Thelonious Monk - The Complete Blue Note Recordings [1994] (4 x CD's)

 

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THELONIOUS MONK

Thelonious Monk - The Complete Blue Note Recordings [1994] (4 x CD's)

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. (AllMusic review by Scott Yanow)

Monk's "Complete Blue Note Recordings" is/are an excellent set of CD's, both educational about an important phase of development in jazz history, and enjoyable from the standpoint of simply listening to some wonderful performances. 

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Track list

CD1

01 Thelonious Monk Humph 2:51

02 Thelonious Monk Evonce (Alt Tk) 3:02

03 Thelonious Monk Evonce 3:04

04 Thelonious Monk Suburban Eyes 3:01

05 Thelonious Monk Suburban Eyes (Alt Tk) 2:57

06 Thelonious Monk Thelonious 3:01

07 Thelonious Monk Nice Work If You Can Get It (Alt Tk) 3:02

08 Thelonious Monk Nice Work If You Can Get It 3:03

09 Thelonious Monk Ruby My Dear (Alt Tk) 3:06

10 Thelonious Monk Ruby My Dear 3:07

11 Thelonious Monk Well You Needn't 2:58

12 Thelonious Monk Well You Needn't (Alt Tk) 2:54

13 Thelonious Monk April In Paris (Alt Tk) 2:42

14 Thelonious Monk April In Paris 3:20

15 Thelonious Monk Off Minor 3:01

16 Thelonious Monk Introspection 3:12

17 Thelonious Monk In Walked Bud 2:56

18 Thelonious Monk Monk's Mood 3:08

19 Thelonious Monk Who Knows 2:42

20 Thelonious Monk 'round Midnight 3:11

21 Thelonious Monk Who Knows (Alt Tk) 2:42

CD2

01 Thelonious Monk All The Things You Are 2:58

02 Thelonious Monk I Should Care (Alt Tk) 3:03

03 Thelonious Monk I Should Care 3:01

04 Thelonious Monk Evidence 2:35

05 Thelonious Monk Misterioso 3:22

06 Thelonious Monk Misterioso (Alt Tk) 2:46

07 Thelonious Monk Epistrophy 3:07

08 Thelonious Monk I Mean You 2:47

09 Thelonious Monk Four In One 3:30

10 Thelonious Monk Four In One (Alt Tk) 3:29

11 Thelonious Monk Criss Cross 2:57

12 Thelonious Monk Criss Cross (Alt Tk) 2:51

13 Thelonious Monk Eronel 3:04

14 Thelonious Monk Straight No Chaser 2:57

15 Thelonious Monk Ask Me Now (1) (Alt Tk) 4:29

16 Thelonious Monk Ask Me Now 3:15

17 Thelonious Monk Willow Weep For Me 3:03

CD3

01 Thelonious Monk Skippy 2:59

02 Thelonious Monk Skippy (Alt Tk) 3:10

03 Thelonious Monk Hornin' In (Alt Tk) 3:09

04 Thelonious Monk Hornin' In 3:15

05 Thelonious Monk Sixteen (First Tk) 3:31

06 Thelonious Monk Sixteen (Second Tk) 3:39

07 Thelonious Monk Carolina Moon 3:28

08 Thelonious Monk Let's Cool One 3:48

09 Thelonious Monk I'll Follow You 3:49

10 Thelonious Monk Reflections 7:04

11 Thelonious Monk Misterioso 9:24

CD4

01 Thelonious Monk Crepuscule With Nellie 3:03

02 Thelonious Monk Trinkle Tinkle 10:10

03 Thelonious Monk In Walked Bud 11:22

04 Thelonious Monk I Mean You 13:55

05 Thelonious Monk Epistrophy 5:19

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