AMERICAN JAZZ CLASSICS COLLECTORS 6-PANEL DIGIPAK SERIES WITH COMPREHENSIVE BOOKLET AND PHOTOS Presented here is the complete LP Thelonious Monk Trio (Prestige PRLP 7027), which marked the pianists first album in a trio format. It was recorded over the course of three sessions in 1952-54, and Monk is backed by such luminaries as Percy Heath on bass, and Max Roach and Art Blakey on drums. Two songs that complete the sessions but were not included on the original LP have been added here as a bonus, as well as the only three trio tracks from Monks otherwise quartet or quintet Blue Note dates from the early Fifties, and his complete live set at the 1958 Newport Jazz Festival, which was one of his very few recorded live trio performances. 1-4: THELONIOUS MONK, piano, GARY MAPP, bass; ART BLAKEY, drums. New York, October 15, 1952. 5-6 & 9-10: THELONIOUS MONK, piano, GARY MAPP, bass; MAX ROACH, drums. New York, December 18, 1952. 7-8 & 11-12: THELONOIUS MONK, piano, PERCY HEATH, bass; ART BLAKEY, drums. Hackensack, New Jersey, September 22, 1954. *BONUS TRACKS: 11-12: From the same sessions, but not included on the original LP. 13-14: AL McKIBBON, bass; ART BLAKEY, drums. New York, July 23, 1951. 15: NELSON BOYD, bass; MAX ROACH, drums. New York, May 30, 1952. 16-19: HENRY GRIMES, bass; ROY HAYNES, drums. Live at the Newport Jazz Festival, Newport, Rhode Island, July 7, 1958.
