The Quintessence: New‐York – Paris 1947–1959

Tracklist

• CD 1
• 1
  All Around About Midnight (’round Midnight)
  3:13
• 2
  Misterioso (Mysterioso)
  3:23
• 3
  Evidence
  2:35
• 4
  Straight No Chaser
  3:00
• 5
  Criss Cross
  2:58
• 6
  Ask Me Now
  3:17
• 7
  Little Rootie Tootie (version I)
  3:07
• 8
  Reflections
  2:49
• 9
  These Foolish Things
  2:48
• 10
  We See
  5:17
• 11
  Off Minor
  2:35
• 12
  Smoke Gets in Your Eyes
  3:26
• 13
  Work
  5:20
• 14
  Blue Monk
  7:40
• 15
  Just a Gigolo
  3:02
• 16
  Bag’s Groove
  11:23
• 17
  Black and Tan Fantasy
  3:27
• 18
  Solitude
  3:43
• CD 2
• 1
  Pannonica
  8:51
• 2
  Tea for Two
  5:55
• 3
  I Should Care
  3:16
• 4
  Functional
  9:21
• 5
  Epistrophy
  10:53
• 6
  Trinkle Tinkle
  6:41
• 7
  Rhythm‐a‐ning (version I)
  5:24
• 8
  Rhythm‐a‐ning (version II)
  9:29
• 9
  Little Rootie Tootie (version II)
  8:52
• 10
  Crepuscule With Nellie
  4:52

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 [8]
• Al McKibbon
  double bass [4-6]
• Alfred Lion
  producer [1]
• Art Blakey
  drums (drum set) [2.2, 1.1, 1.4-7, 1.10, 1.13-14]
• Bob Paige
  double bass [1]
• Bob Weinstock
  producer [13]
• Curley Russell
  double bass [10]
• Doug Hawkins
  recording [1]
• Ernie Henry
  alto saxophone [1]
• Frank Foster
  tenor saxophone [10]
• Gary Mapp
  double bass [7-9]
• George Taitt
  trumpet [1]
• Gerry Mulligan
  baritone saxophone [7]
• Henri Renaud
  producer [11-12]
• Jack Higgins
  recording [1, 3, 6-7]
• John Coltrane
  tenor saxophone [6]
• John Simmons
  bass [3], double bass [2-3]
• Johnny Griffin
  tenor saxophone [8]
• Kenny Clarke
  drums (drum set) [16-17]
• Max Roach
  drums (drum set) [2.1, 1.8-9]
• Miles Davis
  trumpet [16]
• Milt Jackson
  vibraphone [2-5, 16]
• Milton Jackson
  vibraphone [2]
• Orrin Keepnews
  producer [1-3, 6-7]
• Oscar Pettiford
  double bass [1.17, 2.1-2]
• Percy Heath
  double bass [13-14, 16]
• Ray Copeland
  trumpet [10]
• Ray Fowler
  engineer [7]
• Roy Haynes
  drums (drum set) [8]
• Rudy van Gelder
  recording [13-14]
• Sahib Shihab
  alto saxophone [1, 4-5]
• Shadow Wilson
  drums (drum set) [2.6-7, 1.2-3, 1.3]
• Sonny Rollins
  tenor saxophone [1]
• Thelonious Monk
  celesta [1], piano [1.1-18, 2.1-4, 2.6-8], solo [11-12]
• Wilbur Ware
  bass [7], double bass [6]
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Issues

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  The Quintessence: New‐York – Paris 1947–1959

  2x CD
  2011