Bright Mississippi is a jazz tune composed by Thelonious Monk and performed by his quartet for the 1963 album Monk's Dream. It was the only piece on the album that Monk had not previously recorded. The track runs 8 minutes and 34 seconds on the original LP. Monk's Dream is Monk's first album for Columbia after his Riverside years, and it was recorded in late 1962 at the CBS 30th Street Studio in New York City, with Teo Macero producing. The personnel on the date were Thelonious Monk on piano, Charlie Rouse on tenor sax, John Ore on bass, and Frankie Dunlop on drums. The album is rooted in jazz and features Monk's distinctive angular melodies and sense of rhythm, with Bright Mississippi standing out as a fresh composition on the set.
