Thelonious Monk - The Complete Blue Note Recordings

THELONIOUS MONK

The Complete Blue Note Recordings

Personnel

Alto Saxophone 

Danny Quebec West (pistas: 1.1 to 1.6), 

Lou Donaldson (pistas: 3.1 to 3.9), 

Sahib Shihab (pistas: 1.17 to 1.21, 2.9 to 2.17)

Bass 

Ahmed Abdul-Malik (pistas: 4.1 to 4.5), 

Al McKibbon (pistas: 2.9 to 2.17), 

Bob Paige (pistas: 1.17 to 1.21), 

Gene Ramey (pistas: 1.1 to 1.6), 

John Simmons (pistas: 2.1 to 2.8), 

Nelson Boyd (pistas: 3.1 to 3.9), 

Paul Chambers (3) (pistas: 3.10, 3.11)

Drums 

Art Blakey (pistas: 1.1 to 1.21, 2.9 to 2.17, 3.10, 3.11), 

Max Roach (pistas: 3.1 to 3.9), 

Roy Haynes (pistas: 4.1 to 4.5), 

Shadow Wilson (pistas: 2.1 to 2.8)

Piano 

Horace Silver (pistas: 3.10), 

Thelonious Monk

Tenor Saxophone  

Billy Smith (pistas: 1.1 to 1.6), 

John Coltrane (pistas: 4.1 to 4.5), 

Lucky Thompson (pistas: 3.1 to 3.9)

Tenor Saxophone, Leader 

Sonny Rollins (pistas: 3.10, 3.11)

Trombone 

J. J. Johnson (pistas: 3.10)

Trumpet  

George Taitt (pistas: 1.17 to 1.21), 

Idrees Sulieman (pistas: 1.1 to 1.6), 

Kenny Dorham (pistas: 3.1 to 3.9)

Vibraphone – 

Milt Jackson (pistas: 2.1, 2.3 to 2.17)

Vocals – 

Kenny 'Pancho' Hagood* (pistas: 2.1 to 2.3)

Track List 

Disc 1

1.1 Humph 2:50

1.2 Evonce (Alt Tk) 3:00

1.3 Evonce 3:01

1.4 Suburban Eyes 2:58

1.5 Suburban Eyes (Alt Tk) 2:55

1.6 Thelonious 2:58

1.7 Nice Work If You Can Get It (Alt Tk) 3:01

1.8 Nice Work If You Can Get It 3:00

1.9 Ruby My Dear (Alt Tk) 3:03

1.10 Ruby My Dear 3:05

1.11 Well You Needn't 2:55

1.12 Well You Needn't (Alt Tk) 2:52

1.13 April In Paris (Alt Tk) 2:50

1.14 April In Paris 3:17

1.15 Off Minor 2:58

1.16  Introspection 3:10

1.17 In Walked Bud 2:54

1.18  Monk's Mood 3:05

1.19 Who Knows 2:40

1.20 'Round Midnight 3:09

1.21 Who Knows (Alt Tk) 2:39

Disc 2

2.1 All The Things You Are 2:57

2.2 I Should Care (Alt Tk) 3:00

2.3 I Should Care 2:59

2.4 Evidence 2:31

2.5 Misterioso  3:19

2.6 Misterioso (Alt Tk) 2:43

2.7 Epistrophy 3:05

2.8 I Mean You 2:44

2.9 Four In One 3:27

2.10  Four In One (Alt Tk) 3:26

2.11  Criss Cross 2:55

2.12  Criss Cross (Alt Tk) 2:48

2.13 Eronel 3:01

2.14 Straight No Chaser 2:54

2.15 Ask Me Now  (Alt Tk) 4:26

2.16  Ask Me Now 3:12

2.17  Willow Weep For Me (2)

  

Disc 3

3.1 Skippy 2:59

3.2 Skippy (Alt Tk)  3:07

3.3  Hornin' In (Alt Tk) 3:06

3.4 Hornin' In 3:12

3.5 Sixteen (First Tk) 3:28

3.6 Sixteen (Second Tk) 3:37

3.7 Carolina Moon 3:26

3.8 Let's Cool One 3:45

3.9 I'll Follow You 3:46

3.10  Reflections 7:01

3.11 Misterioso 9:22

Disc 4

4.1 Crepuscule With Nellie 3:00

4.2 Trinkle, Tinkle 10:08

4.3 In Walked Bird 11:22

4.4 I Mean You 13:53

4.5 Epistrophy 5:19

Recording Date: October 15, 1947 - April 14, 1957

This magnificent limited-edition set launched the Mosaic label in real style. Included are all of Thelonious Monk's Blue Note recordings, six sessions as a leader from 1947-52 complete with alternate takes plus two titles cut with tenor-saxophonist Sonny Rollins in 1957. Since these were Monk's first opportunities to lead his own recording dates, this set includes the original versions of such classics as "Ruby, My Dear," "Well You Needn't," "Off Minor," "In Walked Bud," "Evidence," "Criss Cross" and "Straight No Chaser" along with Monk's first chance to record "'Round Midnight" and "Epistrophy." The sidemen include such notables as trumpeters Kenny Dorham and Idrees Sulieman, drummers Art Blakey and Max Roach, vibraphonist Milt Jackson, altoist Lou Donaldson and tenor-saxophonist Lucky Thompson, but it is the unique pianist/composer who is the main star. Many of these recordings (generally the master takes) has been reissued in other forms by Blue Note.