1959	Donald Byrd, Pepper Adams, Sam Jones, Art Taylor

3 of them 7 albums

No.	Title	Leader	Year	Who
PRLP 7032	Jazz For The Carriage Trade	George Wallington Quintet	1956	Donald Byrd, Phil Woods, Art Taylor
PR 7313	Prestige/Groovy Goodies Vol. 2	Various Artists	1956	Donald Byrd, Pepper Adams, Art Taylor
PRLP 7117	Taylor's Wailers	Art Taylor's All Stars	1957	Donald Byrd, Charlie Rouse, Art Taylor
NJLP 8219	Taylor's Tenors	Arthur Taylor, Charlie Rouse, Frank Foster	1959	Charlie Rouse, Sam Jones, Art Taylor
BLP 4018	Davis Cup	Walter Davis Jr.	1960	Donald Byrd, Sam Jones, Art Taylor
PR 7306	Biggest Soul Hits	Gene Ammons	1964	Donald Byrd, Pepper Adams, Art Taylor
A-9112	Profiles	Gary McFarland	1966	Bob Northern, Jay McAllister, Phil Woods

2 of them 107 albums

No.	Title	Leader	Year	Who
PRLP 190	Sonny Rollins And Thelonious Monk	Sonny Rollins And Thelonious Monk Quartet	1955	Thelonious Monk, Art Taylor
PRLP 7031	The Art Farmer Septet	The Art Farmer Septet	1956	Charlie Rouse, Art Taylor
PRLP 7035	Lights Out!	The Jackie McLean Quintet With Donald Byrd And Elmo Hope	1956	Donald Byrd, Art Taylor
PRLP 7046	Pairing Off	Phil Woods Septet	1956	Donald Byrd, Phil Woods
PRLP 7048	4, 5 And 6	Jackie McLean	1956	Donald Byrd, Art Taylor
PRLP 7058	Moving Out	Sonny Rollins	1956	Thelonious Monk, Art Taylor
PRLP 7060	Hi Fi Jam Session	Gene Ammons All Stars	1956	Donald Byrd, Art Taylor
PRLP 7061	Mobleys Message	Hank Mobley Quintet, Quartet, Sextet	1956	Donald Byrd, Art Taylor
PRLP 7062	2 Trumpets	Farmer/Byrd	1956	Donald Byrd, Art Taylor
BCP-39	Shades Of Sal Salvador	Sal Salvador Septet	1957	Eddie Bert, Phil Woods
RLP 12-229	Gigi Gryce And The Jazz Lab Quintet	Jazz Lab / Gigi Gryce And The Jazz Lab Quintet	1957	Donald Byrd, Art Taylor
CL 998	Jazz Lab	Don Byrd-Gigi Gryce	1957	Donald Byrd, Art Taylor
CL 1020	Jazz Omnibus	Various Artists	1957	Donald Byrd, Art Taylor
CL 1058	Modern Jazz Perspective	Don Byrd-Gigi Gryce And The Jazz Lab Quintet With Jackie Paris	1957	Donald Byrd, Art Taylor
LP 1274	Word From Bird	Teddy Charles	1957	Eddie Bert, Hall Overton
BLP 1545	Wailing with Lou	Lou Donaldson	1957	Donald Byrd, Art Taylor
PRLP 7073	All Night Long	Donald Byrd, Jerome Richardson, Kenny Burrell, Hank Mobley, Mal Waldron, Doug Watkins, Art Taylor	1957	Donald Byrd, Art Taylor
PRLP 7075	Thelonious Monk, Sonny Rollins	Thelonious Monk Quintet Featuring Sonny Rollins	1957	Thelonious Monk, Art Taylor
PRLP 7080	The Young Bloods	Woods/Byrd	1957	Donald Byrd, Phil Woods
PRLP 7081	All Day Long	Frank Foster, Donald Byrd, Kenny Burrell, Tommy Flanagan, Doug Watkins, Art Taylor	1957	Donald Byrd, Art Taylor
PRLP 7119	2 Guitars	Kenny Burrell, Jimmy Raney With Byrd, McLean, Waldron, Watkins, Taylor	1957	Donald Byrd, Art Taylor
PR 7298	Prestige/Groovy Goodies	Various Artists	1957	Donald Byrd, Art Taylor
RLP 12-257	Man Bites Harmonica!	Jean Thielemans	1958	Pepper Adams, Art Taylor
RLP 12-264	Johnny Griffin Sextet	Johnny Griffin Sextet	1958	Donald Byrd, Pepper Adams
RLP 12-265	10 To 4 At The 5 Spot	Pepper Adams Quintet	1958	Donald Byrd, Pepper Adams
RLP 12-267	Riverside Drive	Various Artists	1958	Donald Byrd, Art Taylor
RLP 12-271	In Orbit	Clark Terry With Thelonious Monk	1958	Thelonious Monk, Sam Jones
RLP 12-272	8 Ways To Jazz: Cole Porter	Various Artists	1958	Donald Byrd, Art Taylor
RLP 12-284	Saxophone Revolt	Various Artists	1958	Donald Byrd, Pepper Adams
BLP 1576	Sonny's Crib	Sonny Clark	1958	Donald Byrd, Art Taylor
BLP 1591	Lou Takes Off	Lou Donaldson	1958	Donald Byrd, Art Taylor
BLP 1594	Smithville	Louis Smith	1958	Charlie Rouse, Art Taylor
PRLP 7130	All Mornin' Long	The Red Garland Quintet	1958	Donald Byrd, Art Taylor
PRLP 7132	The Big Sound	Gene Ammons' All Stars	1958	Pepper Adams, Art Taylor
PRLP 7146	Blue Gene	Gene Ammons	1958	Pepper Adams, Art Taylor
MG 12122	Jazz At Hotchkiss	The George Wallington Quintet	1958	Donald Byrd, Phil Woods
MG 12123	Jazz Is Busting Out All Over	Various Artists	1958	Phil Woods, Art Taylor
MG 12124	Jazz Sahib	Sahib Shihab	1958	Phil Woods, Art Taylor
BCP-85	Nothing Cheesy About This Jazz - Do You Dig It?	Various Artists	1959	Eddie Bert, Phil Woods
BCP-86	We Cut This Album For Bread	Various Artists	1959	Eddie Bert, Phil Woods
BCP-87	Double Barrel Jazz - No Blanks Here	Various Artists	1959	Eddie Bert, Phil Woods
BCP-88	Jazz Music For People Who Don't Care About Money	Various Artists	1959	Eddie Bert, Phil Woods
BCP-89	We've Built A Jazz Album ...For You	Various Artists	1959	Eddie Bert, Phil Woods
BCP-92	No Sour Grapes ...Just Pure Jazz	Various Artists	1959	Eddie Bert, Phil Woods
RLP 12-294	New Blue Horns	Various Artists	1959	Thelonious Monk, Sam Jones
RLP 12-295	Top And Bottom Brass	Clark Terry Quintet With Don Butterfield Tuba	1959	Sam Jones, Art Taylor
CL 1250	Legrand Jazz	Michel Legrand	1959	Donald Byrd, Phil Woods
LP 1307	Chris Connor Sings Ballads Of The Sad Cafe	Chris Connor With Ralph Sharon's Orchestra	1959	Eddie Bert, Phil Woods
BLP 4004	Holiday For Skins Volume 1	Art Blakey	1959	Donald Byrd, Art Taylor
BLP 4005	Holiday For Skins Volume 2	Art Blakey	1959	Donald Byrd, Art Taylor
BLP 4006	Blues In Trinity	Dizzy Reece	1959	Donald Byrd, Art Taylor
PRLP 7157	Red In Blues-ville	Red Garland	1959	Sam Jones, Art Taylor
NJLP 8207	The New York Scene	George Wallington\|Phil Woods\|Donald Byrd	1959	Donald Byrd, Phil Woods
NJLP 8211	Just Wailin'	Herbie Mann, Charlie Rouse, Kenny Burrell, Mal Waldron	1959	Charlie Rouse, Art Taylor
MGV-8292	Gene Krupa Plays Gerry Mulligan Arrangements	Gene Krupa And His Orchestra	1959	Eddie Bert, Phil Woods
JLP 19	Takin' Care Of Business	Charlie Rouse Quintet	1960	Charlie Rouse, Art Taylor
JLP 25	Spiritsville	Julian Priester Sextet	1960	Sam Jones, Art Taylor
BCP-91	A Lot Of Yarn But A Well Knitted Jazz Album	Various Artists	1960	Eddie Bert, Phil Woods
RLP 323	Thelonious Monk Quartet Plus Two At The Blackhawk	Thelonious Monk Quartet Plus Two	1960	Thelonious Monk, Charlie Rouse
RLP 327	The Sound Of The Wide Open Spaces!!!!	James Clay & David "Fathead" Newman	1960	Sam Jones, Art Taylor
RLP 330	That's Right!	Nat Adderley And The Big Sax Section	1960	Charlie Rouse, Sam Jones
BLP 4041	True Blue	Tina Brooks	1960	Sam Jones, Art Taylor
PRLP 7175	More Party Time	Arnett Cobb	1960	Sam Jones, Art Taylor
PRLP 7181	Soul Junction	The Red Garland Quintet Featuring John Coltrane And Donald Byrd	1960	Donald Byrd, Art Taylor
PR 7711	Arnett Cobb Quintet · not on the site yet	Arnett Cobb Quintet	1960	Sam Jones, Art Taylor
CJM 8011	Big Brass	Benny Bailey	1960	Phil Woods, Art Taylor
BLP 4060	At The Half Note Cafe Vol. 1	Donald Byrd	1961	Donald Byrd, Pepper Adams
BCP-6056	Motor City Scene	Pepper Adams, Donald Byrd, Kenny Burrell, Tommy Flanagan, "Hey" Lewis, Paul Chambers	1961	Donald Byrd, Pepper Adams
PRLP 7201	Groove Blues	Gene Ammons And His All Stars	1961	Pepper Adams, Art Taylor
PRLP 7209	High Pressure	The Red Garland Quintet With John Coltrane	1961	Donald Byrd, Art Taylor
PRLP 7216	Movin' Right Along	Arnett Cobb	1961	Sam Jones, Art Taylor
NJLP 8247	Looking Ahead	Ken McIntyre, Eric Dolphy	1961	Sam Jones, Art Taylor
A-12	Further Definitions	Benny Carter And His Orchestra	1962	Phil Woods, Charlie Rouse
RLP 414	A Sure Thing	Blue Mitchell And Orchestra	1962	Pepper Adams, Sam Jones
CL 1893	Jingle Bell Jazz	Various Artists	1962	Phil Woods, Pepper Adams
BLP 4075	The Cat Walk	Donald Byrd	1962	Donald Byrd, Pepper Adams
BLP 4101	Royal Flush	Donald Byrd	1962	Donald Byrd, Pepper Adams
PRLP 7229	Dig It!	The Red Garland Quintet With John Coltrane	1962	Donald Byrd, Art Taylor
JLP 87	Red's Good Groove	Red Garland Quintet	1963	Pepper Adams, Sam Jones
CL 1965	Monk's Dream	The Thelonious Monk Quartet	1963	Thelonious Monk, Charlie Rouse
CL 1970	The Giants Of Jazz	Various Artists	1963	Thelonious Monk, Charlie Rouse
CL 2038	Criss-Cross	Thelonious Monk	1963	Thelonious Monk, Charlie Rouse
BLP 4061	At The Half Note Cafe Vol. 2	Donald Byrd	1963	Donald Byrd, Pepper Adams
PRLP 7280	Dakar	John Coltrane	1963	Pepper Adams, Art Taylor
V-8508	Full Nelson	Oliver Nelson	1963	Bob Northern, Phil Woods
A-75	More Blues And The Abstract Truth	Oliver Nelson	1964	Phil Woods, Pepper Adams
A-100	The Definitive Jazz Scene Volume 2	Various Artists	1964	Phil Woods, Pepper Adams
CL 2178	Miles & Monk At Newport	Miles Davis Sextet	1964	Thelonious Monk, Charlie Rouse
CL 2184	It's Monk's Time	Thelonious Monk	1964	Thelonious Monk, Charlie Rouse
PRLP 7288	Halleloo-Y'-All	Red Garland	1964	Sam Jones, Art Taylor
PR 7307	Soul Burnin'	Red Garland	1964	Sam Jones, Art Taylor
PR 7316	Black Pearls	John Coltrane	1964	Donald Byrd, Art Taylor
RLP 443	Thelonious Monk In Italy	The Thelonious Monk Quartet	1965	Thelonious Monk, Charlie Rouse
CL 2291	Monk.	Thelonious Monk	1965	Thelonious Monk, Charlie Rouse
BLP 4176	One Flight Up	Dexter Gordon	1965	Donald Byrd, Art Taylor
BLP 4188	I'm Tryin' To Get Home	Donald Byrd	1965	Donald Byrd, Bob Northern
V-8624	Music From The Motion Picture Once A Thief And Other Themes	Lalo Schifrin	1965	Bob Northern, Phil Woods
V-8796	Wes Montgomery With Oliver Nelson Orchestra · not on the site yet	Wes Montgomery With Oliver Nelson Orchestra	1965	Donald Byrd, Phil Woods
A-9101	The Definitive Jazz Scene Volume 3	Various Artists	1965	Phil Woods, Pepper Adams
LM-82002	I/We Had A Ball	Various Artists	1965	Phil Woods, Pepper Adams
RLP 491	Monk In France	The Thelonious Monk Quartet	1966	Thelonious Monk, Charlie Rouse
PR 7448	The Best Of Kenny Burrell	The Prestige All Stars	1966	Donald Byrd, Art Taylor
V-8642	Goin' Out Of My Head	Wes Montgomery	1966	Donald Byrd, Phil Woods
CL 2651	Straight, No Chaser	Monk	1967	Thelonious Monk, Charlie Rouse
V-8714	The Best Of Wes Montgomery	Wes Montgomery With Johnny Pate Orchestra	1967	Donald Byrd, Phil Woods
V-8757	The Best Of Wes Montgomery Vol. 2	Wes Montgomery With Don Sebesky Orchestra	1968	Donald Byrd, Phil Woods
CS 9632	Underground · not on the site yet	Thelonious Monk	1968	Thelonious Monk, Charlie Rouse