Thelonious Monk

TRACKS, PERSONNEL & DATES:

THELONIOUS MONK, piano on all tracks with:

CD 1:

01. BYE-YA. Gary Mapp (b); Art Blakey. (d). New York, October 15, 1952.

02. WE SEE. Ray Cpeland (tp); Frank Foster (ts); Curly Russell (b); Art Blakey (d).
New Jersey, May 11, 1954

03. BLUE MONK. Percy Heath (b); Art Blakey (d).
New York, September 22, 1954.

04. I WANT TO BE HAPPY. Sonny Rollins (ts); Tommy Potter (b); Arthur Taylor (d)
New Jersey, October 25, 1954

05. BEMSHA SWING. Miles Davis (tp); Milt Jackson (vib); Percy Heath (b)
Kenny Clarke (d). New Jersey December 24, 1954

06. CARAVAN. Oscar Pettiford (b); Kenny Clarke (d).
New Jersey, July 25, 1955

07. TEA FOR TWO. Oscar Pettiford (b); Kenny Clarke (d)
New Jersey, April 3, 1956

08. PANNONICA. Ernie Henry (as); Sonny Rollins (ts); Oscar Pettiford (b)
Max Roach (d). New York, October 9, 1956

09. BRILLIANT CORNERS. Sonny Rollins (ts); Oscar Pettiford (b); Max Roach (d)
New York, October 15, 1956

10. 'ROUND MIDNIGHT. Thelonious Monk solo piano.
New York, April 5, 1957.

CD 2:

01. WELL, YOU NEEDN'T. Ray Copeland (tp); Gigi Gryce (as); John Coltrane
& Coleman Hawkins (ts), Wilbur Ware (b); Art Blakey (d).
New York, June 26, 1957.

02. OFF MINOR (Take 5) Ray Copeland (tp); Gigi Gryce (as);
John Coltrane & Coleman Hawkins (ts), Wilbur Ware (b); Art Blakey (d).
New York, June 26, 1957.

03. EPISTROPHY. Ray Copeland (tp); Gigi Gryce (as); John Coltrane &
Coleman Hawkins (ts), Wilbur Ware (b); Art Blakey (d).
New York, June 26, 1957.

04.TRINKLE, TINKLE. John Coltrane (ts); Wilbur Ware (b); Shadow Wilson (d).
New York, July, 1957

05. RHYTHM-A-NING. Gerry Mulligan (bs); Wilber Ware (b), Shadow Wilson (d)
New York, August 12, 1957

06. EVIDENCE. Johnny Griffin (ts); Ahmed Abdul Malik (b); Roy Haynes (d)
New York, August, 1958

07. NUTTY. Johnny Griffin (ts); Ahmed Abdul Malik (b); Roy Haynes (d)
New York, August, 1958

08. LITTLE ROOTIE TOOTIE. Jay McAllister, Robert Northern (flhn);
Eddie Bert (tb); Donald Byrd (tp); Pepper Adams (bs); Charlie Rouse (ts);
Phil Woods (as);
Sam Jones (b), Art Taylor (d). New York, February 28, 1959

09. STRAIGHT, NO CHASER. Thad Jones (cnt); Charlie Rouse (ts); Sam Jones (b)
Art Taylor (d), New York, June 2, 1959.

10. RUBY, MY DEAR. Thelonious Monk, solo piano.
San Francisco, October 21, 1959

11. FOUR IN ONE (TAKE 2), Joe Gordon (tp); Harold Land, Charlie Rouse (ts)
John Ore (b); Billy Higgins (d). San Francisco, April 29, 1960