Singer: Thelonious Monk
Title: Brilliance
Label: Milestone Records ‎– FAN 96-16
Type: 2 x Vinyl, LP, Compilation
Country: Portugal
Date of released: 1975
Category: Jazz
Style: Bop, Hard Bop
Size MP3 zip: 1316 mb
Size FLAC zip: 1611 mb
Rating: 3.9✭
Format: MP3 AU AA WAV RA AUD MP2 DTS FLAC

Tracklist

A1	Brilliant Corners	7:42
A2	Ba-Lue Bolivar Ba-Lues-Are	13:08
B1	Pannonica	8:50
B2	Bemsha Swing	7:42
B3	Jackie-Ing	6:07
C1	Straight, No Chaser	9:21
C2	Played Twice (Take 2)	7:54
C3	Played Twice (Take 3)	8:00
D1	I Mean You	9:49
D2	Ask Me Now	10:47

Companies, etc.

• Distributed By – Rádio Triunfo, Lda. – FAN 96-16
• Recorded At – Reeves Sound Studios
• Remastered At – Fantasy Studios
• Published By – Thelonious Music
• Published By – Bayes Music
• Copyright (c) – Milestone Records

Credits

• Alto Saxophone – Ernie Henry (tracks: A1 to B1)
• Art Direction – Phil Carroll
• Bass – Oscar Pettiford (tracks: A1 to B1), Paul Chambers (tracks: B2), Sam Jones (tracks: B3 to D2)
• Composed By – Thelonious Monk
• Cornet – Thad Jones (tracks: B3 to D2)
• Drums – Art Taylor (tracks: B3 to D2), Max Roach (tracks: A1 to B2)
• Engineer [Original Recording Engineer] – Jack Higgins
• Liner Notes – Nat Hentoff
• Photography By [Cover] – Lee Tanner
• Piano – Thelonious Monk
• Producer [Original Recordings], Reissue Producer – Orrin Keepnews
• Remastered By – David Turner
• Tenor Saxophone – Charlie Rouse (tracks: B3 to D2), Sonny Rollins (tracks: A1 to B2)
• Trumpet – Clark Terry (tracks: B2)

Notes

Gatefold cover.

Side A and first two tracks on side B originally issued on "Brilliant Corners" (Riverside 226).
B3, side C and side D originally issued as "Five By Monk By Five" (Riverside 305), Except for C2 which is previously unissued.

Recorded at Reeves Sound Studios, New York City. Remastered at Fantasy Studios, Berkeley, Ca.

All tracks published by Thelonious Music-BMI except B2 by Bayes Music-BMI

© 1975 Milestone Records
Printed in U.S.A.

Barcode and Other Identifiers

• Matrix / Runout (runout A, hand-etched): T1 M47023A-1 96-16-A D1
• Matrix / Runout (runout B, hand-etched): M47023 B-2 T1 96-16 Face 2 Disco 1
• Matrix / Runout (runout C, hand-etched): T1 M47023C-1 96-16-C Face-3 Disco-2
• Matrix / Runout (runout D, hand-etched): T1 M-47023-D-1 96-16-D Face-4 Disco-2

Other versions

Category	Artist	Title (Format)	Label	Category	Country	Year
M-47023	Thelonious Monk	Brilliance ‎(2xLP, Comp)	Milestone Records	M-47023	US	1975
M-47023	Thelonious Monk	Brilliance ‎(2xLP, Comp)	Milestone Records	M-47023	Germany	1975
M-47023	Thelonious Monk	Brilliance ‎(2xLP, Comp)	Prestige	M-47023	US	1975
2C 162 - 96.873/4	Thelonious Monk	Brilliance ‎(2xLP, Comp)	Milestone Records	2C 162 - 96.873/4	France	1975
MM. 40-100/101 S	Thelonious Monk	Brilliance ‎(2xLP, Comp)	Milestone Records	MM. 40-100/101 S	Spain	1975