Thelonious Monk

DE-LUXE DIGI-SLEEVE EDITIONS

INCLUDES 11 BONUS TRACKS

"Thelonious Monk Trio" (Prestige PRLP 7027) marked the pianist’s first album in a trio format. It was recorded over the course of three sessions in 1952-54 and showcases Monk backed by such luminaries as Percy Heath on bass, and Max Roach and Art Blakey on drums. Two songs that complete the sessions but were not included on the original LP have been added here, as well as the only three trio tracks from Monk’s otherwise quartet or quintet Blue Note dates from the early Fifties, and all six master takes from his October 24, 1947 Blue Note studio session, which constituted Monk’s earliest trio session ever.

PERSONNEL:

THELONIOUS MONK, piano on all tracks, plus:

[1-4]: GARY MAPP, bass; ART BLAKEY, drums.
New York, October 15, 1952.

[5-6] & [9-10]: GARY MAPP, bass; MAX ROACH, drums.
New York, December 18, 1952.

[7-8] & [11-12]: PERCY HEATH, bass; ART BLAKEY, drums.
Hackensack, New Jersey, September 22, 1954

TRACKS:

01 LITTLE ROOTIE TOOTIE
02 SWEET AND LOVELY
03 BYE-YA
04 MONK’S DREAM
05 TRINKLE TINKLE
06 THESE FOOLISH THINGS
07 BLUE MONK
08 JUST A GIGOLO
09 BEMSHA SWING
10 REFLECTIONS
11 WORK (*)
12 NUTTY (*)
13 ASK ME NOW (*)
14 ASK ME NOW (*)
15 I’LL FOLLOW YOU (*)
16 NICE WORK IF YOU CAN GET IT (*)
17 RUBY, MY DEAR (*)
18 WELL, YOU NEEDN’T (*)
19 APRIL IN PARIS (*)
20 OFF MINOR (*)
21 INTROSPECTION (*)

Total Time: 76:04

(*) BONUS TRACKS