Boxset / Compilation · 2010
Tracklist
CD1:
Bye-Ya;
We See;
Blue Monk;
I Want to Be Happy;
Bemsha Swing;
Caravan;
Tea For Two;
Pannonica;
Brilliant Corners;
'Round Midnight
CD2:
Well, You Needn't;
Off Minor (Take 5);
Epistrophy;
Trinkle, Tinkle;
Rhythm-a-ning;
Evidence;
Nutty;
Little Rootie Tootie;
Straight, No Chaser;
Ruby, My Dear;
Four in One (Take 2)
Line-up/Musicians
Thelonious Monk: piano;
Gary Mapp: bass (CD1#2);
Art Blakey: drums (CD1#1-3, CD1#7, CD#1-3),
Ray Copeland: trumpet (CD1#2, CD2#1);
Frank Foster: tenor saxophone (CD1#2),
Curly Russell: bass (CD1#2);
Sonny Rollins: tenor saxophone (CD1#4, CD1#8,-9);
Tommy Potter: bass (CD1#4);
Art Taylor: drums (CD1#4, CD2#8-9);
Miles Davis: trumpet (CD1#5);
Milt Jackson: vibes (CD1#5);
Percy Heath: bass (CD1#5);
Kenny Clarke: drums (CD1#5-6);
Oscar Pettiford: bass (CD1#6- 9);
Ernie Henry: alto saxophone (CD1#8-9);
Max Roach: drums (CD1#8-9);
Gigi Gryce: alto saxophone (CD2#1-3);
John Coltrane: tenor saxophone (CD2#1- 4); Coleman Hawkins: tenor saxophone (CD2#1-3); Wilbur Ware: bass (CD2#1-5);
Shadow Wilson: drums (CD2#4-5);
Gerry Mulligan: baritone saxophone (CD2#5); Johnny Griffin: tenor saxophone (CD2#6-7); Ahmed Abdul-Malik: bass (CD2#6-7);
Roy Haynes: drums (CD2#6-7);
Jay McAllister: tuba (CD2#8);
Robert Northern: French horn (CD2#8);
Eddie Bert: trombone (CD2#8);
Donald Byrd: trumpet (CD2#8);
Pepper Adams: baritone saxophone (CD2#8); Charlie Rouse: tenor saxophone (CD2#8-9, CD2#11);
Phil Woods: alto saxophone (CD2#8);
Sam Jones: bass (CD2#8);
Thad Jones: cornet (CD2#9);
Joe Gordon: trumpet (CD2#11);
John Ore: bass (CD2#11);
Billy Higgins: drums (CD2#11)
About this release
Prestige / Concord Music Group
Thanks to snobb for the addition