Live at the Jazz Workshop explained

Live at the Jazz Workshop
Type:	live
Artist:	Thelonious Monk
Cover:	Thelonious monk live at the jazz workshop original cover.jpg
Released:	1982
Recorded:	November 3 & 4, 1964
Venue:	Jazz Workshop, San Francisco
Genre:	Jazz
Label:	Columbia
Producer:	Teo Macero
Prev Title:	Live at the It Club
Prev Year:	1964
Next Title:	Misterioso (Recorded on Tour)
Next Year:	1965

Live at the Jazz Workshop is a live album by jazz pianist Thelonious Monk, that was recorded at the Jazz Workshop in San Francisco. The album was recorded on November 3 and 4, 1964,^[1] and released by Columbia Records in 1982.

Release history

The tapes of these two shows stayed locked away in the Columbia Records vault for almost 20 years, until the label released a double-LP from them shortly after Monk's death in 1982.^[2] A CD release followed in 2001, under the name of Live at the Jazz Workshop - Complete, featuring a number of bonus tracks, and nearly doubling the length of the record.

Track listing

1982 release

Side 1

1. "Don't Blame Me/Ba-lue Bolivar Ba-lues-are"
2. "Well, You Needn't"
3. "Evidence (Justice)/Rhythm-A-Ning"
4. "'Round About Midnight"
5. "I'm Getting Sentimental Over You"

Side 2

1. "Bemsha Swing"
2. "Memories of You/Just You, Just Me"
3. "Blue Monk"
4. "Misterioso"
5. "Hackensack"
6. "Bright Mississippi"
7. "Epistrophy"

Live at the Jazz Workshop: Complete (2001)

CD 1 [November 3, 1964]

1. "Don't Blame Me" – 1:43
2. "Ba-lue Bolivar Ba-lues-are" – 7:32
3. "Well, You Needn't" – 10:30
4. "Evidence/Rhythm-A-Ning" – 6:24
5. "Epistrophy" (theme) – 1:05
6. "Hackensack" – 8:03
7. "Bright Mississippi" – 2:50
8. "Evidence" – 4:36
9. "Epistrophy" – 3:53
10. "Round Midnight" 6:06
11. "I'm Getting Sentimental Over You" – 6:41
12. "Memories of You" – 2:28
13. "Just You, Just Me" – 6:44
14. "Epistrophy" – 5:28

CD 2 [November 4, 1964]

1. "Blue Monk" – 7:06
2. "Well, You Needn't" – 8:08
3. "Bright Mississippi" – 8:11
4. "Bemsha Swing" – 4:09
5. "Round Midnight" – 6:27
6. "Nutty" – 8:08
7. "Straight, No Chaser" – 6:29
8. "Thelonious" – 3:57
9. "Hackensack" – 5:35
10. "Misterioso" – 6:52
11. "Ba-lue Bolivar Ba-lues-are" – 7:47
12. "Epistrophy" (theme) – 1:02

Personnel

• Thelonious Monk – piano
• Charlie Rouse – tenor saxophone
• Larry Gales – bass
• Ben Riley – drums

Notes and References

1. Web site: Monk – Live At The Jazz Workshop - Complete (2001, Bonus Tracks, CD). 27 December 2021. Discogs.com.
2. Web site: Thelonious Monk – Live at the Jazz Workshop (1982, Vinyl). Discogs.