Disc 17

THELONIOUS MONK: GENIUS OF MODERN MUSIC VOLUME ONE

1 HUMPH (THELONIOUS MONK)_2:52
2 EVONCE (I. SULIEMAN-I. QUEBEC)_3:01
3 SUBURBAN EYES (IKE QUEBEC)_2:59
4 THELONIOUS (THELONIOUS MONK)_2:57
5 EVONCE (I. SULIEMAN-I. QUEBEC)_3:00
6 SUBURBAN EYES (IKE QUEBEC)_2:54       
7 NICE WORK IF YOU CAN GET IT (G. GERSHWIN-I. GERSHWIN)_3:01
8 RUBY MY DEAR (THELONIOUS MONK)_3:07
9 WELL YOU NEEDN'T (THELONIOUS MONK)_2:57
10 APRIL IN PARIS (V. DUKE-E. Y. HARBURG)_3:20
11 OFF MINOR (THELONIOUS MONK)_2:59
12 INTROSPECTION (THELONIOUS MONK)_3:11
13 NICE WORK IF YOU CAN GET IT (ALTERNATE TAKE)_3:04
14 RUBY MY DEAR (ALTERNATE TAKE)_3:04
15 WELL YOU NEEDN'T (ALTERNATE TAKE)_2:54
16 APRIL IN PARIS (ALTERNATE TAKE)_2:41
17 IN WALKED BUD (THELONIOUS MONK)_2:54
18 MONK'S MOOD (THELONIOUS MONK)_3:06
19 WHO KNOWS? (THELONIOUS MONK)_2:40
20 ROUND MIDNIGHT (THELONIOUS MONK)_3:09
21 WHO KNOWS? (ALTERNATE TAKE)_2:45

IDREES SULIEMAN, trumpet; DANNY QUEBEC WEST, alto saxophone; BILLY SMITH. tenor saxophone; THELONIOUS MONK, piano; GENE RAMEY, bass; ART BLAKEY, drums (#1-6)

THELONIOUS MONK, piano; GENE RAMEY, bass; ART BLAKEY, drums (#7-16)

GEORGE TAITT, trumpet; SAHIB SHIHAB, alto saxophone; THELONIOUS MONK, piano; BOB PAIGE, bass; ART BLAKEY, drums (#17-21)

Produced by Alfred Lion; Recorded on October 15, 1947 (#1-6), October 24, 1947 (#7-16), and November 21, 1947 (#17-21 at WOR Studio, New York City; Originally recorded by Doug Hawkins; Remastered in 2001 by Rudy Van Gelder; All transfers from analog to digital were made at 24-bit resolution; Cover photograph by Francis Wolff; Cover design by Paul Bacon; Oiginally issued as Blue Note LP 5002.

(P) 2001 Blue Note Records