Thelonious Monk

2-CD SET

This outstanding release presents the complete trio recordings by the great Thelonious Monk from his earliest session in that format, made for Blue Note in 1947, up to his April 3, 1956 Riverside date, which would mark Monk’s second and last trio set for that label. In the following years Monk would only rarely record in a trio format until his marathon 1971 London sessions. Backing the pianist on these seminal recordings are such masters as Oscar Pettiford, Gene Ramey, and Al McKibbon on bass, and Art Blakey, Kenny Clarke, and Max Roach on drums.

PERSONNEL:

THELONIOUS MONK, piano on all tracks, plus:

CD1 [1-10] : GENE RAMEY (b) ART BLAKEY (d) New York, October 24, 1947.

CD1 [11-12]: AL McKIBBON (b) ART BLAKEY (d) New York, July 23, 1951.

CD1 [13]: NELSON BOYD (b) MAX ROACH (d) New York, May 30, 1952.

CD1 [14-17]: GARY MAPP (b) ART BLAKEY (d) New York, October 15, 1952.

CD1 [18-21]: GARY MAPP (b) MAX ROACH (d) New York, December 18, 1952.

CD1 [22-23] & CD 2 [1]: PERCY HEATH (b) ART BLAKEY (d) Hackensack, New Jersey, September 22 18, 1954.

CD2 [2-8]: OSCAR PETTIFORD (b) KENNY CLARKE (d) Hackensack, New Jersey, July 21 & 27, 1955.

CD2 [9-14]:  OSCAR PETTIFORD (b) ART BLAKEY (d) Hackensack, New Jersey, March 17 & April 3, 1956.

INCLUDES 24-PAGE BOOKLET

CD 1 TOTAL TIME: 78:18

01 Nice Work If You Can Get It
02 Nice Work If You Can Get It [Alt Tk]
03 Ruby, My Dear
04 Ruby, My Dear [Alt Tk]
05 Well, You Needn’t [Alt Tk]
06 Well, You Needn’t
07 April In Paris
08 April In Paris [Alt Tk]
09 Off Minor
10 Introspection
11 Ask Me Now
12 Ask Me Now [Alt Tk]
13 I’ll Follow You
14 L Ittle Rootie Tootie
15 Sweet And Lovely
16 Bye-Ya
17 Monk’s Dream
18 Trinkle Tinkle
19 These Foolish Things
20 Bemsha Swing
21 Reflections
22 Work
23 Nutty

CD 2 TOTAL TIME: 75:32

01 Blue Monk
02 It Don’t Mean A Thing (If It Ain’t Got That Swing)
03 Sophisticated Lady
04 I Got It Bad (And That Ain’t Good)
05 Black And Tan Fantasy
06 Mood Indigo
07 I Let A Song Go Out Of My Heart
08 Caravan
09 LIza (All The Clouds’ll Roll Away)
10 Honeysuckle Rose
11 Darn That Dream
12 Tea For Two
13 You Are Too Beautiful
14 Just You, Just Me