The same Monk composition, Misterioso, during which performance the seated Lincoln Centre audience were more respectful of Monk than the drinkers at The Five Spot in 1958, for some of whom, to judge from the background conversation, Monk must have been just another pub band.
Misterioso, live at the 5 spot, not to be confused with Misterioso (Recorded on Tour) released by Columbia in 1965, a series of Monk Quartet US club and college tour dates between 1963 and 65. You didn’t think you were going to be let off so lightly did you? Monk Remedial Class, pay attention. When I did, this one turned out to have more of a story to it than I anticipated. Thirty spanking records, I still havent sat down to listen to half of them. Source: From the collection of the late Brian Clark. Orpheum are usually a dark turqoise label, these are classic Riverside blue, without the twin reels and mic. who purchased the Riverside label and catalogue around 1966 and produced a good number of high quality reissues over a couple of years before selling the label on, ultimately to Fantasy Records LA. Produced late Sixties by Orpheum Productions, Inc., 235 West 46th St., N.Y. Vinyl: US Orpheum Riverside reissue of RLP 1133 (1958) Stereo
Roy Haynes, the drummers drummer, keeps it tight and rolling.
Johnny Griffin features prominently in the quartet, with his hard-blowing bluesy swaggering Chicago tenor solos, following which Monk has to pointedly remind everyone of the composition in hand. Johnny Griffin (ts) Thelonious Monk (p) Ahmed Abdul-Malik (b) Roy Haynes (d) recorded live at the “Five Spot Cafe”, NYC, AugCover Painting The Seer Giorgio de Chirico