The Very Best
Thelonious Monk - CD
- Artist: Thelonious Monk
- Format: CD
- Year: 2005
- Number of Discs: 1
- UPC: 724347738920
- Item Number: EMI773892
- Release date: 05/24/2005
- 1. Thelonious
- 2. Ruby My Dear
- 3. Well, You Needn't
- 4. In Walked Bud
- 5. 'Round Midnight
- 6. Evidence
- 7. Misterioso
- 8. Epistrophy
- 9. I Mean You
- 10. Criss Cross
- 11. Ask Me Now
- 12. Straight, No Chaser
- 13. Let's Cool One
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The Very Best by Thelonious Monk on CD
This succinct collection brings together a Monk's dozen from Thelonious Monk's nearly five-year stay (1947-1952) with Blue Note Records, including early recordings of such Monk standards as "Ruby My Dear," "Well, You Needn't," and "In Walked Bud," as well as his twin signature pieces, "'Round Midnight" and "Straight, No Chaser." Also here are three compositions full of that skittering, angular zigzag logic for which Monk is the only template: "Misterioso," "Epistrophy," and "Criss Cross," each of which seems as simple as a bamboo box, until, that is, you try to take it apart to see how it works. Monk left Blue Note to record with Prestige, Riverside, and eventually Columbia, and he returned to the compositions represented here many, many times, but the essential blueprint stayed unchanged: brilliant, circular constructions crafted with the same sort of complex, internal logic that makes the Rubik's cube so fascinating. ~ Steve Leggett, Rovi
- Artist: Thelonious Monk
- Format: CD
- Year: 2005
- Number of Discs: 1
- UPC: 724347738920
- Item Number: EMI773892
- Release date: 05/24/2005
- Label: Blue Note
- Genre: Jazz
- Style: Bop, Jazz Instrument, Piano Jazz
- Album Time: 40:09
- 3 in 1
- 5 by Monk by 5
- 5 by Monk by 5
- Alone in San Francisco
- Alone in San Francisco (Import)
- Alone in San Francisco [Japan Bonus Track]
- Anthology, 1952-1956
- At the Blackhawk
- At the Blackhawk (Import)
- At the Five Spot
- Big Band and Quartet in Concert
- Blue Note Years, Vol. 2
- Brilliant Corners
- Brilliant Corners
- Brilliant Corners
- Brilliant Corners
- Brilliant Corners
- Brilliant Corners [Bonus Track]
- Complete Genius of Modern Music
- Complete Prestige Recordings
- Criss Cross [Compilation]
- Criss-Cross [Bonus Tracks]
- Criss-Cross [Japan]
- Epistrophy [2006] (Import)
- Finest in Jazz (Import)
- Four in One [Quadromania]
- Genius of Modern Music, Vol. 1 [1989 Bonus Tracks]
- Genius of Modern Music, Vol. 1 [2001 Bonus Tracks]
- Genius of Modern Music, Vol. 1 [2001 Bonus Tracks]
- Genius of Modern Music, Vol. 1 [2001 Bonus Tracks]
- Genius of Modern Music, Vol. 1 [2001 Bonus Tracks]
- Genius of Modern Music, Vol. 2 [2001 Bonus Tracks]
- Genius of Modern Music, Vol. 2 [2001 Bonus Tracks]
- Genius of Modern Music, Vol. 2 [2001 Bonus Tracks]
- Genius of Modern Music, Vol. 2 [Japan]
- Greatest Hits
- It's Monk's Time
- Ken Burns Jazz
- Les Incontournables
- Live at the 1964 Monterey Jazz Festival
- Live at the It Club
- Misterioso [Bonus Tracks]
- Misterioso [Bonus Tracks]
- Misterioso [Bonus Tracks]
- Misterioso [Bonus Tracks]
- Monk
- Monk 'Round the World [Bonus DVD]
- Monk [Japan]
- Monk Alone: The Complete Columbia Solo Studio Recordings: 1962-1968
- Monk at Newport 1963 and 1965
- Monk in France
- Monk in Italy
- Monk in Italy
- Monk in Paris: Live at the Olympia
- Monk's Blues
- Monk's Dream [Expanded]
- Monk's Dream [Japan]
- Monk's Music (Import)
- Monk's Music [Bonus Tracks]
- Monk's Music [Bonus Tracks]
- Monk's Music [JVC Victor Japan]
- Piano Solo [Japan]
- Piano Solo [Japan]
- Piano Solos
- Plays Duke Ellington
- Plays Duke Ellington
- Plays Duke Ellington
- Riverside Profiles
- Round Midnight and Other Jazz Classics
- Ruby My Dear
- Solo Monk
- Solo Monk [Bonus Tracks]
- Solo Monk [Bonus Tracks]
- Straight, No Chaser
- The Art of the Ballad
- The Best of the Blue Note Years
- The Best of Thelonious Monk
- The Classic Quartet
- The Complete 1957 Riverside Recordings
- The Complete 1957 Riverside Recordings
- The Complete Blue Note Recordings
- The Essential Thelonious Monk [2003]
- The London Collection, Vol. 1
- The Thelonious Monk Orchestra at Town Hall
- The Unique Thelonious Monk
- The Unique Thelonious Monk
- Thelonious Alone in San Francisco
- Thelonious Himself
- Thelonious Himself [Bonus Track]
- Thelonious Himself [Bonus Track]
- Thelonious Himself [Bonus Track]
- Thelonious Himself [Bonus Track]
- Thelonious Monk [Absord]
- Thelonious Monk Orchestra at Town Hall [Bonus Tracks]
- Trios
- Underground [Bonus Tracks]
- Underground [Japan Bonus Tracks]
- Mulligan Meets Monk
- The Complete Riverside Recordings
- Plays Duke Ellington
- Thelonious Monk Trio [Prestige/OJC]
- Thelonious Monk and the Jazz Giants (Import)
- Thelonious Monk Trio [Prestige/OJC]
- Monk's Music
- Brilliant Corners
- Misterioso [Bonus Tracks]
- Mulligan Meets Monk [Remastered]
- Plays Duke Ellington
- Thelonious Himself
- Thelonious Alone in San Francisco [2005]
- Monk
- Plays Duke Ellington
- The Unique Thelonious Monk
- The Unique Thelonious Monk
- Thelonious in Action: Recorded at the Five Spot Cafe
- MONK,THELONIOUS: MISTERIOSO
- Mulligan Meets Monk (Import)
- Brilliant Corners
- San Francisco Holiday (Import)
- Paris at Midnight
- Monk's Dream
- The Composer (Import)
- Standards (Import)
- Straight No Chaser [Original CD]
- Solo Monk
- Criss-Cross
- Monk's Blues
- Big Band and Quartet in Concert (Import)
- It's Monk's Time [Bonus Tracks]
- Monk in Tokyo
- Monk at Newport 1963 and 1965
- The Columbia Years: '62-'68
- Live at the Jazz Workshop [Complete]
- Greatest Hits
- Live at the Five Spot
- Riffin'
- The Paris Concert (Import)
- The Evolution of an Artist
- Riffin' [Collectables]
- Round Midnight [Collectables]
- At Carnegie Hall
- Live at Carnegie Hall (Import)
- At Carnegie Hall
- We See [Dreyfus] (Import)
- Monk's Mood/Well You Needn't
- Supreme Jazz (Import)
- Wallet Box
- Round Midnight
- It's Monk's Time [Japan]
- The Essential Thelonious Monk [1962]
- Thelonious Monk Trio [Japan 2003]
- Thelonious Monk Quintet
- Thelonious Monk [1953]
- Mulligan Meets Monk [Remastered]
- Misterioso
- Alone in San Francisco [Japan]
- Thelonious Monk Trio [Japan 2003]
- Thelonious Monk Trio [Japan 2002]
- Thelonious Monk Quintet
- Thelonious Himself [2009 Japan]
- Thelonious Monk Trio [Japan 2008]
- Mulligan Meets Monk [Japan Bonus Tracks]
- Brilliant Corners (Import)
- Plays Duke Ellington (Import)
- The Thelonious Monk Orchestra at Town Hall
- Brilliant Corners
- Monk's Music (Import)
- Piano Solo (Import)
- Four Classic Albums
- 3 Classic Albums (Import)
- Eight Classic Albums (Import)
- Six Classic Albums, Vol. 2 (Import)
- The Riverside Anthology
- Brilliant Corners
- Brilliant Corners
- Riverside Years (Import)
- Straight, No Chaser
- Live at the Jazz Workshop [Complete] (Import)
- Monk Alone: The Complete Columbia Solo Studio Recordings: 1962-1968
- Monk.
- 1962 - 1968
- Criss-Cross [Bonus Tracks]
- MONK,THELONIOUS: SOLO MONK (IMPORT)
- Underground [Bonus Tracks]
- Ultimate Thelonious Monk (Import)
- The Very Best of Jazz
- The London Collection, Vol. 3
- Weel You Needn't
- Thelonious Himself [Bonus Track]
- Straight No Chaser [Original Soundtrack]
- Monk. [Expanded]
- The London Collection, Vol. 1
- Monterey Jazz Festival '63
- Monk in Copenhagen
- 1944-1948
- Jazz Profile
- Jazz Masters
- The Complete Thelonious Monk At the It Club
- Misterioso
- Live at the It Club [LP]
- Monk's Dream
- Monk's Blues
- Piano Solo
- The Riverside Tenor Sessions
- The Unique Thelonious Monk
- Mulligan Meets Monk
- Misterioso
- Thelonious Alone in San Francisco
- The Jazz Biography
- Jazz Masters Deluxe Collection (Import)
- In Japan 1963 (Import)
- American Composer [CD]
- Complete Blue Note 1947-1952
- THELONIOUS MONK : THE GENIUS
- 4/8
- Ruby My Dear
- Genius of Modern Music
- Plays Duke Ellington
- Brilliant Corners
- Thelonious Alone in San Francisco
- Monk's Mood [Arpeggio]
- A Proper Introduction to Thelonious Monk: Trinkle Tinkle
- Midnight Monk
- The Absolutely Essential 3 CD Collection
- Thelonious Monk : Monk's Mood (rajon)
- 1951-1952
- Jazz Moods: 'Round Midnight
- The Columbia Years: '62-'68 (Import)
- After Hours at Minton's
- 'Round Midnight [Definitive Classics]
- After Hours at Minton's
- THELONIOUS MONK TRIO : COMPLETE 1951-1954 RECORDINGS
- Round Midnight [Definitive] (Import)
- Monk's Music
- In Philadelphia 1960
- The Last Concerts: 1972 & 1975
- Complete Blue Note 1947-1952
- Complete Live at the Five Spot 1958 (Import)
- Thelonious Himself
- Monks Music [Bonus Tracks]
- Complete Live at the Five Spot 1958 (Import)
- Live at Newport 1958-59
- Unissued in Europe 1971
- Mulligan Meets Monk
- Brilliant Corners [Bonus Tracks]
- Complete 1951-1954 Recordings
- Brilliant Corners
- Mulligan,Gerry & Monk Thelonious: Mulligan Meets Monk
- The Thelonious Monk Orchestra At Town Hall
- Complete Live at the Five Spot 1958
- Unissued Live at Newport 1958-59 (Import)
- Alone in San Francisco
- Monk's Dream (Import)
- Monk's Dream [Bonus Tracks] [Remastered] (Import)
- THELONIUS MONK : LOST RECORDINGS
- Blue Monk
- Jazz Hour with Thelonious Monk, Vol. 2: Epistrophy
- Well You Needn't
- Kind of Monk (Import)
- When Be-Bop Was King (Import)
- Underground (Import)
- The Transformer
- Live in New York, Vol. 1
- Live in Paris, Vol. 2
- Perfect
- Straight, No Chaser/Underground/Criss-Cross/Monk's Dream/Solo Monk
- Just You Just Me: Best Of Thelonious Monk
- Criss-Cross
- Solo Monk
- Playlist: The Very Best of Thelonious Monk
- Original Album Classics
- The Complete Columbia Studio Albums Collection (Import)
- MONK,THELONIOUS: DIE ZEIT LEGEND DES JAZZ (IMPORT)
- Thelonious
- Monk
- The Definitive Thelonious Monk on Prestige and Riverside
- Monk's Music
- Thelonious Alone in San Francisco
- Misterioso
- The Very Best of Thelonious Monk
- Composers:
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Performers:
- Milt Jackson - Vibraphone
- Al McKibbon - Bass
- Art Blakey - Drums
- Billy Smith - Sax (Tenor)
- Bob Paige - Bass
- Danny Quebec West - Sax (Alto)
- Gene Ramey - Bass
- George Taitt - Trumpet
- Idrees Sulieman - Trumpet
- John Simmons - Bass
- Kenny Dorham - Trumpet
- Lou Donaldson - Sax (Alto)
- Lucky Thompson - Sax (Tenor)
- Max Roach - Drums
- Nelson Boyd - Bass
- Sahib Shihab - Sax (Alto)
- Shadow Wilson - Drums
- Thelonious Monk - Piano
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Credits:
- Alfred Lion - Original Session Producer
- Lisa Cuscuna - Cover Illustration, Photo Illustration
- Karen Thomas - Package Design
- Michael Cuscuna - Reissue Producer
- Bernie Hanighen - Composer
- Coleman Hawkins - Composer
- Cootie Williams - Composer
- Donald Elfman - Liner Notes
- Kenny Clarke - Composer
- Kurt Lundvall - Mastering
- Thelonious Monk - Composer
- Doug Hawkins - Engineer
- Harry Smith - Engineer
