Thelonious Monk | Complete Columbia Studio Albums Collection | CD

Thelonious Monk was an American pianist and composer whose angular melodies, distinctive rhythm and unexpected harmonies created one of jazz’s most original languages. His quartet recordings reveal both the precision and playfulness of that vision.

This six-CD collection gathers Thelonious Monk’s Columbia studio albums, presenting his distinctive compositions, piano playing and quartet interplay across an extensive programme.

Edition: 6CD box set. Label: Music On CD.

Track List

CD 1

1. Monk's Dream (Take 8)
2. Body and Soul
3. Bright Mississippi (Take 1)
4. Five Spot Blues (Album Version)
5. Blue Bolivar Blues (Take 2)
6. Just a Gigolo
7. Bye-ya (Album Version)
8. Sweet and Lovely (Album Version)
9. Monk's Dream (Take 3)
10. Body and Soul (Take 1)
11. Bright Mississippi (Take 3)
12. Blue Bolivar Blues (Take 1)

CD 2

1. Hackensack
2. Tea for Two
3. Criss Cross
4. Eronel
5. Rhythm-a-ning
6. Don't Blame Me (Retake 1)
7. Think of One
8. Crepuscule with Nellie
9. Pannonica
10. Coming on the Hudson (Album Version)
11. Tea for Two (Take 9) (Album Version)
12. Eronel (Take 3) (Album Version)

CD 3

1. Lulu's Back in Town (Album Version)
2. Memories of You (Album Version)
3. Stuffy Turkey (Album Version)
4. Brake's Sake (Album Version)
5. Nice Work if You Can Get It (Take 3) (Album Version)
6. Shuffle Boil (Retake) (Album Version)
7. Epistrophy (Take 1) (Album Version)
8. Nice Work if You Can Get It (Take 2) (Album Version)
9. Shuffle Boil (Take 5) (Album Version

CD 4

1. Liza (All the Clouds'll Roll Away)
2. April in Paris (Take 6)
3. Children's Song (That Old Man)
4. I Love You (Sweetheart of All My Dreams)
5. Just You, Just Me
6. Pannonica (Re-take 2)
7. Teo
8. April in Paris (Take 1)
9. Pannonica (Take 2)
10. Medley: Just You, Just Me / Liza (All the Clouds'll Roll Away)

CD 5

1. Locomotive
2. I Didn't Know About You
3. Straight, No Chaser
4. Japanese Folk Song
5. Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea
6. We See
7. This is My Story, This is My Song (Album Version)
8. I Didn't Know About You (Take 1)
9. Green Chimneys (Album Version)

CD 6

1. Thelonious
2. Ugly Beauty
3. Raise Four
4. Boo Boo's Birthday (Take 11)
5. Easy Street
6. Green Chimneys
7. In Walked Bud
8. Ugly Beauty (Take 4) (Album Version)
9. Boo Boo's Birthday (Take 2) (Album Version)
10. Thelonious (Take 3) (Album Version)