April in Paris (studio, 1957-04-16: solo piano recording for Riverside)

~ Recording by Thelonious Monk

Appears on releases

#TitleLengthTrack artistRelease titleRelease artistRelease group typeCountry/DateLabelCatalog#
Official
1.1April in Paris3:53Thelonious MonkThelonious HimselfThelonious MonkAlbum
Riverside (50s jazz label, now controlled by the Concord Music Group)RLP 12-235
1.1April in Paris3:54Thelonious MonkThelonious HimselfThelonious MonkAlbum
Riverside (50s jazz label, now controlled by the Concord Music Group)RLP 12-235
1.4April In Paris3:50Thelonious MonkPure MonkThelonious MonkAlbum + Compilation
Milestone (historical jazz label, now part of Concord)Milestone 47004
1.1April in Paris3:53Thelonious MonkThelonious HimselfThelonious MonkAlbum
Riverside (50s jazz label, now controlled by the Concord Music Group)VIJ-105
3.8April in Paris3:55Thelonious MonkThe Complete Riverside RecordingsThelonious MonkAlbum + Compilation
Riverside (50s jazz label, now controlled by the Concord Music Group)RCD 022-2
1.1April in Paris3:54Thelonious MonkThelonious HimselfThelonious MonkAlbum
Original Jazz Classics, Riverside (50s jazz label, now controlled by the Concord Music Group)OJCCD-264-2, RLP-235
1.1April in Paris3:54Thelonious MonkThelonious HimselfThelonious MonkAlbum
Riverside (50s jazz label, now controlled by the Concord Music Group)OJCCD-254-2
1.1April in Paris3:56Thelonious MonkThelonious HimselfThelonious MonkAlbum
  • JP1996-09-28
Riverside (50s jazz label, now controlled by the Concord Music Group)VICJ-2116
1.1April in Paris3:56Thelonious MonkThelonious Himself (XRDC)Thelonious MonkAlbum
  • JP1998-07-29
Riverside (50s jazz label, now controlled by the Concord Music Group)VICJ-60170
1.12April in Paris3:54Thelonious MonkThe Art of the BalladThelonious MonkAlbum + Compilation
Prestige (American jazz label)PRCD-11012-2
1.1April in Paris3:56Thelonious MonkThelonious HimselfThelonious MonkAlbum
  • JP2006-07-26
Riverside (50s jazz label, now controlled by the Concord Music Group)VICJ-41615
1.1April in Paris3:56Thelonious MonkThelonious HimselfThelonious MonkAlbum
  • JP2006-09-27
Riverside (50s jazz label, now controlled by the Concord Music Group)SVICJ-41005
1.1April in Paris3:54Thelonious MonkThelonious Himself (Keepnews Collection)Thelonious MonkAlbum
  • XE2008-09-16
Riverside (50s jazz label, now controlled by the Concord Music Group)0888072305106
1.6April in Paris3:53Thelonious MonkThe Very Best of JazzThelonious MonkAlbum + Compilation
  • -2008
Concord Jazz, Universal (plain logo “Universal” used by Universal Music and Universal Pictures)14159
1.6April in Paris3:51Thelonious MonkJazz ManifestoThelonious MonkAlbum + Compilation
Delta Music (main label of Delta Music GmbH and its UK & US subsidiaries)38295
1.4April in Paris3:54Thelonious MonkThelonious HimselfThelonious MonkAlbum
  • XW2010-03-26
Poll Winners Records ("grey" reissue label)27210
1.7April in Paris3:53Thelonious MonkThe Complete Albums Collection: 1957–61Thelonious MonkAlbum + Compilation
  • US2015-09-11
Enlightenment (A Crazy Jazz Label)EN5CD9049
1.18April in Paris3:54Thelonious MonkThelonious Monk Solo 1954 – 1961Thelonious MonkAlbum + Compilation
  • -2015
Le Chant du MondeCMJ 8742376.77
2.1April In Paris3:54Thelonious MonkTimeless Classic AlbumsThelonious MonkAlbum + Compilation
DOLDOLCD0275
1.1April in Paris3:53Thelonious MonkThelonious Himself (remastered 2025)Thelonious MonkAlbum
  • XW2025-05-23
Craft Recordings (US jazz label; reissue division of Concord)
1.1April in Paris3:50Thelonious MonkThelonious HimselfThelonious MonkAlbumRiverside (50s jazz label, now controlled by the Concord Music Group)
1.1April In Paris3:54Thelonious MonkThelonious HimselfThelonious MonkAlbumRLP 12-235
(unknown)
1.11April in Paris3:54Thelonious MonkThelonious MonkThelonious MonkAlbum + Compilation
Warner Jazz0630-15646-2

Relationships

recording engineer:Jack Higgins (recording engineer)
producer:Orrin Keepnews
piano:Thelonious Monk (on 1957-04-16)
recorded at:Reeves Sound Studios in New York, New York, United States
recording of:April in Paris (on 1957-04-16)

April in Paris

lyricist:Yip Harburg (in 1932)
composer:Vernon Duke (in 1932)
publisher:Chappell Music Ltd.
referred to in medleys:Big Band Signatures (order: 5)
part of:The Real Book (compilation of jazz standards, Volume I) (part of collection)