Complete 1947 – 1952 Blue Note Recordings

Tracklist

• CD 1: First
• 1
  Humph
  2:53
• 2
  Evonce
  3:04
• 3
  Suburban Eyes
  3:01
• 4
  Thelonious
  3:01
• 5
  Nice Work If You Can Get It
  3:03
• 6
  Ruby My Dear
  3:07
• 7
  Well You Needn’t
  2:58
• 8
  April in Paris
  3:20
• 9
  Off Minor
  3:01
• 10
  Introspection
  3:12
• 11
  In Walked Bud
  2:56
• 12
  Monk’s Mood
  3:08
• 13
  Who Knows
  2:42
• 14
  ’Round Midnight
  3:11
• 15
  All the Things You Are
  2:59
• 16
  I Should Care
  3:02
• 17
  Evonce (alternate take)
  3:03
• 18
  Suburban Eyes (alternate take)
  2:57
• 19
  Nice Work If You Can Get It (alternate take)
  3:03
• 20
  Ruby My Dear (alternate take)
  3:05
• 21
  Well You Needn’t (alternate take)
  2:55
• 22
  April in Paris (alternate take)
  2:41
• 23
  Who Knows (alternate take)
  2:42
• 24
  I Should Care (alternate take)
  3:01
• CD 2: Second
• 1
  Evidence
  2:34
• 2
  Misterioso
  3:22
• 3
  Epistrophy
  3:08
  4.0 ★
• 4
  I Mean You
  2:46
  5.0 ★
• 5
  Four in One
  3:30
• 6
  Criss Cross
  2:56
• 7
  Eronel
  3:04
• 8
  Straight No Chaser
  2:57
• 9
  Ask Me Now
  3:16
• 10
  Willow Weep For Me
  3:03
• 11
  Skippy
  3:01
• 12
  Hornin’ In
  3:15
• 13
  Sixteen
  3:39
• 14
  Carolina Moon
  3:28
• 15
  Let’s Cool One
  3:48
• 16
  I’ll Follow You
  3:48
• 17
  Misterioso (alternate take)
  2:46
• 18
  Four in One (alternate take)
  3:29
• 19
  Criss Cross (alternate take)
  2:50
• 20
  Ask Me Now (alternate take)
  4:28
• 21
  Skippy (alternate take)
  3:09
• 22
  Hornin’ In (alternate take)
  3:08
• 23
  Sixteen (alternate take)
  3:28

More by Thelonious Monk

Misterioso

Misterioso 2002

Monk’s Blues

Monk’s Blues 1969

Underground

Underground 1968

Straight, No Chaser

Straight, No Chaser 1967

Solo Monk

Solo Monk 1965

Monk.

Monk. 1964

Release credits

• Al McKibbon
  double bass [5-10, 18-20]
• Alfred Lion
  producer [1-14, 17-23]
• Art Blakey
  drums (drum set) [1.1-14, 1.17-23, 2.5-10, 2.18-20]
• Billy Smith
  tenor saxophone [1-4, 17-18]
• Bob Paige
  double bass [11-14, 23]
• Danny Quebec West
  alto saxophone [1-4, 17-18]
• Doug Hawkins
  recording [1-14, 17-23]
• Gene Ramey
  double bass [1-10, 17-22]
• George Taitt
  trumpet [11-14, 23]
• Idrees Sulieman
  trumpet [1-4, 17-18]
• John Simmons
  bass [1], double bass [1.15-16, 1.24, 2.1-4, 2.17]
• Kenny Dorham
  trumpet [11-15, 21-23]
• Kenny Hagood
  lead vocals [15-16], vocal [15-16, 24]
• Lou Donaldson
  alto saxophone [11-15, 21-23]
• Lucky Thompson
  tenor saxophone [11-15, 21-23]
• Max Roach
  drums (drum set) [11-16, 21-23]
• Milt Jackson
  vibraphone [1.15-16, 1.24, 2.1-8, 2.10, 2.17, 2.17-19]
• Milton Jackson
  vibraphone [2]
• Nelson Boyd
  double bass [11-16, 21-23]
• Sahib Shihab
  alto saxophone [1.11-14, 1.23, 2.5-8, 2.18-19]
• Shadow Wilson
  drums (drum set) [1.15-16, 1.24, 2.1, 2.1-4, 2.17]
• Thelonious Monk
  piano
• Show all credits (22)

Issues

• C
  Complete 1947 – 1952 Blue Note Recordings

  2x CD
  2000