Brilliant Corners 37106 "Brilliant Corners" (Riverside RLP12-226) was

"Brilliant Corners" (Riverside RLP12-226) was Thelonious Monk’s third album for Riverside Records and the first on the label to include his own music

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improvisational skills of leader Vitouš and John Surman

donning a beaver skin stetson hat

Ten exquisite tracks were recorded in a period of just five hours

Brilliant Corners 37106 "Brilliant Corners" (Riverside RLP12-226) wasDespite various reissue formats over several decades, the seven original LPs contained in Thelonious Monk The Riverside Tenor Sessions stood perfectly well on their own at the time of initial release and remain among the highest achievements of a truly golden age. Recorded and released between 1956 and 1961, these seven Monk combo albums were critical in Monk's emergence from a decade of ridicule and neglect to his status at the pinnacle of the jazz