Originally issued as 78 RPM single Blue Note 542
1-1 The Thelonious Monk Sextet Thelonious
Written-By Thelonious Monk
3:02
1-2 The Thelonious Monk Sextet Suburban Eyes
Written-By Ike Quebec
3:02
Originally issued as 78 RPM single Blue Note 543
1-3 The Thelonious Monk Quintet 'Round About Midnight
Written-By Thelonious Monk
3:12
1-4 The Thelonious Monk Trio Well You Needn't
Written-By Thelonious Monk
3:00
Originally issued as 78 RPM single Blue Note 547
1-5 The Thelonious Monk Sextet Evonce
Written-By Idrees Sulieman, Ike Quebec
3:04
1-6 The Thelonious Monk Trio Off Minor
Written-By Thelonious Monk
3:03
Originally issued as 78 RPM single Blue Note 548
1-7 The Thelonious Monk Quintet In Walked Bud
Written-By Thelonious Monk
2:58
1-8 The Thelonious Monk Quartet Epistrophy
Written-By Thelonious Monk
3:09
Originally issued as 78 RPM single Blue Note 549
1-9 The Thelonious Monk Trio Ruby My Dear
Written-By Thelonious Monk
3:10
1-10 The Thelonious Monk Quartet Evidence
Written-By Thelonious Monk
2:35
Originally issued as 78 RPM single Blue Note 560
1-11 The Thelonious Monk Sextet Humph
Written-By Thelonious Monk
2:55
1-12 The Thelonious Monk Quartet Misterioso
Written-By Thelonious Monk
3:23
Originally issued as 78 RPM single Blue Note 1201 (credited to Kenny 'Pancho' Hagood with The Thelonious Monk Quartet)
1-13 The Thelonious Monk Quartet All The Things You Are
Vocals – Kenny 'Pancho' Hagood
Written-By Jerome Kern, Oscar Hammerstein II
3:02
1-14 The Thelonious Monk Quartet I Should Care
Vocals – Kenny 'Pancho' Hagood
Written-By Axel Stordahl, Paul Weston, Sammy Cahn
3:03
Originally issued as 78 RPM single Blue Note 1564
1-15 The Thelonious Monk Quartet I Mean You
Written-By Thelonious Monk
2:46
Originally issued as 78 RPM single Blue Note 1565
1-16 The Thelonious Monk Quintet Monk's Mood
Written-By Thelonious Monk
3:10
1-17 The Thelonious Monk Quintet Who Knows
Written-By Thelonious Monk
2:44
Originally issued as 78 RPM single Blue Note 1575
1-18 The Thelonious Monk Trio Nice Work If You Can Get It
Written-By George & Ira Gershwin
3:02
1-19 The Thelonious Monk Trio April In Paris
Written-By Edgar 'Yip' Harburg, Vernon Duke
3:22
Originally issued as 78 RPM single Blue Note 1589
1-20 The Thelonious Monk Quintet Four In One
Written-By Thelonious Monk
3:31
1-21 The Thelonious Monk Quintet Straight No Chaser
Written-By Thelonious Monk
2:59
Originally issued as 78 RPM single Blue Note 1590
1-22 The Thelonious Monk Quintet Criss-Cross
Written-By Thelonious Monk
2:57
1-23 The Thelonious Monk Quintet Eronel
Written-By Thelonious Monk
3:06
Originally issued as 78 RPM single Blue Note 1591
1-24 The Thelonious Monk Quintet Ask Me Now
Written-By Thelonious Monk
3:16
1-25 The Thelonious Monk Quintet Willow Weep For Me
Songwriter - Ann Ronell
3:00
Originally issued as 78 RPM single Blue Note 1602
2-1 The Thelonious Monk Sextet Skippy
Written-By Thelonious Monk
3:02
2-2 The Thelonious Monk Sextet Let's Cool One
Written-By Thelonious Monk
3:50
Originally issued as 78 RPM single Blue Note 1603
2-3 The Thelonious Monk Sextet Hornin' In
Written-By Thelonious Monk
3:14
2-4 The Thelonious Monk Sextet Carolina Moon
Written-By Benny Davis, Joe Burke
3:29
Bonus Tracks
2-5 The Thelonious Monk Sextet Evonce - Alternate Take
Written-By Idrees Sulieman, Ike Quebec
3:03
2-6 The Thelonious Monk Sextet Suburban Eyes - Alternate Take
Written-By Ike Quebec
2:59
2-7 The Thelonious Monk Trio Nice Work If You Can Get It - Alternate Take
Written-By George & Ira Gershwin
3:04
2-8 The Thelonious Monk Trio Ruby My Dear - Alternate Take
Written-By Thelonious Monk
3:07
2-9 The Thelonious Monk Trio Well You Needn't - Alternate Take
Written-By Thelonious Monk
2:57
2-10 The Thelonious Monk Trio April In Paris - Alternate Take
Written-By Edgar 'Yip' Harburg, Vernon Duke
2:43
2-11 The Thelonious Monk Trio Introspection
Written-By Thelonious Monk
3:14
2-12 The Thelonious Monk Quintet Who Knows - Alternate Take
Written-By Thelonious Monk
2:46
2-13 The Thelonious Monk Quartet I Should Care - Alternate Take
Vocals – Kenny 'Pancho' Hagood
Written-By Axel Stordahl, Paul Weston, Sammy Cahn
3:03
2-14 The Thelonious Monk Quartet Misterioso - Alternate Take
Written-By Thelonious Monk
2:46
2-15 The Thelonious Monk Quintet Four In One - Alternate Take
Written-By Thelonious Monk
3:29
2-16 The Thelonious Monk Quintet Criss-Cross - Alternate Take
Written-By Thelonious Monk
2:52
2-17 The Thelonious Monk Quintet Ask Me Now - Alternate Take
Written-By Thelonious Monk
4:31
2-18 The Thelonious Monk Sextet Skippy - Alternate Take
Written-By Thelonious Monk
3:10
2-19 The Thelonious Monk Sextet Hornin' In - Alternate Take
Written-By Thelonious Monk
3:10
2-20 The Thelonious Monk Sextet Sixteen - Take 1
Written-By Thelonious Monk
3:30
2-21 The Thelonious Monk Sextet Sixteen - Take 2
Written-By Thelonious Monk
3:43
2-22 The Thelonious Monk Sextet I'll Follow You
Written-By Fred E. Ahlert, Roy Turk
3:47
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Recorded At WOR Studios, at Apex Studios, New York.
Alto Saxophone - Danny Quebec West (tracks: 1-1, 1-2, 1-5, 1-11, 2-5, 2-6), Lou Donaldson (tracks: 2-1
to 2-4, 2-18 to 2-22), Sahib Shihab (tracks: 1-3, 1-7, 1-16 to 1-25, 2-12, 2-15 to 2-17)
Bass - Al McKibbon (tracks: 1-20 to 1-25, 2-15 to 2-17), Robert Paige (tracks: 1-3, 1-7, 1-16, 1-17,
2-12), Gene Ramey (tracks: 1-1, 1-2, 1-4 to 1-6, 1-9, 1-11, 1-18, 1-19, 2-5 to 2-11), John Simmons
(tracks: 1-8, 1-10, 1-12 to 1-15, 2-13, 2-14), Nelson Boyd (tracks: 2-1 to 2-4, 2-18 to 2-22)
Drums - Art Blakey (tracks: 1-1 to 1-6, 1-9, 1-11, 1-16 to 1-25, 2-7 to 2-12, 2-15 to 2-17), Max Roach
(tracks: 2-1 to 2-4, 2-18 to 2-22), Shadow Wilson (tracks: 1-8, 1-10, 1-12 to 1-15, 2-13, 2-14)
Ensemble - The Thelonious Monk Quartet (tracks: 1-8, 1-10, 1-12 to 1-15, 2-13, 2-14), The Thelonious
Monk Quintet (tracks: 1-3, 1-7, 1-16, 1-17, 1-20 to 1-25, 2-1 to 2-4, 2-12, 2-15 to 2-17), The
Thelonious Monk Sextet (tracks: 1-1, 1-2, 1-5, 1-11, 2-1 to 2-6, 2-18 to 2-22), The Thelonious Monk
Trio (tracks: 1-4, 1-6, 1-9, 1-18, 1-19, 2-7 to 2-11)
Piano - Thelonious Monk
Producer - Alfred Lion
Tenor Saxophone - Billy Smith (tracks: 1-1, 1-2, 1-5, 1-11, 2-5, 2-6), Lucky Thompson (tracks: 2-1 to
2-4, 2-18 to 2-22)
Trumpet - George Taitt (tracks: 1-3, 1-16, 1-17, 2-12), Idrees Sulieman (tracks: 1-1, 1-2, 1-5, 1-11, 2-5,
2-6), Kenny Dorham (tracks: 2-1 to 2-4, 2-18 to 2-22)
Vibraphone - Milt Jackson (tracks: 1-8, 1-10, 1-12 to 1-15, 1-20 to 1-25, 2-13 to 2-17)
Vocals - Kenny 'Pancho' Hagood (tracks: 1-13, 1-14, 2-13) |
