Recorded in 1957, this album was the result of a collaboration of Thelonious Monk with Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers.

Track listing

1. "Evidence" (composed by Monk)
2. "In Walked Bud" (Monk)
3. "Blue Monk" (Monk)
4. "I Mean you" (Monk & Coleman Hawkins)
5. "Rhythm-A-Ning" (Monk)
6. "Purple Shades" (Johnny Griffin)

Personnel

• Art Blakey - drums
• Thelonious Monk - Piano
• Johnny Griffin - Tenor Sax
• Bill Hardman - Trumpet
• Spanky DeBrest - Bass

It was produced by Nesuhi Ertegün and the sound engineering was by Earl Brown.