The Complete Riverside Recordings

Tracklist

• CD 1
• 1
  It Don’t Mean a Thing (If It Ain’t Got That Swing)
  4:40
• 2
  Sophisticated Lady
  4:30
• 3
  I Got It Bad (and That Ain’t Good)
  5:55
• 4
  Black and Tan Fantasy
  3:28
• 5
  Mood Indigo
  3:16
• 6
  I Let a Song Go Out of My Heart
  5:43
• 7
  Solitude
  3:45
• 8
  Caravan
  5:59
• 9
  Liza, All the Clouds’ll Roll Away
  3:14
• 10
  Memories of You
  4:19
• 11
  Honeysuckle Rose
  5:35
• 12
  Darn That Dream
  6:33
• 13
  Tea for Two
  5:55
• CD 2
• 1
  You Are Too Beautiful
  4:58
• 2
  Just You, Just Me
  8:02
• 3
  Ba-lue Bolivar Ba-lues-are
  13:27
• 4
  Pannonica (opening)
  2:38
• 5
  Pannonica
  8:54
• 6
  Brilliant Corners
  7:51
• 7
  Bemsha Swing
  7:55
• 8
  I Surrender, Dear
  5:32
• CD 3
• 1
  I Don't Stand a Ghost of a Chance With You (take 5)
  4:15
• 2
  I Don't Stand a Ghost of a Chance With You (take 7)
  4:25
• 3
  I Should Care (take 1)
  3:32
• 4
  I Should Care (take 2)
  3:23
• 5
  I Should Care (take 3)
  3:17
• 6
  ’Round Midnight (in progress)
  21:59
• 7
  ’Round Midnight (take 7)
  6:44
• 8
  April in Paris
  3:55
• 9
  I’m Getting Sentimental Over You
  4:08
• 10
  Monk’s Mood (false start)
  1:01
• 11
  Monk’s Mood
  7:53
• CD 4
• 1
  Functional (alternate take 1)
  9:44
• 2
  Functional (take 2)
  9:20
• 3
  All Alone
  4:53
• 4
  Crepuscule With Nellie (take 1)
  4:34
• 5
  Crepuscule With Nellie (breakdown)
  1:02
• 6
  Blues for Tomorrow
  13:33
• 7
  Off Minor (alternate take 4)
  5:15
• 8
  Off Minor (take 5)
  5:09
• 9
  Abide With Me
  0:55
• 10
  Crepuscule With Nellie (takes 4/5)
  4:47
• 11
  Crepuscule With Nellie (take 6)
  4:40
• CD 5
• 1
  Epistrophy (fragment)
  1:48
• 2
  Epistrophy
  10:47
• 3
  Well, You Needn’t (opening)
  1:28
• 4
  Well, You Needn’t
  11:27
• 5
  Ruby, My Dear
  5:28
• 6
  Ruby, My Dear
  6:21
• 7
  Nutty
  6:41
• 8
  Trinkle, Tinkle
  6:41
• 9
  Straight, No Chaser (alternate take 1)
  5:31
• 10
  Straight, No Chaser (take 3)
  7:01
• 11
  Rhythm-a-ning
  5:19
• CD 6
• 1
  I Mean You (alternate take 1)
  6:24
• 2
  I Mean You (alternate take 2)
  6:34
• 3
  I Mean You (take 4)
  6:55
• 4
  ’Round Midnight
  8:32
• 5
  Decidedly (stereo take 4)
  5:56
• 6
  Decidedly (monaural take 5)
  6:39
• 7
  Sweet and Lovely
  7:18
• 8
  Coming on the Hudson
  6:06
• 9
  In Orbit
  4:44
• 10
  One Foot in the Gutter
  7:21
• CD 7
• 1
  Trust in Me
  4:31
• 2
  Let’s Cool One
  4:56
• 3
  Pea Eye
  4:30
• 4
  Argentia
  6:14
• 5
  Moonlight Fiesta
  2:36
• 6
  Buck's Business
  3:23
• 7
  Flugelin’ the Blues
  7:02
• 8
  Very Near Blue
  3:05
• 9
  Evidence
  10:16
• 10
  Blues Five Spot
  9:56
• 11
  In Walked Bud / Epistrophy (theme)
  10:57
• CD 8
• 1
  [unidentified solo piano]
  1:55
• 2
  ’Round Midnight
  6:18
• 3
  Bye-Ya / Epistrophy (theme)
  11:57
• 4
  Light Blue
  5:15
• 5
  Coming on the Hudson
  5:23
• 6
  Rhythm-a-ning
  9:28
• 7
  Just a Gigolo
  2:09
• 8
  Blue Monk
  8:29
• 9
  Evidence
  8:45
• 10
  Epistrophy (theme)
  1:07
• CD 9
• 1
  Nutty
  5:23
• 2
  Blues Five Spot
  8:12
• 3
  Let’s Cool One
  9:15
• 4
  In Walked Bud
  11:20
• 5
  Misterioso
  10:47
• 6
  Epistrophy (theme #2)
  1:04
• 7
  In Walked Bud
  7:08
• 8
  Blue Monk
  8:20
• CD 10
• 1
  Rhythm-a-ning
  6:52
• 2
  Monk’s Mood
  10:21
• 3
  Friday the 13th
  9:30
• 4
  Little Rootie Tootie
  8:53
• 5
  Off Minor
  7:51
• 6
  Thelonious
  3:04
• 7
  Crepuscule With Nellie
  4:51
• 8
  Little Rootie Tootie (encore)
  8:31
• CD 11
• 1
  Played Twice (take 1, 2nd alternate)
  6:58
• 2
  Played Twice (alternate take 2)
  7:55
• 3
  Played Twice (take 3)
  8:02
• 4
  Straight, No Chaser
  9:23
• 5
  Ask Me Now
  10:48
• 6
  I Mean You
  9:50
• 7
  Jackie-ing
  6:10
• 8
  Round Lights
  3:39
• 9
  Pannonica
  3:55
• 10
  Blue Monk
  3:44
• CD 12
• 1
  Ruby, My Dear
  4:02
• 2
  There's Danger in Your Eyes, Cherie (alternate take 1)
  4:08
• 3
  There's Danger in Your Eyes, Cherie (take 2)
  4:25
• 4
  Everything Happens to Me
  5:42
• 5
  Reflections
  5:09
• 6
  Remember
  2:47
• 7
  Bluehawk
  3:43
• 8
  You Took the Words Right Out of My Heart
  4:07
• 9
  San Francisco Holiday
  8:54
• 10
  Just You, Just Me
  7:12
• 11
  ’Round Midnight
  7:58
• 12
  San Francisco Holiday (alternate take 2)
  8:31
• CD 13
• 1
  I’m Getting Sentimental Over You
  6:14
• 2
  Evidence
  7:10
• 3
  Epistrophy (theme)
  1:04
• 4
  Epistrophy
  6:42
• 5
  Four in One (take 1)
  7:36
• 6
  Let’s Call This
  8:36
• 7
  ’Round Midnight
  12:05
• 8
  San Francisco Holiday (Worry Later) (take 3)
  9:11
• 9
  Four in One (take 2)
  8:44
• 10
  Epistrophy (theme)
  1:15
• CD 14
• 1
  Well, You Needn’t
  11:30
• 2
  Crepuscule With Nellie
  2:39
• 3
  Jackie-ing
  10:12
• 4
  Body and Soul
  2:47
• 5
  Off Minor
  11:41
• 6
  April in Paris
  1:18
• 7
  I Mean You
  11:02
• 8
  Rhythm-a-ning
  10:37
• 9
  Just a Gigolo
  1:45
• CD 15
• 1
  Hackensack
  9:46
• 2
  Epistrophy
  6:12
• 3
  I’m Getting Sentimental Over You
  8:36
• 4
  Jackie-ing
  4:53
• 5
  Body and Soul
  4:48
• 6
  Straight, No Chaser
  9:03
• 7
  Crepuscule With Nellie
  2:42
• 8
  Bemsha Swing
  6:56
• 9
  San Francisco Holiday
  5:57
• 10
  Rhythm-a-ning
  5:47
• 11
  Epistrophy
  5:03

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 [7.9-11, 9.1-5, 8.1-2, 8.4-10], double bass [9.2-3, 9.5-6, 7.9, 8.3, 8.5, 8.9]
• Art Blakey
  drums (drum set) [1.9, 1.11-13, 4.4, 4.6-8, 4.10-11, 5.1-5, 8.3, 2.1-2]
• Art Taylor
  drums (drum set) [11.1-7, 9.7-8, 10.1-8]
• Billy Higgins
  drums (drum set) [13.1-10, 12.12]
• Charlie Rouse
  tenor saxophone [11.1-7, 15.1-4, 15.6-11, 12.9-12, 14.1-3, 14.5, 14.7-9, 10.1-8, 9.7-8, 13.1-10]
• Clark Terry
  flugelhorn [7.1-8, 6.9-10], performer [10]
• Coleman Hawkins
  tenor saxophone [4.4, 4.6-11, 5.1-5]
• Donald Byrd
  trumpet [10.2-8, 6.8]
• Eddie Bert
  trombone [2-8]
• Ernie Henry
  alto saxophone [3-6]
• Frankie Dunlop
  drums (drum set) [14.1-3, 14.5, 14.7-9, 15.1-4, 15.6-11]
• Gerry Mulligan
  baritone saxophone [5.9-11, 6.1-7]
• Gigi Gryce
  alto saxophone [4.4, 4.6-11, 5.1-4]
• Harold Land
  tenor saxophone [12.9-12, 13.1-10]
• Jack Higgins
  engineer [4.1, 6.9-10, 7.1-8], recording [5.6-11, 6.1-8, 4.6-7, 11.1-7, 2.3-6, 2.8, 3.1-11]
• Jay McAllister
  tuba [2-8]
• Joe Gordon
  trumpet [13.1-10, 12.9-12]
• John Coltrane
  tenor saxophone [4.4, 4.6-11, 5.1-4, 5.6-8, 3.11]
• John Ore
  double bass [13.1-10, 15.1-4, 15.6-11, 14.1-3, 14.5, 14.7-9, 12.9-12]
• Johnny Griffin
  tenor saxophone [9.1-6, 8.1-10, 6.8, 7.9-11]
• Kenny Clarke
  drums (drum set) [1-6, 8]
• Max Roach
  drums (drum set) [3-6]
• Orrin Keepnews
  producer [7.1-9, 3.1-11, 9.1-5, 1.9-13, 10.2-8, 2.1-6, 2.8, 8.2, 8.7, 4.1, 4.6-7, 11.1-10, 12.1, 12.3-11, 5.6-11, 6.1-10]
• Oscar Pettiford
  double bass [2.1-6, 1.1-6, 1.8-9, 1.11-13]
• Pepper Adams
  baritone saxophone [6.8, 10.2-8]
• Phil Woods
  alto saxophone [2-8]
• Philly Joe Jones
  drums (drum set) [6.8-10, 7.1-8]
• Ray Copeland
  trumpet [4.4, 4.6-11, 5.1-4]
• Ray Fowler
  engineer [5.10-11, 6.3-5, 6.7], recording [12.9-11, 9.1-5, 7.9, 8.2, 8.7]
• Reice Hamel
  recording [11.8-10, 12.1, 12.3-8]
• Robert Northern
  French horn [2-8]
• Roy Haynes
  drums (drum set) [8.1-2, 8.4-10, 9.1-6, 7.9-11]
• Sam Jones
  bass [11.3-7, 10.2-8, 9.7-8], double bass [6.9-10, 7.1-8, 11.1-2, 10.1]
• Shadow Wilson
  drums (drum set) [5.6-11, 6.1-7]
• Shelly Manne
  drums (drum set) [9-11]
• Sonny Rollins
  tenor saxophone [3-6]
• Thad Jones
  cornet [1-7]
• Thelonious Monk
  arranger [9], celesta [4-5], piano [4.1-4, 4.7-8, 4.10-11, 13.1-10, 2.1-6, 2.8, 12.1, 12.3-12, 9.1-8, 7.1-11, 11.1-10, 1.1-13, 8.1-10, 3.1-11, 10.1-8, 5.1-11, 15.1-11, 14.1-9, 6.1-10]
• Wilbur Ware
  bass [5.9-11, 6.2-7], double bass [4.4, 4.6-8, 4.10-11, 5.1-8, 6.1-2, 6.8, 3.11]
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Issues

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  The Complete Riverside Recordings

  15x CD
  1986