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A1	Brilliant Corners Written-By – Monk*
A2	Ba-Lue Bolivar Ba-Lues-Are Written-By – Monk*
B1	Pannonica Written-By – Monk*
B2	I Surrender, Dear Written-By – Clifford*, Barris*
B3	Bemsha Swing Written-By – Best*, Monk*

Companies, etc.

• Made By – Victor Musical Industries, Inc.
• Recorded At – Reeves Sound Studios

Credits

• Alto Saxophone – Ernie Henry (tracks: A1, A2, B1)
• Bass – Oscar Pettiford (tracks: A1, A2, B1), Paul Chambers (tracks: B3)
• Celesta – Thelonious Monk (tracks: B1)
• Design [Cover] – Paul Bacon
• Drums – Max Roach (tracks: A1, A2, B1, B3)
• Engineer [Recording] – Jack Higgins
• Piano – Thelonious Monk
• Producer, Liner Notes – Orin Keepnews*
• Tenor Saxophone – Sonny Rollins (tracks: A1, A2, B1, B3)
• Timpani – Max Roach (tracks: B3)
• Trumpet – Clark Terry (tracks: B3)

Notes

Recorded at Reeves Sound Studios on December 17 and 23, 1956.
Riverside-Reeves Spectrosonic High Fidelity Engineering.
Produced by Bill Grauer Productions, Inc. 235 West 46th Street, New York 36, NY

Other versions

Category	Artist	Title (Format)	Label	Category	Country	Year
RLP 12-226	Thelonious Monk	Brilliant Corners ‎(LP, Album, Mono, Dee)	Riverside Records	RLP 12-226	US	1957
RS 3000	Thelonious Monk	Mighty Monk ‎(LP, Album, RE)	Riverside Records	RS 3000	US	1967
RLP 12-226	Thelonious Monk	Brilliant Corners ‎(LP, Album, RE)	Riverside Records	RLP 12-226	France	1976
0025218602624	Thelonious Monk With Sonny Rollins, Ernie Henry And Clark Terry	Thelonious Monk With Sonny Rollins, Ernie Henry And Clark Terry - Brilliant Corners ‎(CD, Album, RE, RM)	Original Jazz Classics, Riverside Records	0025218602624	Europe	2008
RLP 12-226, RLP-226	Thelonious Monk With Sonny Rollins, Ernie Henry and Clark Terry	Thelonious Monk With Sonny Rollins, Ernie Henry and Clark Terry - Brilliant Corners ‎(LP, Album, RE, 180)	Riverside Records, Riverside Records	RLP 12-226, RLP-226	Italy	2012

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