A famous album in its day, now revamped without its famous cover-shot of the artist but with two shots by Jean-Pierre Leloir (one also including Monk's wife Nellie). The rough sound of the four-piece line-up is an attraction, except perhaps on the straight one-chorus reading of ‘Abide With Me’, and the voicings of ‘Off Minor’ and ‘Epistrophy’ vouchsafe interesting amendments to the themes. The original producer Riverside's main selling-point was not so much the appearance of Monk's new sideman Coltrane but putting him alongside the veteran Hawkins (a recent Riverside signing, but also an early employer of Monk 13 years before), heard on every track including a quartet reading of ‘Ruby My Dear’ – with hindsight, there's also a fascinating window into Hawk's influence on Trane. Collectors of a certain age will recall that the three bonus tracks with Coltrane fronting Monk's quartet were not issued until five years later (along with alternate takes from the septet session that are omitted here) and these offer more predictably impressive delights. However, another obvious candidate for inclusion, ‘Monk's Mood’, the one track with Trane from the otherwise solo album, Thelonious Himself, should either have squeezed in alongside the existing 72 minutes, or replaced the rather rambling ‘Blues For Tomorrow’ by the Monk's Music band without Monk himself.