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'''''The Complete Blue Note Recordings of Thelonious Monk''''' is a box set by American [[jazz]] pianist [[Thelonious Monk]] compiling his recordings for [[Blue Note]] first released as a limited four-LP box set on [[Mosaic Records]] in 1983 before being issued as a four-CD box set by Blue Note for the first time in 1994 as '''''The Complete Blue Note Recordings'''''.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Thelonious Monk: Expert insights and analysis of the artist & albums |url=https://www.mosaicrecords.com/the-great-jazz-artists/thelonious-monk/ |access-date=2021-07-21 |website=Mosaic Records - Home for Jazz fans! |language=en-US}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Citation |title=Thelonious Monk - The Complete Blue Note Recordings Album Reviews, Songs & More {{!}} AllMusic |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/the-complete-blue-note-recordings-mw0000626459 |access-date=2024-01-05 |language=en}}</ref>
[[Jazz]] [[piano|pianist]] [[Thelonious Monk]]'s first sessions as a bandleader were recorded between 1947 and 1952, and released on [[Blue Note]] records as a series of 78 RPM singles. These singles were then compiled in later years—with additional performances from the sessions—into long-playing album formats. As Monk's reputation and fame grew, the sessions were recompiled again and again into more complete configurations. This article details various releases of these sessions.


==The Sessions==
== Background ==
The Blue Note recordings were made over the course of six sessions. "Versions" refers only to the number of eventually-released performances; other takes may have been recorded.


=== Recording and production ===
All compositions by Thelonious Monk unless otherwise noted.
Monk recorded six sessions for Blue Note, all produced by [[Alfred Lion]]: October 15 and 24, 1947, November 21, 1947, July 2, 1948, July 23, 1951, and May 30, 1952.<ref name=":1">{{Citation |title=Thelonious Monk - The Complete Blue Note Recordings Album Reviews, Songs & More {{!}} AllMusic |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/the-complete-blue-note-recordings-mw0000626459 |access-date=2024-01-05 |language=en}}</ref> All sessions were recorded by Doug Hawkins at WOR Studios, except July 2, 1948, recorded by [[Rudy Van Gelder]] at his home studio. He also appeared as a sideman on two tracks for ''[[Sonny Rollins, Vol. 2]]'' (1954).<ref name=":1" /><ref>[{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r146590|pure_url=yes}} AllMusic review]</ref> Two Thelonious Monk Quartet concerts featuring [[John Coltrane]] and backed by rhythm section [[Ahmed Abdul-Malik]] and [[Roy Haynes]] have also been released on Blue Note: one recorded on November 29, 1957 at [[Carnegie Hall]], the other on September 11, 1958 at the [[Five Spot Café]].


=== Release history ===
===Session 1: October 15, 1947===
Two 10"s were cut from the first five sessions: ''[[Genius of Modern Music]]'' (1951) and ''[[Genius of Modern Music, Vol. 2]]'' (1952), with cuts from the fourth going to ''[[Milt Jackson: Wizard of the Vibes]]''.
# "[[List_of_compositions_by_Thelonious_Monk#Humph|Humph]]"
# "[[List_of_compositions_by_Thelonious_Monk#Evonce|Evonce]]" ([[Idrees Sulieman]], [[Ike Quebec]]) [2 versions]
# "Suburban Eyes" (Ike Quebec) [2 versions]
# "[[List_of_compositions_by_Thelonious_Monk#Thelonious|Thelonious]]"


After 10"s lost the format war, Blue Note began reissuing its Modern Jazz Series on 12"s. Material from the two ten-inches, the 1952 session, and other outtakes were recompiled on ''[[Genius of Modern Music, Vols. One & Two|Genius of Modern Music, Vol. One]]'' (BLP 1510) and ''[[Genius of Modern Music, Vols. One & Two|Genius of Modern Music, Vol. Two]]'' (BLP 1511).
===Session 2: October 24, 1947===
#<li value="5"> "[[Nice Work If You Can Get It (song)|Nice Work If You Can Get It]]" ([[George Gershwin]]) [2 versions]
#* <small>[[Ira Gershwin]] wrote lyrics for this song, but these recordings are instrumental.</small>
# "[[list_of_compositions_by_Thelonious_Monk#Ruby,_My_Dear|Ruby, My Dear]]" [2 versions]
# "[[Well You Needn't]]" [2 versions]
# "[[April in Paris (song)|April in Paris]]" ([[Vernon Duke]]) [2 versions]
#* <small>[[Yip Harburg]] wrote lyrics for this song, but these recordings are instrumental.</small>
# "[[Off_Minor_(composition)|Off Minor]]"
# "[[List_of_compositions_by_Thelonious_Monk#Introspection|Introspection]]"


The complete studio recordings were released for the first time on the Mosaic release in 1983. In 1989, Blue Note reissued the studio recordings on CD as ''[[Genius of Modern Music, Vols. One & Two]]'', minus the 1948 Milt Jackson session (concurrently reissued in its entirety on ''[[Milt Jackson: Wizard of the Vibes]]'') and the two 1954 [[Sonny Rollins]] tracks. In 1993, Blue Note released the September 11, 1958 recording as ''Discovery! Live at the Five Spot''. The following year Blue Note issued the box set ''The Complete Blue Note Recordings'' on CD, compiling the six sessions and two Rollins tracks on the first three discs, and Five Spot concert on the fourth. The Carnegie performance, still sitting preserved at the [[Library of Congress]], wouldn't be discovered and [[Thelonious Monk Quartet with John Coltrane at Carnegie Hall|released]] until September 27, 2005.
===Session 3: November 21, 1947===
#<li value="11"> "[[In Walked Bud]]"
# "[[List_of_compositions_by_Thelonious_Monk#Monk's_Mood|Monk's Mood]]"
# "[[List_of_compositions_by_Thelonious_Monk#Who_Knows?|Who Knows?]] [2 versions]"
# "[['Round_Midnight_(song)|'Round Midnight]]"


== Reception ==
===Session 4: July 2, 1948===
{{Music ratings
#<li value="15"> "[[List_of_compositions_by_Thelonious_Monk#Evidence|Evidence]]"
| rev1 = [[AllMusic]]
# "[[List_of_compositions_by_Thelonious_Monk#Misterioso|Misterioso]]" [2 versions]
| rev1Score = {{Rating|5|5}}<ref name=":0" />
# "[[List_of_compositions_by_Thelonious_Monk#Epistrophy|Epistrophy]]" (Monk, [[Kenny Clarke]])
}}[[AllMusic]]'s [[Scott Yanow]] said:<blockquote>This magnificent limited-edition set launched the Mosaic label in real style.... 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.<ref name=":0" /></blockquote>
# "[[List_of_compositions_by_Thelonious_Monk#I_Mean_You|I Mean You]]"
# "[[All the Things You Are]]" ([[Jerome Kern]], [[Oscar Hammerstein II|Oscar Hammerstein]])
# "[[I Should Care]]" ([[Sammy Cahn]], [[Axel Stordahl]], [[Paul Weston]]) [2 versions]


== Track listing ==
===Session 5: July 23, 1951===
#<li value="21"> "[[Four in One (composition)|Four in One]]" [2 versions]
# "[[List_of_compositions_by_Thelonious_Monk#Criss-Cross|Criss Cross]]" [2 versions]
# "[[List_of_compositions_by_Thelonious_Monk#Eronel|Eronel]]" (Monk, Sulieman, [[Sadik Hakim]])
# "[[Straight, No Chaser (composition)|Straight, No Chaser]]"
# "[[Ask Me Now]]" [2 versions]
# "[[Willow Weep for Me]]" ([[Ann Ronnell]])


=== ''The Complete Blue Note Recordings of Thelonious Monk'' – Mosaic Records, MR4-101 ===
===Session 6: May 30, 1952===
{{track listing
#<li value="27"> "[[List_of_compositions_by_Thelonious_Monk#Skippy|Skippy]]" [2 versions]
| headline = Side I
# "[[List_of_compositions_by_Thelonious_Monk#Hornin'_In|Hornin' In]]" [2 versions]
| all_writing = Thelonious Monk, except as noted
# "[[List_of_compositions_by_Thelonious_Monk#Sixteen|Sixteen]]" [2 versions]
| extra_column = Date recorded
# "[[Carolina Moon (song)|Carolina Moon]]" ([[Benny Davis]], [[Joe Burke (composer)|Joe Burke]])
| title1 = Humph
# "[[List_of_compositions_by_Thelonious_Monk#Let's_Cool_One|Let's Cool One]]"
| length1 = 2:50
# "I'll Follow You" ([[Fred E. Ahlert]])
| extra1 = October 15, 1947
#* <small>[[Roy Turk]] wrote lyrics for this song, but this recording is instrumental.</small>
| title2 = Evonce
| note2 = alternate take
| length2 = 3:00
| extra2 = October 15, 1947
| title3 = Evonce
| length3 = 3:01
| extra3 = October 15, 1947
| title4 = Suburban Eyes
| length4 = 2:58
| extra4 = October 15, 1947
| title5 = Suburban Eyes
| note5 = alternate take
| length5 = 2:55
| extra5 = October 15, 1947
| title6 = Thelonious
| length6 = 2:58
| extra6 = October 15, 1947
| title7 = Nice Work If You Can Get It
| note7 = alternate take
| length7 = 3:01
| extra7 = October 24, 1947
}}
{{Track
| headline = Side II
| extra_column = Date recorded
| title1 = Nice Work If You Can Get It
| length1 = 3:00
| extra1 = October 24, 1947
| title2 = Ruby My Dear
| note2 = alternate take
| length2 = 3:03
| extra2 = October 24, 1947
| title3 = Ruby My Dear
| length3 = 3:05
| extra3 = October 24, 1947
| title4 = Well You Needn't
| length4 = 2:55
| extra4 = October 24, 1947
| title5 = Well You Needn't
| note5 = alternate take
| length5 = 2:52
| extra5 = October 24, 1947
| title6 = April in Paris
| note6 = alternate take
| length6 = 2:39
| extra6 = October 24, 1947
| title7 = April in Paris
| length7 = 3:17
| extra7 = October 24, 1947
}}
{{track
| headline = Side III
| extra_column = Date recorded
| title1 = Off Minor
| length1 = 2:58
| extra1 = October 24, 1947
| title2 = Introspection
| length2 = 3:10
| extra2 = October 24, 1947
| title3 = [[In Walked Bud]]
| length3 = 2:54
| extra3 = November 21, 1947
| title4 = Monk's Mood
| length4 = 3:05
| extra4 = November 21, 1947
| title5 = Who Knows
| length5 = 2:40
| extra5 = November 21, 1947
| title6 = 'Round Midnight
| length6 = 3:09
| extra6 = November 21, 1947
| title7 = Who Knows
| note7 = alternate take
| extra7 = November 21, 1947
| length7 = 2:39
}}
{{track listing
| headline = Side IV
| extra_column = Date recorded
| title1 = [[All the Things You Are]]
| length1 = 2:57
| writer1 = {{hlist|[[Jerome Kern]]|[[Oscar Hammerstein II]]}}
| extra1 = July 2, 1948
| title2 = [[I Should Care]]
| note2 = alternate take
| length2 = 3:00
| writer2 = {{hlist|[[Axel Stordahl]]|[[Paul Weston]]|[[Sammy Cahn]]}}
| extra2 = July 2, 1948
| title3 = I Should Care
| length3 = 2:59
| writer3 = {{hlist|Stordahl|Weston|Cahn}}
| extra3 = July 2, 1948
| title4 = Evidence
| length4 = 2:31
| extra4 = July 2, 1948
| title5 = Misterioso
| length5 = 3:19
| extra5 = July 2, 1948
| title6 = Misterioso
| note6 = alternate take
| length6 = 2:43
| extra6 = July 2, 1948
| title7 = [[List of compositions by Thelonious Monk#Epistrophy|Epistrophy]]
| length7 = 3:05
| writer7 = {{hlist|Monk|[[Kenny Clarke]]}}
| extra7 = July 2, 1948
| title8 = I Mean You
| length8 = 2:44
| extra8 = July 2, 1948
}}
{{track
| headline = Side V
| extra_column = Date recorded
| title1 = Four in One
| length1 = 3:27
| extra1 = July 23, 1951
| title2 = Four in One
| note2 = alternate take
| length2 = 3:26
| extra2 = July 23, 1951
| title3 = Criss Cross
| length3 = 2:55
| extra3 = July 23, 1951
| title4 = Criss Cross
| note4 = alternate take
| length4 = 2:48
| extra4 = July 23, 1951
| title5 = Eronel
| length5 = 3:01
| writer5 = {{hlist|Monk|Sulieman|[[Sadik Hakim]]}}
| extra5 = July 23, 1951
| title6 = [[Straight, No Chaser (composition)|Straight, No Chaser]]
| length6 = 2:54
| extra6 = July 23, 1951
}}
{{track
| headline = Side VI
| extra_column = Date recorded
| title1 = Ask Me Now
| note1 = alternate take
| length1 = 4:26
| extra1 = July 23, 1951
| title2 = Ask Me Now
| length2 = 3:12
| extra2 = July 23, 1951
| title3 = Willow Weep for Me
| length3 = 3:00
| writer3 = [[Ann Ronnell]]
| extra3 = July 23, 1951
| title4 = Skippy
| length4 = 2:59
| extra4 = May 30, 1952
| title5 = Skippy
| note5 = alternate take
| length5 = 3:07
| extra5 = May 30, 1952
| title6 = Hornin' In
| note6 = alternate take
| length6 = 3:06
| extra6 = May 30, 1952
}}
{{track
| headline = Sive VII
| extra_column = Date recorded
| title1 = Hornin' In
| length1 = 3:12
| extra1 = May 30, 1952
| title2 = Sixteen
| note2 = first take
| length2 = 3:28
| extra2 = May 30, 1952
| title3 = Sixteen
| note3 = second take
| length3 = 3:37
| extra3 = May 30, 1952
| title4 = Carolina Moon
| length4 = 3:26
| writer4 = Davis, Burke
| extra4 = May 30, 1952
| title5 = Let's Cool One
| length5 = 3:45
| extra5 = May 30, 1952
| title6 = I'll Follow You
| length6 = 3:46
| writer6 = {{hlist|[[Roy Turk]]|[[Fred E. Ahlert]]}}
| extra6 = May 30, 1952
}}
{{track
| headline = Side VIII
| extra_column = Date recorded
| title1 = Reflections
| length1 = 7:01
| extra1 = April 14, 1957
| title2 = Misterioso
| length2 = 9:22
| extra2 = April 14, 1957
}}


=== ''The Complete Blue Note Recordings'' – Blue Note ===
===Personnel===
{{track listing
*[[Thelonious Monk]] - piano
| all_writing = Thelonious Monk
*[[Art Blakey]] - drums (sessions 1, 2, 3, 5)
| headline = Disc one
*[[Shadow Wilson]] - drums (session 4)
| extra_column = Date recorded
*[[Max Roach]] - drums (session 6)
| title1 = Humph
*[[Gene Ramey]] - bass (session 1, 2)
| length1 = 2:50
*Bob Paige - bass (session 3)
| extra1 = October 15, 1947
*[[John Simmons (musician)|John Simmons]] - bass (session 4)
| title2 = Evonce
*[[Al McKibbon]] - bass (session 5)
| note2 = alternate take
*[[Nelson Boyd]] - bass (session 6)
| length2 = 3:00
*[[Milt Jackson]] - vibraphone (4, 5)
| extra2 = October 15, 1947
*[[Idrees Sulieman]] - trumpet (session 1)
| title3 = Evonce
*George Taitt - trumpet (session 3)
| length3 = 3:01
*[[Kenny Dorham]] - trumpet (session 6)
| extra3 = October 15, 1947
*Danny Quebec West - alto saxophone (session 1)
| title4 = Suburban Eyes
*[[Sahib Shihab]] - alto saxophone (sessions 3, 5)
| length4 = 2:58
*[[Lou Donaldson]] - alto saxophone (session 6)
| extra4 = October 15, 1947
*Billy Smith - tenor saxophone (session 1)
| title5 = Suburban Eyes
*[[Lucky Thompson]] - tenor saxophone (session 6)
| note5 = alternate take
*[[Kenny Hagood|Kenny "Pancho" Hagood]] - vocal (session 4, songs 19 & 20)
| length5 = 2:55
| extra5 = October 15, 1947
| title6 = Thelonious
| length6 = 2:58
| extra6 = October 15, 1947
| title7 = Nice Work If You Can Get It
| note7 = alternate take
| length7 = 3:01
| extra7 = October 24, 1947
| title8 = Nice Work If You Can Get It
| length8 = 3:00
| extra8 = October 24, 1947
| title9 = Ruby My Dear
| note9 = alternate take
| length9 = 3:03
| extra9 = October 24, 1947
| title10 = Ruby My Dear
| length10 = 3:05
| extra10 = October 24, 1947
| title11 = Well You Needn't
| length11 = 2:55
| extra11 = October 24, 1947
| title12 = Well You Needn't
| note12 = alternate take
| length12 = 2:52
| extra12 = October 24, 1947
| title13 = April in Paris
| note13 = alternate take
| length13 = 2:39
| extra13 = October 24, 1947
| title14 = April in Paris
| length14 = 3:17
| extra14 = October 24, 1947
| title15 = Off Minor
| length15 = 2:58
| extra15 = October 24, 1947
| title16 = Introspection
| length16 = 3:10
| extra16 = October 24, 1947
| title17 = [[In Walked Bud]]
| length17 = 2:54
| extra17 = November 21, 1947
| title18 = Monk's Mood
| length18 = 3:05
| extra18 = November 21, 1947
| title19 = Who Knows
| length19 = 2:40
| extra19 = November 21, 1947
| title20 = 'Round Midnight
| length20 = 3:09
| extra20 = November 21, 1947
| title21 = Who Knows
| note21 = alternate take
| extra21 = November 21, 1947
| length21 = 2:39
}}
{{track listing
| all_writing =
| headline = Disc 2
| extra_column = Date recorded
| title1 = [[All the Things You Are]]
| length1 = 2:57
| writer1 = {{hlist|[[Jerome Kern]]|[[Oscar Hammerstein II]]}}
| extra1 = July 2, 1948
| title2 = [[I Should Care]]
| note2 = alternate take
| length2 = 3:00
| writer2 = {{hlist|[[Axel Stordahl]]|[[Paul Weston]]|[[Sammy Cahn]]}}
| extra2 = July 2, 1948
| title3 = I Should Care
| length3 = 2:59
| writer3 = {{hlist|Stordahl|Weston|Cahn}}
| extra3 = July 2, 1948
| title4 = Evidence
| length4 = 2:31
| extra4 = July 2, 1948
| title5 = Misterioso
| length5 = 3:19
| extra5 = July 2, 1948
| title6 = Misterioso
| note6 = alternate take
| length6 = 2:43
| extra6 = July 2, 1948
| title7 = [[List of compositions by Thelonious Monk#Epistrophy|Epistrophy]]
| length7 = 3:05
| writer7 = {{hlist|Monk|[[Kenny Clarke]]}}
| extra7 = July 2, 1948
| title8 = I Mean You
| length8 = 2:44
| extra8 = July 2, 1948
| title9 = Four in One
| length9 = 3:27
| extra9 = July 23, 1951
| title10 = Four in One
| note10 = alternate take
| length10 = 3:26
| extra10 = July 23, 1951
| title11 = Criss Cross
| length11 = 2:55
| extra11 = July 23, 1951
| title12 = Criss Cross
| note12 = alternate take
| length12 = 2:48
| extra12 = July 23, 1951
| title13 = Eronel
| length13 = 3:01
| writer13 = {{hlist|Monk|Sulieman|[[Sadik Hakim]]}}
| extra13 = July 23, 1951
| title14 = [[Straight, No Chaser (composition)|Straight, No Chaser]]
| length14 = 2:54
| extra14 = July 23, 1951
| title15 = Ask Me Now
| note15 = alternate take
| length15 = 4:26
| extra15 = July 23, 1951
| title16 = Ask Me Now
| length16 = 3:12
| extra16 = July 23, 1951
| title17 = Willow Weep for Me
| length17 = 3:00
| writer17 = [[Ann Ronnell]]
| extra17 = July 23, 1951
}}
{{track
| headline = Disc three
| extra_column = Date recorded
| title1 = Skippy
| length1 = 2:59
| extra1 = May 30, 1952
| title2 = Skippy
| note2 = alternate take
| length2 = 3:07
| extra2 = May 30, 1952
| title3 = Hornin' In
| note3 = alternate take
| length3 = 3:06
| extra3 = May 30, 1952
| title4 = Hornin' In
| length4 = 3:12
| extra4 = May 30, 1952
| title5 = Sixteen
| note5 = first take
| length5 = 3:28
| extra5 = May 30, 1952
| title6 = Sixteen
| note6 = second take
| length6 = 3:37
| extra6 = May 30, 1952
| title7 = Carolina Moon
| length7 = 3:26
| writer7 = Davis, Burke
| extra7 = May 30, 1952
| title8 = Let's Cool One
| length8 = 3:45
| extra8 = May 30, 1952
| title9 = I'll Follow You
| length9 = 3:46
| writer9 = {{hlist|[[Roy Turk]]|[[Fred E. Ahlert]]}}
| extra9 = May 30, 1952
| title10 = Reflections
| length10 = 7:01
| extra10 = April 14, 1957
| title11 = Misterioso
| length11 = 9:22
| extra11 = April 14, 1957
}}
{{Track
| headline = Disc four
| extra_column = Date recorded
| title1 = Crepuscule with Nellie
| length1 = 3:00
| extra1 = September 11, 1958
| title2 = Trinkle, Tinkle
| length2 = 10:08
| extra2 = September 11, 1958
| title3 = In Walked Bud
| length3 = 11:22
| extra3 = September 11, 1958
| title4 = I Mean You
| length4 = 13:53
| extra4 = September 11, 1958
| title5 = Epistrophy
| length5 = 5:19
| writer5 = K. Clarke*, T. Monk*
| extra5 = September 11, 1958
}}


==Singles==
==Personnel==
Singles released from the Blue Note sessions include the following:<ref>http://www.jazzdisco.org/blue-note-records/catalog-78-rpm-series</ref>


=== Musicians ===
===Blue Note 500 series (10 inch 78 rpm)===
* BN 542 "Suburban Eyes" (BN310-1) / "Thelonious" (BN311-0)
* BN 543 "Well, You Needn't" (BN314-0) / "'Round About Midnight" (BN321-1)
* BN 547 "Evonce" (BN309-4) / "Off Minor" (BN317-1)
* BN 548 "In Walked Bud" (BN318-3) / "Epistrophy" (BN330-0)
* BN 549 "Ruby, My Dear" (BN313-1) / "Evidence" (BN328-0)
* BN 560 "Humph" (BN308-2) / "Misterioso" (BN329-0)


===Blue Note 1200 series (10 inch 78 rpm)===
==== October 15, 1947 ====
* BN 1201 "All the Things You Are" (BN326-3) / "I Should Care" (BN327-2)


* [[Thelonious Monk]] – piano
===Blue Note 1500 series (10 inch 78 rpm)===
* [[Idrees Sulieman]] – trumpet
* BN 1564 "I Mean You" (BN331-1) / "Symphonette" (BN334-1) ["Symphonette" not recorded by Monk; [[Tadd Dameron]] performance]
* Danny Quebec West – alto saxophone
* BN 1565 "Monk's Mood" (BN319-0) / "Who Knows" (BN320-0)
* Billy Smith – tenor saxophone
* BN 1575 "Nice Work If You Can Get It" (BN312-1) / "April in Paris" (BN315-1)
* [[Gene Ramey]] – bass
* BN 1589 "Four in One" (BN392-1) / "Straight, No Chaser" (BN395-0)
* [[Art Blakey]] – drums
* BN 1590 "Criss Cross" (BN393-0) / "Eronel" (BN394-0)
** ''recorded at [[WOR (AM)|WOR Studios]], New York City''
* BN 1591 "Ask Me Now" (BN396-1) / "Willow Weep for Me" (BN397-0)
* BN 1602 "Skippy" (BN434-1 tk.2) / "Let's Cool One" (BN438-0 tk.11)
* BN 1603 "Hornin' In" (BN435-3 tk.7) / "Carolina Moon" (BN437-0 tk.10)


===Blue Note 1600 series (7 inch 45 rpm)===
==== October 24, 1947 ====
* BN 45-1664 "'Round About Midnight" (BN321-1) / "In Walked Bud" (BN318-3)
* BN 45-1646 "Lillie" [Milt Jackson] (BN423-1 tk.4) / "Willow Weep for Me" (BN397-0) [credited to Milt Jackson]


* Thelonious Monk – piano
==1951-1952 series of 10-inch LPs==
* Gene Ramey – bass
* Art Blakey – drums
** ''recorded at WOR Studios, New York City''


==== November 21, 1947 ====
===''[[Genius_of_Modern_Music:_Volume_1|Genius of Modern Music]]'' (Blue Note LP 5002, 1951)===
Side 1:
#[['Round Midnight (song)|'Round Midnight]] (as "Round About Midnight")
#Off Minor
#[[Ruby, My Dear]]
#I Mean You
Side 2:
#Thelonious
#[[Epistrophy (composition)|Epistrophy]]
#[[Well, You Needn't]]
#Misterioso
The original 10" release does not include any recordings made after 1948.


* Thelonious Monk – piano
=== ''[[Genius_of_Modern_Music:_Volume_2|Genius of Modern Music Vol. 2]]'' (Blue Note LP 5009, 1952) ===
* George Taitt – trumpet
Side 1:
* [[Sahib Shihab]] – alto saxophone
#Four in One
* Bob Paige – bass
#Who Knows?
* Art Blakey – drums
#[[Nice Work If You Can Get It (song)|Nice Work if You Can Get It]]
** ''recorded at WOR Studios, New York City''
#[[In Walked Bud]]
Side 2:
#Humph
#[[Straight, No Chaser (composition)|Straight, No Chaser]]
#Suburban Eyes
#Ask Me Now
The original 10" release does not include any recordings from Monk's May 30, 1952 Blue Note session, which may indicate that the album was prepared (and maybe released) before that session took place.


==== July 2, 1948 ====
===''[[Wizard_of_the_Vibes|Milt Jackson, Wizard of the Vibes]]'' (Blue Note LP 5011, 1952)===
[[Image:LP_5011_Jackson.jpg|thumb|right|Blue Note LP 5011, 10", 1952]]
Side 1:
#''Tahiti''
#''Lillie''
#Criss-Cross
#[[Willow Weep for Me]]
Side 2:
#''What's New?''
#''Bags' Groove''
#''On the Scene''
#Eronel
Tracks A1-A2, B1-B3 are from an April 7, 1952 session which does not feature Thelonious Monk.


* [[Milt Jackson]] – vibraphone
==1956 Series of 12 inch LPs (monochrome photo covers)==
* Thelonious Monk – piano
* [[John Simmons (musician)|John Simmons]] – bass
* [[Shadow Wilson]] – drums
** ''recorded at [[Apex Studios]], New York City''


==== July 23, 1951 ====
===''[[Wizard_of_the_Vibes|Milt Jackson and the Thelonious Monk Quintet]]'' (Blue Note BLP-1509, 1956)===


* Thelonious Monk – piano
Side 1:
* Sahib Shihab – alto saxophone (except "Ask Me Now")
#''Lillie''
* Milt Jackson – vibraphone (except "Ask Me Now")
#''Tahiti''
* [[Al McKibbon]] – bass
#''What's New?''
* Art Blakey – drums
#''Bags' Groove''
** ''recorded at WOR Studios, New York City''
#''On the Scene''
#[[Willow, Weep for Me]]
Side 2:
#Criss Cross
#Eronel
#Misterioso (Alternate Master)
#Evidence
#''Lillie (Alternate Master)''
#Four in One (Alternate Master)
Tracks A1-A5, B5 are from an April 7, 1952 session which does not feature Thelonious Monk.</br>
This LP marked the first release of the alternate takes of "Misterioso" and "Four In One."


==== May 30, 1952 ====
===''[[Genius_of_Modern_Music:_Volume_1|Genius of Modern Music Volume One]]'' (Blue Note BLP-1510, 1956, yellow cover)===


* Thelonious Monk – piano
Side 1:
* [[Kenny Dorham]] – trumpet
#[['Round Midnight (song)|'Round Midnight]] (as "Round About Midnight")
* [[Lou Donaldson]] – alto saxophone
#Off Minor
* [[Lucky Thompson]] – tenor saxophone
#[[Ruby my Dear]]
* [[Nelson Boyd]] – bass
#I Mean You
* [[Max Roach]] – drums
#[[April in Paris (song)|April in Paris]]
** ''recorded at WOR Studios, New York City''
#[[In Walked Bud]]
Side 2:
#Thelonious
#[[Epistrophy (composition)|Epistrophy]]
#Misterioso
#[[Well You Needn't]]
#Introspection
#Humph
This LP marked the first release of "Introspection."


==== April 14, 1957 ====
===''[[Genius_of_Modern_Music:_Volume_2|Genius of Modern Music Volume Two]]'' (Blue Note BLP-1511, 1956, red cover)===
* [[Sonny Rollins]] – tenor saxophone
* [[J. J. Johnson]] – trombone
* Thelonious Monk – piano
* [[Paul Chambers]] – bass
* [[Art Blakey]] – drums
** ''recorded at Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack, New Jersey''


==== September 11, 1958 ====
#[[Carolina Moon (song)|Carolina Moon]] ([[Joe Burke (composer)|Joe Burke]], [[Benny Davis]])
* Thelonious Monk – piano
#Hornin' In
* [[John Coltrane]] – tenor saxophone
#Skippy
* [[Ahmed Abdul-Malik]] – bass
#Let's Cool One
* [[Roy Haynes]] – drums
#Suburban Eyes ([[Ike Quebec]])
** ''recorded live at the Five Spot, New York City''
#Evonce ([[Ike Quebec]], [[Idrees Sulieman]])
Side 2:
#[[Straight, No Chaser (composition)|Straight, No Chaser]]
#Four in One
#[[Nice Work If You Can Get It (song)|Nice Work (If You Can Get It)]] ([[George Gershwin|G. Gershwin]], [[Ira Gershwin|I. Gershwin]])
#Monk's Mood
#Who Knows?
#Ask Me Now


=== Technical personnel ===
==1989 CD Recompilations==
These CD releases use the cover art of the 1956 twelve inch LPs, but redistribute the performances between the volumes into a strict chronological order, with alternate takes immediately following the first-released takes.


==== Original ====
A 2-CD set called ''The Complete Genius'', featuring the 1956 yellow cover art, includes ''all'' of the Blue Note sessions (including July 2, 1948), ordered in a similar manner.


* [[Alfred Lion]] (discs 1–3) – producer
===''[[Genius_of_Modern_Music:_Volume_1|Genius of Modern Music Volume One]]'' (uses 1956 yellow cover)===
* Doug Hawkins (WOR Studios), [[Rudy Van Gelder]] (RVG Studios), Harry Smith & Naima Coltrane (The Five Spot) – recording engineer
#Humph
#Evonce (alternate take)
#Evonce
#Suburban Eyes
#Suburban Eyes (alternate take)
#Thelonious
#[[Nice Work If You Can Get It (song)|Nice Work If You Can Get It]] (alternate take)
#Nice Work If You Can Get It
#[[Ruby, My Dear]] (alternate take)
#Ruby, My Dear
#[[Well, You Needn't]]
#Well, You Needn't (alternate take)
#[[April in Paris (song)|April in Paris]] (alternate take)
#April in Paris
#Off Minor
#Introspection
#[[In Walked Bud]]
#Monk's Mood
#Who Knows
#[['Round Midnight (song)|'Round Midnight]]
#Who Knows (alternate take)


==== Reissue ====
1-6 recorded Oct 15, 1947<br>
7-16 recorded Oct 24 1947<br>
17-21 recorded Nov 21, 1947


* [[Michael Cuscuna]] – reissue producer
===''[[Wizard_of_the_Vibes|Milt Jackson and the Thelonious Monk Quintet]]'' (uses 1956 red cover)===
* Malcolm Addey – remastering, disc and tape transfers, sound restoration
#Tahiti
* Ron McMaster – disc and tape transfers, sound restoration
#Lillie
* Kenny Washington – pitch correction
#Lillie
#[[Bags' Groove (composition)|Bags' Groove]]
#What's New?
#What's New?
#[[Don't Get Around Much Anymore]]
#Don't Get Around Much Anymore
#On the Scene
#Evidence
#Misterioso
#Misterioso
#[[Epistrophy (composition)|Epistrophy]]
#I Mean You
#[[All the Things You Are]]
#[[I Should Care]]
#I Should Care

10-17 recorded July 2, 1948<br>
1-9 are from an April 7, 1952 session which does not feature Thelonious Monk.

===''[[Genius_of_Modern_Music:_Volume_2|Genius of Modern Music Volume Two]]'' (uses 1956 red cover)===
#Four in One
#Four in One (alternate take)
#Criss Cross
#Criss Cross (alternate take)
#Eronel
#[[Straight, No Chaser (composition)|Straight, No Chaser]]
#Ask Me Now (alternate take)
#Ask Me Now
#[[Willow Weep for Me]]
#Skippy
#Skippy (alternate take)
#Hornin' In (alternate take)
#Hornin' In
#Sixteen (first take)
#Sixteen (second take)
#Carolina Moon
#Let's Cool One
#I'll Follow You

1-9 recorded July 23, 1951<br>
10-18 recorded May 30, 1952

==2001 CD Recompilations==
The sessions were recompiled, under the same title, on [[Compact Disc|CD]] in 2001 as part of the [[Rudy Van Gelder|RVG]] series, remastered by Rudy Van Gelder from the original session lacquers. The cover art for the original 8-song 10 inch LPs was used, regardless of whether the specific tracks listed were actually included on the corresponding new volumes. While the earlier CDs grouped all takes of each title together, the recompilation put the alternate takes at the end of each session.

The July 2, 1948 session was released on Blue Note CD ''Milt Jackson, Wizard of the Vibes'', which also used its respective 1952 10-inch LP cover art.

===''[[Genius_of_Modern_Music:_Volume_1|Genius of Modern Music Vol. 1]]'' (2001)===
#Humph
#Evonce
#Suburban Eyes
#Thelonious
#Evonce (alternate take)
#Suburban Eyes (alternate take)
#[[Nice Work If You Can Get It (song)|Nice Work If You Can Get It]]
#[[Ruby, My Dear]]
#[[Well, You Needn't]]
#[[April in Paris (song)|April in Paris]]
#Off Minor
#Introspection
#Nice Work If You Can Get It (alternate take)
#Ruby, My Dear (alternate take)
#Well, You Needn't (alternate take)
#April in Paris (alternate take)
#[[In Walked Bud]]
#Monk's Mood
#Who Knows?
#[['Round Midnight (song)|'Round Midnight]]
#Who Knows? (alternate take)

1-6 recorded Oct 15, 1947<br>
7-16 recorded Oct 24 1947<br>
17-21 recorded Nov 21, 1947

===''[[Wizard_of_the_Vibes|Milt Jackson, Wizard of the Vibes]]'' (2001)===
#''Tahiti''
#''Lillie''
#''Bags' Groove''
#''What's New''
#''Don't Get Around Much Anymore''
#''On the Scene''
#''Lillie (alternate take)''
#''What's New (alternate take)''
#''Don't Get Around Much Anymore (alternate take)''
#Evidence
#Misterioso
#[[Epistrophy (composition)|Epistrophy]]
#I Mean You
#Misterioso (alternate take)
#[[All the Things You Are]]
#[[I Should Care]]
#I Should Care (alternate take)

10-17 recorded July 2, 1948<br>
1-9 are from an April 7, 1952 session which does not feature Thelonious Monk.

===''[[Genius_of_Modern_Music:_Volume_2|Genius of Modern Music Vol. 2]]'' (2001)===
#Four in One
#Criss Cross
#Eronel
#[[Straight, No Chaser (composition)|Straight, No Chaser]]
#Ask Me Now
#[[Willow Weep for Me]]
#Four in One (alternate take) (mislabeled as "Nice Work If You Can Get It")
#Criss Cross (alternate take)
#Ask Me Now (alternate take)
#Skippy
#Hornin' In
#Sixteen (second take)
#[[Carolina Moon (song)|Carolina Moon]]
#Let's Cool One
#I'll Follow You
#Skippy (alternate take)
#Hornin' In (alternate take)
#Sixteen (first take)

1-9 recorded July 23, 1951<br>
10-18 recorded May 30, 1952

==Other Compilations in Brief==

===''The Complete Genius'' (Blue Note 2 LP set, BN-LA 579-H2)===
1976 compilation featuring all takes released in 1940s and 1950s.<br>
Sessions presented in this order: 3, 1, 2, 4, 6, 5.

===''The Complete Blue Note Recordings of Thelonious Monk'' ([[Mosaic Records]] 4 LP Boxed Set, MR4-101)===
Limited edition 1983 set marked the first appearance of most of the alternate takes, and debuted the recordings of "Sixteen" and "I'll Follow You" from the May 30 1952 session. Ordering is similar to later Blue Note (Japan) 2-CD ''Complete Genius''.

=== ''The Complete Genius'' (Blue Note Japan, 2 CD set) ===
Similar in visual appearance and sequencing to the 1989 releases, combines ''Genius of Modern Music'' volumes 1 & 2, with the 1948 Milt Jackson section properly placed in-between. Features the yellow ''Volume 1'' cover from 1956. This may only have been released by Blue Note Japan.

===''The Complete Blue Note Recordings of Thelonious Monk'' (Blue Note, 4 CD Boxed Set)===
1994 compilation with similar cover to Mosaic LP set includes all takes from the six sessions, together with two tracks, "Reflections" and "Misterioso", recorded with Sonny Rollins on April 14, 1957, and the same five (of a total of seven) of the tracks recorded live at the [[Five Spot Café]] with John Coltrane in the late summer of 1958 that had previously been released as ''The Thelonious Monk Quartet featuring John Coltrane: Live at the Five Spot: Discovery!''.


==See also==
==See also==
* ''[[Genius of Modern Music: Volume 1]]''
* [[List of compositions by Thelonious Monk]]
* ''[[Genius of Modern Music: Volume 2]]''
* ''[[Wizard of the Vibes|Milt Jackson: Wizard of the Vibes]]''
*[[List of compositions by Thelonious Monk]]


== References ==
== References ==


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==External links==
Covers and Liner Notes of 10" LPs: http://www.gokudo.co.jp/Record/BlueNote1/index.htm<br>
Covers and Liner Notes of 12" LPs: http://www.gokudo.co.jp/Record/BlueNote2/index.htm<br>
* http://www.jazzdisco.org/blue-note-records/catalog-78-rpm-series/
* http://www.jazzdisco.org/blue-note-records/catalog-45-rpm-1600-series/single-index/


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The Complete
Blue Note Recordings
Box set by
Thelonious Monk
Released1983 (vinyl)
1994 (CD)
Recorded1947–1952
GenreJazz
LabelMosaic (vinyl)
Blue Note (CD)

The Complete Blue Note Recordings of Thelonious Monk is a box set by American jazz pianist Thelonious Monk compiling his recordings for Blue Note first released as a limited four-LP box set on Mosaic Records in 1983 before being issued as a four-CD box set by Blue Note for the first time in 1994 as The Complete Blue Note Recordings.[1][2]

Background

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Recording and production

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Monk recorded six sessions for Blue Note, all produced by Alfred Lion: October 15 and 24, 1947, November 21, 1947, July 2, 1948, July 23, 1951, and May 30, 1952.[3] All sessions were recorded by Doug Hawkins at WOR Studios, except July 2, 1948, recorded by Rudy Van Gelder at his home studio. He also appeared as a sideman on two tracks for Sonny Rollins, Vol. 2 (1954).[3][4] Two Thelonious Monk Quartet concerts featuring John Coltrane and backed by rhythm section Ahmed Abdul-Malik and Roy Haynes have also been released on Blue Note: one recorded on November 29, 1957 at Carnegie Hall, the other on September 11, 1958 at the Five Spot Café.

Release history

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Two 10"s were cut from the first five sessions: Genius of Modern Music (1951) and Genius of Modern Music, Vol. 2 (1952), with cuts from the fourth going to Milt Jackson: Wizard of the Vibes.

After 10"s lost the format war, Blue Note began reissuing its Modern Jazz Series on 12"s. Material from the two ten-inches, the 1952 session, and other outtakes were recompiled on Genius of Modern Music, Vol. One (BLP 1510) and Genius of Modern Music, Vol. Two (BLP 1511).

The complete studio recordings were released for the first time on the Mosaic release in 1983. In 1989, Blue Note reissued the studio recordings on CD as Genius of Modern Music, Vols. One & Two, minus the 1948 Milt Jackson session (concurrently reissued in its entirety on Milt Jackson: Wizard of the Vibes) and the two 1954 Sonny Rollins tracks. In 1993, Blue Note released the September 11, 1958 recording as Discovery! Live at the Five Spot. The following year Blue Note issued the box set The Complete Blue Note Recordings on CD, compiling the six sessions and two Rollins tracks on the first three discs, and Five Spot concert on the fourth. The Carnegie performance, still sitting preserved at the Library of Congress, wouldn't be discovered and released until September 27, 2005.

Reception

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Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[2]

AllMusic's Scott Yanow said:

This magnificent limited-edition set launched the Mosaic label in real style.... 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.[2]

Track listing

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The Complete Blue Note Recordings of Thelonious Monk – Mosaic Records, MR4-101

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All tracks are written by Thelonious Monk, except as noted

Side I
No.TitleDate recordedLength
1."Humph"October 15, 19472:50
2."Evonce" (alternate take)October 15, 19473:00
3."Evonce"October 15, 19473:01
4."Suburban Eyes"October 15, 19472:58
5."Suburban Eyes" (alternate take)October 15, 19472:55
6."Thelonious"October 15, 19472:58
7."Nice Work If You Can Get It" (alternate take)October 24, 19473:01
Side II
No.TitleDate recordedLength
1."Nice Work If You Can Get It"October 24, 19473:00
2."Ruby My Dear" (alternate take)October 24, 19473:03
3."Ruby My Dear"October 24, 19473:05
4."Well You Needn't"October 24, 19472:55
5."Well You Needn't" (alternate take)October 24, 19472:52
6."April in Paris" (alternate take)October 24, 19472:39
7."April in Paris"October 24, 19473:17
Side III
No.TitleDate recordedLength
1."Off Minor"October 24, 19472:58
2."Introspection"October 24, 19473:10
3."In Walked Bud"November 21, 19472:54
4."Monk's Mood"November 21, 19473:05
5."Who Knows"November 21, 19472:40
6."'Round Midnight"November 21, 19473:09
7."Who Knows" (alternate take)November 21, 19472:39
Side IV
No.TitleWriter(s)Date recordedLength
1."All the Things You Are"
July 2, 19482:57
2."I Should Care" (alternate take)
July 2, 19483:00
3."I Should Care"
  • Stordahl
  • Weston
  • Cahn
July 2, 19482:59
4."Evidence" July 2, 19482:31
5."Misterioso" July 2, 19483:19
6."Misterioso" (alternate take) July 2, 19482:43
7."Epistrophy"
July 2, 19483:05
8."I Mean You" July 2, 19482:44
Side V
No.TitleWriter(s)Date recordedLength
1."Four in One" July 23, 19513:27
2."Four in One" (alternate take) July 23, 19513:26
3."Criss Cross" July 23, 19512:55
4."Criss Cross" (alternate take) July 23, 19512:48
5."Eronel"
July 23, 19513:01
6."Straight, No Chaser" July 23, 19512:54
Side VI
No.TitleWriter(s)Date recordedLength
1."Ask Me Now" (alternate take) July 23, 19514:26
2."Ask Me Now" July 23, 19513:12
3."Willow Weep for Me"Ann RonnellJuly 23, 19513:00
4."Skippy" May 30, 19522:59
5."Skippy" (alternate take) May 30, 19523:07
6."Hornin' In" (alternate take) May 30, 19523:06
Sive VII
No.TitleWriter(s)Date recordedLength
1."Hornin' In" May 30, 19523:12
2."Sixteen" (first take) May 30, 19523:28
3."Sixteen" (second take) May 30, 19523:37
4."Carolina Moon"Davis, BurkeMay 30, 19523:26
5."Let's Cool One" May 30, 19523:45
6."I'll Follow You"
May 30, 19523:46
Side VIII
No.TitleDate recordedLength
1."Reflections"April 14, 19577:01
2."Misterioso"April 14, 19579:22

The Complete Blue Note Recordings – Blue Note

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All tracks are written by Thelonious Monk

Disc one
No.TitleDate recordedLength
1."Humph"October 15, 19472:50
2."Evonce" (alternate take)October 15, 19473:00
3."Evonce"October 15, 19473:01
4."Suburban Eyes"October 15, 19472:58
5."Suburban Eyes" (alternate take)October 15, 19472:55
6."Thelonious"October 15, 19472:58
7."Nice Work If You Can Get It" (alternate take)October 24, 19473:01
8."Nice Work If You Can Get It"October 24, 19473:00
9."Ruby My Dear" (alternate take)October 24, 19473:03
10."Ruby My Dear"October 24, 19473:05
11."Well You Needn't"October 24, 19472:55
12."Well You Needn't" (alternate take)October 24, 19472:52
13."April in Paris" (alternate take)October 24, 19472:39
14."April in Paris"October 24, 19473:17
15."Off Minor"October 24, 19472:58
16."Introspection"October 24, 19473:10
17."In Walked Bud"November 21, 19472:54
18."Monk's Mood"November 21, 19473:05
19."Who Knows"November 21, 19472:40
20."'Round Midnight"November 21, 19473:09
21."Who Knows" (alternate take)November 21, 19472:39
Disc 2
No.TitleWriter(s)Date recordedLength
1."All the Things You Are"
July 2, 19482:57
2."I Should Care" (alternate take)
July 2, 19483:00
3."I Should Care"
  • Stordahl
  • Weston
  • Cahn
July 2, 19482:59
4."Evidence" July 2, 19482:31
5."Misterioso" July 2, 19483:19
6."Misterioso" (alternate take) July 2, 19482:43
7."Epistrophy"
July 2, 19483:05
8."I Mean You" July 2, 19482:44
9."Four in One" July 23, 19513:27
10."Four in One" (alternate take) July 23, 19513:26
11."Criss Cross" July 23, 19512:55
12."Criss Cross" (alternate take) July 23, 19512:48
13."Eronel"
July 23, 19513:01
14."Straight, No Chaser" July 23, 19512:54
15."Ask Me Now" (alternate take) July 23, 19514:26
16."Ask Me Now" July 23, 19513:12
17."Willow Weep for Me"Ann RonnellJuly 23, 19513:00
Disc three
No.TitleWriter(s)Date recordedLength
1."Skippy" May 30, 19522:59
2."Skippy" (alternate take) May 30, 19523:07
3."Hornin' In" (alternate take) May 30, 19523:06
4."Hornin' In" May 30, 19523:12
5."Sixteen" (first take) May 30, 19523:28
6."Sixteen" (second take) May 30, 19523:37
7."Carolina Moon"Davis, BurkeMay 30, 19523:26
8."Let's Cool One" May 30, 19523:45
9."I'll Follow You"
May 30, 19523:46
10."Reflections" April 14, 19577:01
11."Misterioso" April 14, 19579:22
Disc four
No.TitleWriter(s)Date recordedLength
1."Crepuscule with Nellie" September 11, 19583:00
2."Trinkle, Tinkle" September 11, 195810:08
3."In Walked Bud" September 11, 195811:22
4."I Mean You" September 11, 195813:53
5."Epistrophy"K. Clarke*, T. Monk*September 11, 19585:19

Personnel

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Musicians

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October 15, 1947

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October 24, 1947

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  • Thelonious Monk – piano
  • Gene Ramey – bass
  • Art Blakey – drums
    • recorded at WOR Studios, New York City

November 21, 1947

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  • Thelonious Monk – piano
  • George Taitt – trumpet
  • Sahib Shihab – alto saxophone
  • Bob Paige – bass
  • Art Blakey – drums
    • recorded at WOR Studios, New York City

July 2, 1948

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July 23, 1951

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  • Thelonious Monk – piano
  • Sahib Shihab – alto saxophone (except "Ask Me Now")
  • Milt Jackson – vibraphone (except "Ask Me Now")
  • Al McKibbon – bass
  • Art Blakey – drums
    • recorded at WOR Studios, New York City

May 30, 1952

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April 14, 1957

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September 11, 1958

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Technical personnel

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Original

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  • Alfred Lion (discs 1–3) – producer
  • Doug Hawkins (WOR Studios), Rudy Van Gelder (RVG Studios), Harry Smith & Naima Coltrane (The Five Spot) – recording engineer

Reissue

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  • Michael Cuscuna – reissue producer
  • Malcolm Addey – remastering, disc and tape transfers, sound restoration
  • Ron McMaster – disc and tape transfers, sound restoration
  • Kenny Washington – pitch correction

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Thelonious Monk: Expert insights and analysis of the artist & albums". Mosaic Records - Home for Jazz fans!. Retrieved 2021-07-21.
  2. ^ a b c Thelonious Monk - The Complete Blue Note Recordings Album Reviews, Songs & More | AllMusic, retrieved 2024-01-05
  3. ^ a b Thelonious Monk - The Complete Blue Note Recordings Album Reviews, Songs & More | AllMusic, retrieved 2024-01-05
  4. ^ AllMusic review
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