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Brilliant Corners
| Recorded | 1956 |
|---|---|
| Label | Riverside Records |
| Released | 1956 |
| Personnel | 7 credited players |
| Discogs | master 120705 |
The record
The title track proved so knotted the band never landed a clean take -- producer Orrin Keepnews spliced the master from pieces, which tells you everything about the tune's difficulty. Rollins and Terry navigate the thorns alongside Roach's shifting meters on one of the pianist's toughest recorded dates.
Session personnel
- Ernie Henry — alto saxophone
- Oscar Pettiford — bass
- Paul Chambers — bass
- Max Roach — drums
- Thelonious Monk — piano
- Sonny Rollins — tenor saxophone
- Clark Terry — trumpet
Contemporary reception
No period review located yet. The vintage-press pipeline searches DownBeat, Cash Box, and Billboard for this session.
Pressings
A 1956 Riverside test pressing of RLP 12 226 is the earliest thing on file, but the copy to hunt is the 1957 US mono RLP 12-226 with a deep groove -- it was repressed the same year in both deep-groove and non-deep-groove form, so read the label edge. Stereo arrives later, as RLP 1174 in 1958. London handled it abroad, including a flat-edge French LTZU 15.097. OJC-026 has kept it in print since 1982; for sound, Analogue Productions' 45 RPM mono AJAZ 12-226 or the newer AAPJ 12-226.
Showing the first pressing, audiophile reissues and copies carrying a collector marker, out of 138 pressings on file.
| 1956 | Riverside Records · RLP 12 226 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Test Pressing, Mono earliest on file |
|---|---|
| 1982 | Original Jazz Classics · OJC-026 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Mono OJC |
| 1998 | Analogue Productions · CAPJG 037-D1 — CD, Album, Limited Edition, Reissue, Mono, Gold CD Analogue Productions |
| 2010 | Analogue Productions · RLP 12-226 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Mono Analogue Productions |
| 2010 | Original Jazz Classics · OJC-026 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue OJC |
| 2024 | Analogue Productions · AAPJ 12-226 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Mono Analogue Productions |
| 1957 | Riverside Records · RLP 12-226 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Mono, Deep Groove · deep groove |
| 1957 | London Records · LTZA 15097 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Deep Groove · deep groove |
| 1957 | Riverside Records · RLP 12-226 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Repress, Mono, Deep Groove · deep groove; laminated sleeve |
| 1957 | Riverside Records · RLP 12-226 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Repress, Mono, Deep Groove · deep groove |
| 1957 | London Records · LTZA 15097 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Test Pressing, White Label, Deep Groove · deep groove |
| 1958 | Riverside Records · RLP 12-226 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Repress, Mono · deep groove |
| 1958 | London Records · LC 1013 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Mono, Deep Groove · deep groove |
| 1958 | Riverside Records · RLP 1174 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo · deep groove |
Follow the players
Ernie Henry also plays on
Oscar Pettiford also plays on
Paul Chambers also plays on