Complete Blue Note Recordings

Artist: Thelonious Monk
Total time: 201:53
Label: Blue Note
Availability: Available
Item #: 8004868

List Price: $67.96

Review

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. ~ Scott Yanow, All Music Guide

Humph; Evonce*; Suburban Eyes*; Thelonious; Nice Work If You Can Get It*; Ruby, My Dear*; Well, We Needn't*; April in Paris*; Off Minor; Introspection; In Walked Bud; Monk's Mood; Who Knows?*; 'Round Midnight; All The Things You Are; I Should Care*; Evidence; Misterioso*; Epistrophy; I Mean You; Four In One*; Criss-Cross*; Eronel; Straight, No Chaser; Ask Me Now*; Willow Weep For Me; Skippy*; Hornin' In*; Sixteen [First Take]; Sixteen [Second Take]; Carolina Moon; Let's Cool One; I'll Follow You; Reflections; Misterioso; Crepuscule With Nellie; Trinkle, Tinkle; In Walked Bud; I Mean You; Epistrophy.

(*Includes alternate takes.)

Thelonious Monk, Piano; John Coltrane, Lucky Thompson, Billy Smith, Sonny Rollins, Tenor Saxes; Ahmed Abdul-Malik, Nelson Boyd, John Simmons, Gene Ramey, Paul Chambers, Al McKibbon, Bob Paige, Basses; Sahib Shihab, Lou Donaldson, Danny Quebec West, Alto Saxes; George Taitt, Idrees Sulieman, Kenny Dorham, Trumpets; Art Blakey, Roy Haynes, Shadow Wilson, Max Roach, Drums; Milt Jackson, Vibes; Kenny Pancho Hagood, Vocals.

Tracklist

Complete Blue Note Recordings
	1. Humph	2:50
	2. Evonce [Alternate Take]	3:00
	3. Evonce	3:01
	4. Suburban Eyes	2:58
	5. Suburban Eyes [Alternate Take]	2:55
	6. Thelonious	2:58
	7. Nice Work If You Can Get It [Alternate Take]	3:01
	8. Nice Work If You Can Get It	3:00
	9. Ruby, My Dear [Alternate Take]	3:03
	10. Ruby, My Dear	3:05
	11. Well, You Needn't	2:55
	12. Well, You Needn't [Alternate Take]	2:52
	13. April in Paris [Alternate Take]	2:39
	14. April in Paris	3:17
	15. Off Minor	2:58
	16. Introspection	3:10
	17. In Walked Bud	2:54
	18. Monk's Mood	3:05
	19. Who Knows?	2:40
	20. 'Round Midnight	3:09
	21. Who Knows? [Alternate Take]	2:39
	22. All the Things You Are	2:57
	23. I Should Care [Alternate Take]	3:00
	24. I Should Care	2:59
	25. Evidence	2:31
	26. Misterioso	3:19
	27. Misterioso [Alternate Take]	2:43
	28. Epistrophy	3:05
	29. I Mean You	2:44
	30. Four in One	3:27
	31. Four in One [Alternate Take]	3:26
	32. Criss-Cross	2:55
	33. Criss-Cross [Alternate Take]	2:48
	34. Eronel	3:01
	35. Straight, No Chaser	2:54
	36. Ask Me Now [Alternate Take]	4:26
	37. Ask Me Now	3:12
	38. Willow Weep for Me	3:00
	39. Skippy	2:59
	40. Skippy [Alternate Take]	2:59
	41. Hornin' In [306][Alternate Take]	3:09
	42. Hornin' In	3:12
	43. Sixteen [First Take]	3:28
	44. Sixteen [Second Take]	3:37
	45. Carolina Moon	3:26
	46. Let's Cool One	3:45
	47. I'll Follow You [#]	3:46
	48. Reflections	7:01
	49. Misterioso	9:22
	50. Crepuscule With Nellie	3:00
	51. Trinkle, Tinkle	10:08
	52. In Walked Bud	11:22
	53. I Mean You	13:53
	54. Epistrophy	5:19

Details and Credits

Product Details

Label: Blue Note
Release date: 1994/10/18
Best of, Box set

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Album Credits
Performance Credits
Ahmed Abdul-Malik	Bass
Al McKibbon	Bass
Art Blakey	Drums
Bill Smith	Sax (Tenor)
Billy Smith	Sax (Tenor)
Bob Paige	Bass
Danny Quebec West	Sax (Alto)
Gene Ramey	Bass
George Taitt	Trumpet
Horace Silver	Piano
Idrees Sulieman	Trumpet
J.J. Johnson	Trombone
John Coltrane	Sax (Tenor)
John Lewis	Piano
John Simmons	Bass
Kenny "Pancho" Hagood	Vocals
Kenny Dorham	Trumpet
Lou Donaldson	Sax (Alto)
Lucky Thompson	Sax (Tenor)
Max Roach	Drums
Milt Jackson	Vibraphone
Nelson Boyd	Bass
Paul Chambers	Bass
Percy Heath	Bass
Sahib Shihab	Sax (Alto)
Shadow Wilson	Drums
Thelonious Monk	Piano

Technical Credits
Bob Blumenthal	Liner Notes
Darcy Cloutier-Fernald	Art Direction
Doug Hawkins	Engineer
Malcolm Addey	Mastering
Michael Cuscuna	Compilation Producer
Ron McMaster	Transfers
Sonny Rollins	Leader