セロニアス・モンクの最初期のリーダー作はBlue NoteからPrestige。当初、10 inchでリリースされ、その後12inchに再編集。このあたりが面倒なので、12inch盤を適当に入手。そこが少し気持ち悪かったので、Concordからの再発盤で10inch集を揃えている。やはり10nchは短時間なので、面倒だな。Prestige盤のディスコグラフィーを整理。
1. 10 inch LP
Thelonious Monk Trio: Thelonious (Prestige PrLP 142) – recorded on October 15, 1952 (side A) and December 18, 1952 (side B)
Thelonious Monk Quintet Blows For LP, Featuring Sonny Rollins (Prestige PrLP 166) – recorded on November 13, 1953
Thelonious Monk Quintet (with Frank Foster, Art Blakey) (Prestige PrLP 180) – recorded on May 11, 1954
Thelonious Monk Plays (with Percy Heath and Art Blakey) (Prestige PrLP 189) – recorded on September 22, 1954
Sonny Rollins and Thelonious Monk (Prestige PrLP 190) – recorded on October 25, 1954,
2. 12 inch LP
Thelonious Monk Trio (Prestige 7027, 1956) – recorded in 1952–54
Monk (Prestige 7053, 1956) – recorded in 1953-54
Thelonious Monk and Sonny Rollins (Prestige 7075, 1956) – recorded in 1953-54
Concordからの再発盤の10inch集
