Thelonious monk –

Early albums 1951-54

Thelonious Monk was one of the most innovative and influential of the pioneering bebop pianists and composers with a uniquely distinctive and idiosyncratic style characterised by an angular, percussive and occasionally dissonant approach. He came to the fore in the 1940s, so when the era of the vinyl long-playing album dawned in the 1950s, he was ideally placed to take advantage of it. This 38-track 2-CD collection comprises the titles from his first 10" LPs on Blue Note and Prestige. The first two on Blue Note, ", "Genius Of Modern Music Vols. 1 & 2", combine titles from sessions in the late '40s which were released as singles with some from 1951 sessions, while the Prestige titles from the albums "Thelonious", "Thelonious Monk Quintet Blows for LP", "Thelonious Monk Quintet" and "Thelonious Monk Plays", were conceived as album projects, featuring extended performances, for which dedicate sessions were done from 1952 through to 1954. We also include bonus titles from a solo session in Paris in 1954. It features performances in the various Trio, Quartet, Quintet and Sextet line-ups with noted musicians of the day, including Gene Ramey, Milt Jackson, Sonny Rollins, Gary Mapp, Art Blakey, Max Roach, Percy Heath, Al McKibbon, Ray Copeland, Frank Foster, Curley Russell and more. It's a set which captures one of the true greats of the genre at a key period of his career.

Country of Pressing	US
Artist	Thelonious Monk
Released	2025
Music Genre	Blues and Pop / Rock
Label	ACROBAT
Condition	New
UPC	824046355920
SKU	al-824046355920

1.1 'Round About Midnight
1.2 Off Minor
1.3 Ruby My Dear
1.4 I Mean You
1.5 Thelonious
1.6 Epistrophy
1.7 Well You Needn't
1.8 Misterioso
1.9 Four in One
1.10 Who Knows
1.11 Nice Work If You Can Get It
1.12 In Walked Bud
1.13 Humph
1.14 Straight No Chaser
1.15 Suburban Eyes
1.16 Ask Me Now
1.17 Little Rootie Tootie
1.18 Sweet and Lovely
1.19 Bye-Ya
1.20 Monk's Dream
1.21 Trinkle Tinkle
1.22 These Foolish Things
1.23 Bemsha Swing
1.24 Reflections
2.1 Friday the 13th
2.2 Let's Call This
2.3 Think of One
2.4 We See
2.5 Smoke Gets in Your Eyes
2.6 Locomotive
2.7 Hackensack
2.8 Work
2.9 Nutty
2.10 Blue Monk
2.11 Just a Gigolo
2.12 Smoke Gets in Your Eyes
2.13 Eronel
2.14 Off Minor