Riversideは録音技師がまちまちなので、レーベル全体の音場の印象が薄い。しかし、録音によっては実に素晴らしいので、そのあたりを調べた。
モンクのRiverside盤の録音技師は、以下の4名。
Rudy Van Gelder
Thelonious Monk Plays Duke Ellington
The Unique Thelonious Monk
Jack Higgins
Brilliant Corners
Thelonious Himself
Monk's Music
Mulligan Meets Monk
5 by Monk by 5
Thelonious Monk with John Coltrane
Ray Fowler
Thelonious in Action
Misterioso
The Thelonious Monk Orchestra at Town Hall
Reice Hamel and Ray Fowler
Thelonious Alone in San Francisco
Thelonious Monk at the Blackhawk
unknown
Two Hours With Thelonious
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Thelonious Monk Plays Duke Ellington
Recorded July 21 and 27, 1955
Studio Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack, New Jersey
Rudy Van Gelder
The Unique Thelonious Monk
Recorded In Hackensack, N.J.; March 17 and April 3, 1956.
Rudy Van Gelder
Brilliant Corners
Recorded October 9, October 15, and December 7, 1956
Recorded at Reeves Sound Studios, New York City
Engineer [Recording] – Jack Higgins
Thelonious Himself
Recorded April 5 and 16, 1957
New York City
Engineer – Jack Higgins
Monk's Music
Recorded June 25-26, 1957
Studio Reeves Sound Studio, New York City
Jack Higgins – recording engineering
Mulligan Meets Monk
Recorded August 12–13, 1957
Reeves Sound Studios, New York City
Jack Higgins - recording engineer
Thelonious in Action
Recorded August 7, 1958
Recorded at the Five Spot Cafe
Ray Fowler – engineer
Misterioso
Recorded August 7, 1958
Recorded at the Five Spot Cafe
Ray Fowler – engineer
The Thelonious Monk Orchestra at Town Hall
Recorded February 28, 1959 at The Town Hall, New York City
Engineer – Ray Fowler
5 by Monk by 5
Recorded June 1, 2, 4 1959
Recorded in New York, June 1-2, 1959
Engineer – Jack Higgins
Thelonious Alone in San Francisco
Recorded October 21 and 22, 1959 at Fugazi Hall, San Francisco, CA
Reice Hamel (Recording Engineer)
Thelonious Monk at the Blackhawk
Recorded April 29, 1960
Blackhawk, San Francisco
Reice Hamel - Recording Engineer
Thelonious Monk with John Coltrane
Recorded April 16, 1957, June 25-26, 1957, July, 1957
Studio Reeves Sound Studios, New York City
Engineer – Jack Higgins
Two Hours With Thelonious
April 21, 1961, Teatro Lirico, Milan, Italy
"L'Olympia", Paris, France, April 18, 1961