The Complete 1957 Riverside Recordings is a 2006 release of Thelonious Monk

Thelonious Monk

Thelonious Sphere Monk was an American jazz pianist and composer considered "one of the giants of American music". Monk had a unique improvisational style and made numerous contributions to the standard jazz repertoire, including "Epistrophy", "'Round Midnight", "Blue Monk", "Straight, No Chaser"...

 and John Coltrane

John Coltrane

John William Coltrane was an American jazz saxophonist and composer. Working in the bebop and hard bop idioms early in his career, Coltrane helped pioneer the use of modes in jazz and later was at the forefront of free jazz...

's work for the Riverside Records

Riverside Records

Riverside Records was a United States record label specializing in jazz. Founded by Orrin Keepnews and Bill Grauer under his firm Bill Grauer Productions, Inc. in 1953, the label was a major presence in the jazz record industry for a decade...

 label in 1957, with two tracks previously unreleased in any form.

This collection is an almost complete anthology of the work of Monk and Coltrane, who only recorded together in the studio during 1957. The set draws from the self-titled Thelonious Monk with John Coltrane

Thelonious Monk with John Coltrane

Thelonious Monk with John Coltrane is a 1957 album by Thelonious Monk originally recorded for Riverside Records. It was recorded while Monk was engaged in a six-month stay at New York's legendary Five Spot in 1957 with his quartet of the time, which included Coltrane...

, Monk's Music

Monk's Music

Monk's Music is a 1957 album by Thelonious Monk's jazz septet. It was recorded in New York on June 26, 1957. The first song "Abide With Me"—a hymn by W. H. Monk—is an austere rendition played only by the septet's horn section. The song "Ruby, My Dear" is performed only by Monk, Coleman Hawkins,...

and a solitary trio track from Thelonious Himself

Thelonious Himself

Thelonious Himself is a 1957 album by Thelonious Monk and his first to consist of exclusively solo material including "'Round Midnight", Monk's most famous composition. The original CD reissue includes a revelatory 22 minutes of "'Round Midnight" outtakes, ideas, and development. The Keepnews...

. Thelonious Monk Quartet with John Coltrane at Carnegie Hall

Thelonious Monk Quartet with John Coltrane at Carnegie Hall

At Carnegie Hall is a much acclaimed live album by The Thelonious Monk Quartet with John Coltrane.It was recorded on 29 November 1957 at "Thanksgiving Jazz", a benefit concert produced by Kenneth Lee Karpe for the Morningside Community Center in Harlem. Other acts playing included: Billie Holiday,...

and Discovery! are the only other recordings documenting this musical association.

CD 1

1. "Monk's Mood (False Start)" (Monk, – 0:55)
2. "Monk's Mood" (Monk, – 7:52)
3. "Crepuscule with Nellie (Take 1)" (Monk, – 4:34)
4. "Crepuscule with Nellie (Take 2)" (Monk, – 4:42)
5. "Crepuscule with Nellie (Breakdown)" (Monk, – 0:55)
6. "Blues For Tomorrow" (Gigi Gryce
   Gigi Gryce
   Gigi Gryce was an American saxophonist, flautist, clarinetist, composer, arranger, educator, and big band bandleader.His performing career was relatively short and, in comparison to other musicians of his...
   
   , – 13:33)
7. "Crepuscule with Nellie (Edited, Retakes 4 & 5)" (Monk, – 4:46)
8. "Crepuscule with Nellie (Retake 6)" (Monk, – 4:39)
9. "Off Minor (Take 4)" (Monk, – 5:15)
10. "Off Minor (Take 5)" (Monk, – 5:07)

CD 2

1. "Abide With Me
   Abide With Me
   The hymn tune most often used with this hymn is "Eventide" composed by William Henry Monk in 1861.Alternate tunes include:* "Abide with Me," Henry Lyte, 1847* "Morecambe", Frederick C...
   
    (Take 1)" (William Henry Monk
   William Henry Monk
   Probably better known in his day as an organist, church musician, and music editor, William Henry Monk composed a fair number of popular hymn tunes, including one of the most famous from nineteenth century England, "Eventide", used for the hymn Abide with Me...
   
   , – 0:54)
2. "Abide With Me
   Abide With Me
   The hymn tune most often used with this hymn is "Eventide" composed by William Henry Monk in 1861.Alternate tunes include:* "Abide with Me," Henry Lyte, 1847* "Morecambe", Frederick C...
   
    (Take 2)" (William Henry Monk, – 0:54)
3. "Epistrophy (Short)" (Monk, Kenny Clarke, – 3:09)
4. "Epistrophy
   Epistrophy
   "Epistrophy" is a jazz standard composed by Thelonious Monk and Kenny Clarke in 1942. It has been called "the first classic, modern jazz composition."Its 'A' section is based on a pattern of alternating chords a semitone apart....
   
   " (Monk, Kenny Clarke
   Kenny Clarke
   Kenny Clarke , born Kenneth Spearman Clarke, nicknamed "Klook" and later known as Liaqat Ali Salaam, was a jazz drummer and an early innovator of the bebop style of drumming...
   
   , – 10:46)
5. "Well, You Needn't (Opening)" (Monk, – 1:26)
6. "Well You Needn't
   Well You Needn't
   "Well, You Needn't" is a jazz standard composed by Thelonious Monk in 1944. According to Robin D.G. Kelley in his seminal biography "Thelonious Monk: the Life and Times of an American Original" the title was inspired by a protegé of Monk's, the jazz singer Charlie Beamon; Monk wrote a song and told...
   
   " (Monk, – 11:23)
7. "Ruby my Dear
   Ruby my Dear
   "Ruby, My Dear" is a jazz ballad composed by Thelonious Monk.The tune was named after Rubie Richardson, Monk's first love and his older sister Marion's best friend. It was first recorded at a 1947 session for Blue Note Records...
   
   (Hawkins)" (Monk, – 5:25)
8. "Ruby, My Dear (Trane)" (Monk, – 6:21)
9. "Nutty" (Monk, – 6:38)
10. "Trinkle, Tinkle" (Monk, – 6:39)