The Absolutely Essential 3 CD Collection

Tracklist

• CD 1
• 1
  Humph
  2:54
• 2
  Thelonious
  3:02
• 3
  Ruby My Dear
  3:08
• 4
  Well You Needn't
  2:58
• 5
  Introspection
  3:11
• 6
  Off Minor
  3:02
• 7
  In Walked Bud
  2:57
• 8
  Monk's Mood
  3:08
• 9
  Who Knows
  2:43
• 10
  'Round About Midnight
  3:12
• 11
  Evidence
  2:35
• 12
  Misterioso
  3:24
• 13
  Epistrophy
  3:08
• 14
  I Mean You
  2:47
  5.0 ★
• 15
  Four in One
  3:32
• 16
  Criss Cross
  2:57
• 17
  Straight No Chaser
  2:58
• 18
  Eronel
  3:05
• 19
  Ask Me Now
  3:16
• 20
  Skippy
  3:00
• CD 2
• 1
  Hornin' In
  3:14
• 2
  Let's Cool One
  3:45
• 3
  Little Rootie Tootie
  3:07
• 4
  Bye-Ya
  2:47
• 5
  Monk's Dream
  3:07
• 6
  Trinkle, Tinkle
  2:50
• 7
  Bemsha Swing
  3:11
• 8
  Reflections
  2:47
• 9
  Let's Call This
  5:08
• 10
  Think Of One
  5:40
• 11
  Friday The 13th
  10:36
• 12
  Wee See
  5:17
• 13
  Locomotive
  6:23
• 14
  Hackensack
  5:15
• 15
  Work
  5:19
• CD 3
• 1
  Nutty
  5:19
• 2
  Blue Monk
  7:39
• 3
  Monk's Mood
  7:52
• 4
  Epistrophy
  10:47
• 5
  Crepuscule With Nellie
  4:35
• 6
  Well You Needn't
  11:24
• 7
  Off Minor
  5:08
• 8
  Light Blue
  5:14
• 9
  Rhythm-A-Ning
  9:25
• 10
  Worry Later (San Francisco Holiday)
  9:10

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

• Ahmed Abdul‐Malik
  bass [9]
• Al McKibbon
  double bass [15-19]
• Alfred Lion
  producer [1-10]
• Art Blakey
  drums (drum set) [3.1-2, 3.4-7, 1.1-10, 1.15-19, 2.3-5, 2.12-13, 2.15]
• Billy Higgins
  drums (drum set) [10]
• Billy Smith
  tenor saxophone [1-2]
• Bob Paige
  double bass [7-10]
• Bob Weinstock
  producer [2.15, 3.1]
• Charlie Rouse
  tenor saxophone [10]
• Coleman Hawkins
  tenor saxophone [4-7]
• Curley Russell
  double bass [12-13]
• Danny Quebec West
  alto saxophone [1-2]
• Doug Hawkins
  recording [1-10]
• Frank Foster
  tenor saxophone [12-13]
• Gary Mapp
  double bass [3-8]
• Gene Ramey
  double bass [1-6]
• George Taitt
  trumpet [7-10]
• Gigi Gryce
  alto saxophone [4-7]
• Harold Land
  tenor saxophone [10]
• Idrees Sulieman
  trumpet [1-2]
• Ira Gitler
  producer [11]
• Jack Higgins
  recording [3]
• Joe Gordon
  trumpet [10]
• John Coltrane
  tenor saxophone [3-7]
• John Ore
  double bass [10]
• John Simmons
  bass [11], double bass [11-14]
• Johnny Griffin
  tenor saxophone [9]
• Julius Watkins
  French horn [9, 11]
• Kenny Dorham
  trumpet [2.1-2, 1.20]
• Lou Donaldson
  alto saxophone [1.20, 2.1-2]
• Lucky Thompson
  tenor saxophone [1.20, 2.1-2]
• Max Roach
  drums (drum set) [2.1-2, 2.6-8, 1.20]
• Milt Jackson
  vibraphone [11-18]
• Milton Jackson
  vibraphone [12]
• Nelson Boyd
  double bass [2.1-2, 1.20]
• Orrin Keepnews
  producer [3]
• Percy Heath
  double bass [2.9, 2.11, 2.15, 3.1-2]
• Ray Copeland
  trumpet [2.12-13, 3.4-7]
• Roy Haynes
  drums (drum set) [9]
• Rudy van Gelder
  recording [2.11, 2.15, 3.1-2]
• Sahib Shihab
  alto saxophone [7-10, 15-18]
• Shadow Wilson
  drums (drum set) [11, 11-14]
• Sonny Rollins
  tenor saxophone [9, 11]
• Thelonious Monk
  piano [1.1-20, 2.1-9, 2.11-13, 2.15, 3.1-7, 3.9-10]
• Wilbur Ware
  double bass [3-7]
• Willie Jones
  drums (drum set) [9, 11]
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Issues

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  The Absolutely Essential 3 CD Collection

  3x CD
  2011