Thelonious Monk

• DIGIPACK EDITION

Thelonious Monk devised a new theoretical basis for his compositional aesthetic, an unorthodox, deconstructed and reinvented pianistic approach that defined his music’s unique rhythmic and melodic parameters. The piano was the vehicle of expression for his compositional mindset.

PERSONNEL & DATES:

• Thelonious Monk Celebrating 75 Years Of His First Recordings Revisited

• ON TRACKS [1 & 9] The Thelonious Monk Sextet
• Idrees Sulieman (tp); Danny Quebec West (as); Billy Smith, (ts); Thelonious Monk (p); Gene Ramey, (bass); Art Blakey (d)
• at WOR Studios, NYC, October 15, 1947

• ON TRACKS [3,4,7 & 22] The Thelonious Monk Trio
• Thelonious Monk (p); Gene Ramey (b); Art Blakey (d)
• at WOR Studios, NYC, October 24, 1947.

• ON TRACKS [2, 5, 12 & 13] The Thelonious Monk Quintet
• George Taitt (tp); Sahib Shihab (as); Thelonious Monk (p); Robert Paige (b); Art Blakey (d)
• at WOR Studios, NYC, November 21, 1947

• ON TRACKS [6, 8, 10 & 11] The Thelonious Monk Quartet
• Milt Jackson (vib); Thelonious Monk (p); John Simmons (b); Shadow Wilson (d)
• at Apex Studios, NYC, July 2, 1948

• ON TRACKS [15, 16, 17 & 18] The Thelonious Monk Quintet
• Sahib Shihab (as); Milt Jackson (vib); Thelonious Monk (p); Al McKibbon (b); Art Blakey (d)
• at WOR Studios, NYC, July 23, 1951
• ON TRACKS [19, 20, 21 & 23] The Thelonious Monk Sextet
• Kenny Dorham (tp); Lou Donaldson (as); Lucky Thompson (ts); Thelonious Monk (p); Nelson Boyd (b); Max Roach, (d)

TRACKS:

• 01 Thelonious
• 02 ’Round Midnight
• 03 Well You Needn’t
• 04 Off Minor
• 05 In Walked Bud
• 06 Epistrophy
• 07 Ruby My Dear
• 08 Evidence
• 09 Humph
• 10 Misterioso
• 11 I Mean You
• 12 Monk’s Mood
• 13 Who Knows
• 14 Four In One
• 15 Straight No Chaser
• 16 Criss-Cross
• 17 Eronel
• 18 Ask Me Now
• 19 Skippy
• 20 Let’s Cool One
• 21 Hornin’ In
• 22 Introspection
• 23 Sixteen