The Very Best of Thelonious Monk

Tracklist

• 1
  Blue Monk
  7:38
• 2
  Hackensack
  5:10
• 3
  Sophisticated Lady
  4:31
• 4
  Bemsha Swing
  7:44
• 5
  Honeysuckle Rose
  5:33
• 6
  Ruby, My Dear
  5:25
• 7
  Well, You Needn’t
  11:25
• 8
  Trinkle, Tinkle
  6:41
• 9
  Nutty
  5:25
• 10
  ’Round Midnight
  6:44

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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]
• Art Blakey
  drums (drum set) [1-2, 5-7]
• Clark Terry
  trumpet [4]
• Coleman Hawkins
  tenor saxophone [6-7]
• Curley Russell
  double bass [2]
• Frank Foster
  tenor saxophone [2]
• Gigi Gryce
  alto saxophone [7]
• Jack Higgins
  recording [4, 8, 10]
• John Coltrane
  tenor saxophone [7-8]
• Johnny Griffin
  tenor saxophone [9]
• Kenny Clarke
  drums (drum set) [3]
• Max Roach
  drums (drum set) [4]
• Orrin Keepnews
  producer [4-5, 8-10]
• Oscar Pettiford
  double bass [3, 5]
• Paul Chambers
  double bass [4]
• Percy Heath
  double bass [1]
• Ray Copeland
  trumpet [2, 7]
• Ray Fowler
  recording [9]
• Roy Haynes
  drums (drum set) [9]
• Rudy van Gelder
  recording [1]
• Shadow Wilson
  drums (drum set) [8]
• Sonny Rollins
  tenor saxophone [4]
• Thelonious Monk
  piano
• Wilbur Ware
  double bass [6-8]
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Issues

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  The Very Best of Thelonious Monk

  CD
  7 August 2012