Thelonious Monk - Complete Genius of Modern Music

Title: Complete Genius of Modern Music Artist: Thelonious Monk Release Date: 9/25/2006 Re-Released On: 6/20/2001 Label: BMG Album Type(s): Greatest Hits, Instrumental UPC: 4988006792180 Genre: Jazz Style: Bop Moods: Complex, Confident, Earthy, Enigmatic, Exuberant, Freewheeling, Humorous, Irreverent, Passionate, Playful, Quirky, Searching, Sophisticated, Stylish, Whimsical, Witty, Ambitious, Amiable/Good-Natured, Brash, Dramatic, Earnest, Effervescent, Elaborate, Literate, Lively, Reflective, Rousing, Sprawling, Stately, Thoughtful, Uplifting, Wry Total Copies: 0 Members Wishing: 1 Number of Discs/SwapaCD Credits: 2

1. Humph
2. Evonce [Alternate Take]
3. Evonce
4. Suburban Eyes
5. Suburban Eyes [Alternate Take]
6. Thelonious
7. Nice Work If You Can Get It [Alternate Take]
8. Nice Work If You Can Get It
9. Ruby My Dear [Alternate Take]
10. Ruby My Dear
11. Well You Needn't
12. Well You Needn't [Alternate Take]
13. April in Paris [Alternate Take]
14. April in Paris
15. Off Minor
16. Introspection
17. In Walked Bud
18. Monk's Mood
19. Who Knows?
20. 'Round Midnight
21. Who Knows [Alternate Take]
22. All the Things You Are
23. I Should Care [Alternate Take]
24. I Should Care

1. Evidence
2. Misterioso
3. Misterioso [Alternate Take]
4. Epistrophy
5. I Mean You
6. Four in One
7. Four in One [Alternate Take]
8. Criss Cross
9. Criss Cross [Alternate Take]
10. Eronel
11. Straight, No Chaser
12. Ask Me Now [Alternate Take]
13. Ask Me Now
14. Willow Weep for Me
15. Skippy
16. Skippy [Alternate Take]
17. Hornin' In [Alternate Take]
18. Hornin' In
19. Sixteen [First Take]
20. Sixteen [Second Take]
21. Carolina Moon
22. Let's Cool One
23. I'll Follow You

Year Type Label Catalog # 2001 CD BMG 6611920

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Released by Blue Note Japan, this double-disc set contains both volumes of the Genius of Modern Music albums recorded by Thelonious Monk in 1947 and 1952 and released by the Blue Note label on 10" discs before the advent of the 12" LP. These CDs also contains all existing alternate and unreleased takes from those recording sessions. That said, these are not Monk's complete recordings for Blue Note, which exist in two separate boxes from the label and the long out of print Mosaic imprint. Nonetheless, for anyone deeply interested in the composer and pianist's process, these sessions showcase Monk in commanding company as a bandleader. Other notables who appear here are jazz greats Art Blakey, Max Roach, Shadow Wilson, Idrees Sulieman, Sahib Shihab, Lucky Thompson, and Lou Donaldson, to name just a few. Given the price tag on this set, it is recommended that the earnest consumer take note of the U.S. Blue Note label's The Complete Blue Note Recordings, which contains four discs and an extended annotated booklet -- it generally sells for a far less dear price point. ~ Thom Jurek, All Music Guide

Name Credits Al McKibbon Bass Alfred Lion Producer Art Blakey Drums Bob Blumenthal Liner Notes Bob Paige Bass Danny Quebec West Sax (Alto) Doug Hawkins Engineer Francis Wolff Photography, Cover Photo Gene Ramey Bass George Taitt Trumpet Harry Smith Engineer Idrees Sulieman Trumpet Ira Gitler Liner Notes Kenny "Pancho" Hagood Vocals Kenny Dorham Trumpet Lou Donaldson Sax (Alto) Lucky Thompson Sax (Tenor) Max Roach Drums Milt Jackson Vibraphone Nelson Boyd Bass Rudy Van Gelder Audio Restoration, Remastering, Mastering, Transfers Sahib Shihab Sax (Alto) Shadow Wilson Drums Thelonious Monk Piano