Brilliant Corners

This article is about the album by Thelonious Monk. For the song of the same name, see Brilliant Corners (composition). For the album by James Spaulding, see Brilliant Corners (James Spaulding album). For the band, see The Brilliant Corners.

Brilliant Corners
Studio album by
Thelonious Monk
ReleasedApril 4, 1957 (April 4, 1957)
RecordedOctober 9, October 15, and December 7, 1956
GenreHard bop
Length42:47
LabelRiverside
ProducerOrrin Keepnews
Thelonious Monk chronology
The Unique Thelonious Monk
(1956) 		Brilliant Corners
(1957) 		Thelonious Himself
(1957)

Brilliant Corners is a 1957 studio album by American jazz pianist Thelonious Monk. It was his third album for Riverside Records, and his first on the label to include his own compositions.[1]

  1. ^ Mathieson 2012, p. 176.