The Complete Albums Collection 1954–57

Tracklist

• CD 1
• 1
  ’Round About Midnight
  3:14
• 2
  Off Minor
  3:03
• 3
  Ruby, My Dear
  3:08
• 4
  I Mean You
  2:45
  5.0 ★
• 5
  April in Paris
  3:21
• 6
  In Walked Bud
  2:58
• 7
  Thelonious
  3:02
• 8
  Epistrophy
  3:06
• 9
  Misterioso
  3:23
• 10
  Well, You Needn’t
  2:59
• 11
  Introspection
  3:14
• 12
  Humph
  2:53
• 13
  Carolina Moon
  3:29
• 14
  Hornin’ In
  3:15
• 15
  Skippy
  3:02
• 16
  Let’s Cool One
  3:49
• 17
  Suburban Eyes
  3:03
• 18
  Evonce
  3:05
• 19
  Straight, No Chaser
  3:00
• 20
  Four in One
  3:31
• 21
  Nice Work
  3:03
• 22
  Monk’s Mood
  3:09
• 23
  Who Knows
  2:42
• 24
  Ask Me Now
  3:18
• CD 2
• 1
  Blue Monk
  7:39
• 2
  Just a Gigolo
  3:00
• 3
  Bemsha Swing
  3:10
• 4
  Reflections
  2:48
• 5
  Little Rootie Tootie
  3:06
• 6
  Sweet and Lovely
  3:33
• 7
  Bye‐Ya
  2:46
• 8
  Monk’s Dream
  3:07
• 9
  Trinkle Tinkle
  2:49
• 10
  These Foolish Things
  2:46
• 11
  We See
  5:17
• 12
  Smoke Gets in Your Eyes
  4:32
• 13
  Locomotive
  6:23
• 14
  Hackensack
  5:12
• 15
  Let’s Call This
  5:07
• 16
  Think of One
  5:46
• 17
  Think of One (retake)
  5:40
• CD 3
• 1
  The Way You Look Tonight
  5:15
• 2
  I Want to Be Happy
  7:44
• 3
  Work
  5:18
• 4
  Nutty
  5:17
• 5
  Friday the 13th
  10:34
• 6
  It Don’t Mean a Thing If It Ain’t Got That Swing
  4:42
• 7
  Sophisticated Lady
  4:31
• 8
  I Got It Bad and That Ain’t Good
  5:56
• 9
  Black and Tan Fantasy
  3:28
• 10
  Mood Indigo
  3:16
• 11
  I Let a Song Go Out of My Heart
  5:43
• 12
  Solitude
  3:45
• 13
  Caravan
  5:56
• CD 4
• 1
  Liza
  3:13
• 2
  Memories of You
  4:16
• 3
  Honeysuckle Rose
  5:33
• 4
  Darn That Dream
  6:30
• 5
  Tea for Two
  5:54
• 6
  You Are Too Beautiful
  4:55
• 7
  Just You, Just Me
  7:57
• 8
  Brilliant Corners
  7:44
• 9
  Ba‐Lue Bolivar Ba‐Lues‐Are
  13:06
• 10
  Pannonica
  8:49
• 11
  I Surrender, Dear
  5:26
• 12
  Bemsha Swing
  7:40
• CD 5
• 1
  Abide With Me
  0:54
• 2
  Well, You Needn’t
  11:25
• 3
  Ruby, My Dear
  5:25
• 4
  Off Minor
  5:08
• 5
  Epistrophy
  10:45
• 6
  Crepuscle With Nellie
  4:40
• 7
  Round Midnight
  8:29
• 8
  Rhythm‐a‐ning
  5:19
• 9
  Sweet and Lovely
  7:17
• 10
  Decidedly
  5:53
• 11
  Straight, No Chaser
  7:00
• 12
  I Mean You
  6:53

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 [19-20, 24]
• Alfred Lion
  producer [1-3, 5-7, 10-12, 17-18, 22-23]
• Art Blakey
  drums (drum set) [1.1-3, 1.5-8, 1.10-12, 1.17-24, 2.1, 2.5-8, 2.11-14, 3.3-4, 4.3-7, 5.2-6]
• Art Taylor
  drums (drum set) [1-2]
• Billy Smith
  tenor saxophone [7, 12, 17-18]
• Bob Paige
  double bass [1, 6, 22-23]
• Bob Weinstock
  producer [1-4]
• Clark Terry
  trumpet [12]
• Coleman Hawkins
  tenor saxophone [1.8, 5.1-6]
• Curley Russell
  double bass [11-14]
• Danny Quebec West
  alto saxophone [7, 12, 17-18]
• Doug Hawkins
  recording [1-3, 5-7, 10-12, 17-18, 22-23]
• Ernie Henry
  alto saxophone [8-10]
• Frank Foster
  tenor saxophone [11-14]
• Gary Mapp
  double bass [3-10]
• Gene Ramey
  bass [21], double bass [2-3, 5, 7, 10-12, 17-18]
• George Taitt
  trumpet [1, 6, 22-23]
• Gerry Mulligan
  baritone saxophone [7-12]
• Gigi Gryce
  alto saxophone [1.8, 5.1-2, 5.4-6]
• Idrees Sulieman
  trumpet [7, 12, 17-18]
• Ira Gitler
  producer [5]
• Jack Higgins
  recording [1.8, 5.7-12, 4.8-12]
• John Coltrane
  tenor saxophone [5.1-2, 5.4-6, 1.8]
• John Simmons
  double bass [4, 9]
• Julius Watkins
  French horn [2.15-17, 3.5]
• Kenny Clarke
  drums (drum set) [6-11, 13]
• Kenny Dorham
  trumpet [13-16]
• Lou Donaldson
  alto saxophone [13-16]
• Lucky Thompson
  tenor saxophone [13-16]
• Max Roach
  drums (drum set) [1.13-16, 4.8-10, 4.12, 2.3-4, 2.9-10]
• Milt Jackson
  vibraphone [4, 9, 19-20]
• Milton Jackson
  vibraphone [9]
• Nelson Boyd
  double bass [13-16]
• Orrin Keepnews
  producer [5.7-12, 1.8, 4.2-12]
• Oscar Pettiford
  double bass [4.3-10, 3.6-11, 3.13]
• Paul Chambers
  double bass [12]
• Percy Heath
  double bass [2.1, 2.15-17, 3.3-5]
• Ray Copeland
  trumpet [5.1-2, 5.4-6, 2.11-14, 1.8]
• Ray Fowler
  engineer [7-12]
• Rudy van Gelder
  recording [3.1-5, 2.1-10]
• Sahib Shihab
  alto saxophone [1, 6, 19-20, 22-23]
• Shadow Wilson
  drums (drum set) [1.4, 1.9, 5.7-12]
• Sonny Rollins
  tenor saxophone [4.8-10, 4.12, 2.15-17, 3.1-2, 3.5]
• Thelonious Monk
  arranger [1], celesta [10], piano [1.1-24, 2.1-17, 3.1-13, 5.2-12, 4.2-12]
• Tommy Potter
  double bass [1-2]
• Wilbur Ware
  bass [7-12], double bass [1.8, 5.2-6]
• Willie Jones
  drums (drum set) [2.15-17, 3.5]
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Issues

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  The Complete Albums Collection 1954–57

  5x CD
  2015