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A1	Brilliant Corners	7:42
A2	Ba-Lue Bolivar Ba-Lues-Are	13:08
B1	Pannonica Celesta – Thelonious Monk	8:50
B2	I Surrender, Dear Written-By – Clifford*, Barris*	5:25
B3	Bemsha Swing Composed By – Best*, Monk*Timpani – Max Roach	7:42

Credits

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

Notes

Recorded at Reeves Sound Studios, New York, December 1956. Originally issued as RLP 12-226, Contemporary Series.

© 1982, Fantasy, Inc. Sleeve is a facsimile reproduction of the original release, except for the addition of the OJC Category in top-right corner of backliner cover.

Barcode and Other Identifiers

• Matrix / Runout (Side A runout): OJC 026 A
• Matrix / Runout (Side B runout): OJC 026 B

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
RLP 12-226	Thelonious Monk	Brilliant Corners ‎(LP, Album, RE)	Riverside Records	RLP 12-226	France	1976
OJCCD-026-2, RLP-226	Thelonious Monk with Sonny Rollins, Ernie Henry and Clark Terry	Thelonious Monk with Sonny Rollins, Ernie Henry and Clark Terry - Brilliant Corners ‎(CD, RE, RM)	Original Jazz Classics, Riverside Records	OJCCD-026-2, RLP-226	UK & Europe	Unknown
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