The Essential Thelonious Monk

Tracklist

• 1
  ’Round Midnight
  3:53
• 2
  Blue Monk
  6:16
• 3
  Just a Gigolo
  2:31
• 4
  Rhythm-a-ning
  3:55
• 5
  Thelonious
  3:17
• 6
  Crepuscule With Nellie
  2:45
• 7
  Tea for Two
  3:48
• 8
  Rootie Tootie
  7:32
• 9
  Boo Boo’s Birthday
  5:56
• 10
  Body and Soul
  4:30
• 11
  Bye-Ya
  6:04
• 12
  I Should Care
  1:57

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

• Ben Riley
  drums (drum set) [2, 5, 8-9]
• Charlie Rouse
  saxophone [2, 8], tenor saxophone [4-6, 9, 11]
• Conte Candoli
  trumpet [2, 8]
• Ernie Watts
  saxophone [2, 8]
• Frankie Dunlop
  drums (drum set) [4, 6-7, 11]
• Gene Cipriano
  saxophone [2, 8]
• Howard Roberts
  guitar [2, 8]
• John Guerin
  percussion [2, 8]
• John Ore
  double bass [4, 6-7, 11]
• Larry Gales
  bass [8-9], double bass [2, 5, 9]
• Mike Wimberly
  trombone [2, 8]
• Oliver Nelson
  arranger [2, 8], conductor [2, 8]
• Teo Macero
  producer [2-3, 5, 8-12]
• Thelonious Monk
  piano

Issues

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  The Essential Thelonious Monk

  CD
  1994