![]() (A piano solo rendition of "I Surrender Dear," one of Monk's first completely solo recordings, rounds out the album). Here Monk was given the opportunity to do his own compositions and he maximized the occasion by coming up with three new ones, as well as a novel take on an older oneall taking advantage of the expanded time available on LPs. And these two albums are cornerstones of that work.īrilliant Corners was the first truly Monk-ian Monk LP from Riverside, as the label had debuted Monk in two piano trio albums, one of Duke Ellington tunes, the other of standards. A much better case can be made for Monk's Riverside albums as the pinnacle of his recorded legacy. But were they really Monk's best records? Some tunes sounded rushed as the takes were short (still aimed at a singles market) and often weren't fully realized. Pride of place always seems to go to the earliest recordings when, undeniably, Monk debuted much of what was to be his small but indelible oeuvre. It's time for some revisionist thinking on Monk's discography. ![]()
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