Complete Live At The Five Spot 1958

Just after John Coltrane left Thelonious Monk and before the arrival of Charlie Rouse, Monk formed a quartet with tenor saxophonist Johnny Griffin, which played at the Five Spot in New York during 1958.  Half of this music was issued on two albums: In Action (Riverside RLP-1190) and Misterioso (Riverside RLP-1133). This special 2CD edition contains all known music from that gig plus a rare bonus track, 'Coming On The Hudson', also featuring Johnny Griffin.

Thelonious Monk: piano Johnny Grifn: tenor saxophone Ahmed-Abdul Malik: bass Roy Haynes: drums Live at the Five Spot, New York, August 7 & July 9, 1958. Original sessions produced by Orrin Keepnews.

Tracks: Light Blue / Coming On The Hudson / Rhythm-A-Ning / Just A Gigolo / Blue Monk / Evidence / Epistrophy [theme] / Nutty / Blues Five Spot / Let's Cool One / In Walked Bud / Misterioso / Epistrophy [theme] / Evidence / Blues Five Spot / In Walked Bud/ Epistrophy [theme] / Sweet Stranger / ‘round Midnight / Bya-Ya/Epistrophy [theme] / Coming On The Hudson