Boxset / Compilation · 1983
Tracklist
A1 Humph 2:50
A2 Evonce (Alternate) 3:00
A3 Evonce (Master) 3:01
A4 Suburban Eyes (Master) 2:58
A5 Suburban Eyes (Alternate) 2:55
A6 Thelonious 2:58
A7 Nice Work If You Can Get It (Alternate) 3:01
B1 Nice Work If You Can Get It (Master) 3:00
B2 Ruby My Dear (Alternate) 3:03
B3 Ruby My Dear (Master) 3:05
B4 Well You Needn't (Master) 2:55
B5 Well You Needn't (Alternate) 2:52
B6 April In Paris (Alternate) 2:39
B7 April In Paris (Master) 3:17
C1 Off Minor 2:58
C2 Introspection 3:10
C3 In Walked Bud 2:54
C4 Monk's Mood 3:09
C5 Who Knows (Master) 2:40
C6 Round Midnight 3:09
C7 Who Knows (Alternate) 2:39
D1 All The Things You Are 2:57
D2 I Should Care (Alternate) 3:00
D3 I Should Care (Master) 2:59
D4 Evidence 2:31
D5 Misterioso (Master) 3:11
D6 Misterioso (Alternate) 2:43
D7 Epistrophy 3:05
D8 I Mean You 2:44
E1 Four In One (Master) 3:27
E2 Four In One (Alternate) 3:26
E3 Criss Cross (Master) 2:55
E4 Criss Cross (Alternate) 2:48
E5 Eronel 3:01
E6 Straight No Chaser 2:54
F1 Ask Me Now (Alternate) 4:26
F2 Ask Me Now (Master) 3:12
F3 Willow Weep For Me 3:00
F4 Skippy (Master) 2:55
F5 Skippy (Alternate) 3:07
F6 Hornin' In (Alternate) 3:05
G1 Hornin' In (Master) 3:07
G2 Sixteen (First Take) 3:28
G3 Sixteen (Second Take) 3:36
G4 Carolina Moon 3:25
G5 Let's Cool One 3:45
G6 I'll Follow You 3:46
H1 Reflections 7:01
H2 Misterioso 9:22
Line-up/Musicians
Alto Saxophone – Danny Quebec West (tracks: A1 to A6), Lou Donaldson (tracks: F4 to F6, G1 to G6), Sahib Shihab (tracks: C3 to C7, E1 to E6)
Bass – Al McKibbon (tracks: E1 to E6, F1 to F3), Bob Paige (tracks: C3 to C7), Gene Ramey (tracks: A1 to A7, B1 to B7, C1 to C2), John Simmons (tracks: D1 to D8), Nelson Boyd (tracks: F4 to F6, G1 to G6), Paul Chambers (tracks: H1 to H2)
Drums – Art Blakey (tracks: A1 to A7, B1 to B7, C1 to C7, E1 to E6, F1 to F3, H1 to H2), Max Roach (tracks: F4 to F6, G1 to G6), Shadow Wilson (tracks: D1 to D8)
Piano – Thelonious Monk
Tenor Saxophone – Billy Smith (tracks: A1 to A6), Lucky Thompson (tracks: F4 to F6, G1 to G6)
Tenor Saxophone, Leader – Sonny Rollins (tracks: H1 to H2)
Trumpet – George Taitt (tracks: C3 to C7), Idrees Sulieman (tracks: A1 to A6), Kenny Dorham (tracks: F4 to F6, G1 to G6)
Vibraphone – Milt Jackson (tracks: D1 to D8, E1 to E6, F3)
Vocals – Kenny Hagood (tracks: D1 to D3)
About this release
Mosaic Records – MR4-101 (US)
A1 to A6 recorded 15 October 1947.
A7, B1 to B7, C1 to C2 recorded 24 October 1947.
C3 to C7 recorded 21 November 1947.
D1 to D8 recorded 2 July 1948.
E1 to E6, F1 to F3 recorded 23 July 1951.
F4 to F6, G1 to G6 recorded 30 May 1952.
H1 to H2 recorded 14 April 1957.
Reissued in 2000 as "Complete 1947-1952 Blue Note Recordings"(Disconforme SL – JFCD22838 ,Andorra)
Thanks to snobb for the addition