''Live at the Jazz Workshop'' is a live album by

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pianist

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, that was recorded at the

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. The album was recorded on November 3 and 4, 1964, and released by

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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. 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 # "Don't Blame Me/Ba-lue Bolivar Ba-lues-are" # "Well, You Needn't" # "Evidence (Justice)/

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" # "'Round About Midnight" # "I'm Getting Sentimental Over You" Side 2 # "Bemsha Swing" # "Memories of You/

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" # "Blue Monk" # "Misterioso" # "Hackensack" # "Bright Mississippi" # "Epistrophy" ''Live at the Jazz Workshop: Complete'' (2001) CD 1 ovember 3, 1964'' # "Don't Blame Me" – 1:43 # "Ba-lue Bolivar Ba-lues-are" – 7:32 # "Well, You Needn't" – 10:30 # "Evidence/Rhythm-A-Ning" – 6:24 # "Epistrophy" (theme) – 1:05 # "Hackensack" – 8:03 # "Bright Mississippi" – 2:50 # "Evidence" – 4:36 # "Epistrophy" – 3:53 # "Round Midnight" 6:06 # "I'm Getting Sentimental Over You" – 6:41 # "Memories of You" – 2:28 # "Just You, Just Me" – 6:44 # "Epistrophy" – 5:28 CD 2 ovember 4, 1964'' # "Blue Monk" – 7:06 # "Well, You Needn't" – 8:08 # "Bright Mississippi" – 8:11 # "Bemsha Swing" – 4:09 # "Round Midnight" – 6:27 # "Nutty" – 8:08 # " Straight, No Chaser" – 6:29 # "Thelonious" – 3:57 # "Hackensack" – 5:35 # "Misterioso" – 6:52 # "Ba-lue Bolivar Ba-lues-are" – 7:47 # "Epistrophy" (theme) – 1:02

Personnel

* Thelonious Monk – piano *

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– tenor saxophone *

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– bass *

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– drums

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Live At The Jazz Workshop Thelonious Monk live albums 1964 live albums Albums produced by Teo Macero Columbia Records live albums Albums recorded at the Jazz Workshop