The Complete Albums Collection 1954–57

~ Release by Thelonious Monk (see all versions of this release, 1 available)

Tracklist

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1Blue Monk
recording engineer:
Rudy van Gelder (on 1954-09-22)
double bass:
Percy Heath (on 1954-09-22)
drums (drum set):
Art Blakey (on 1954-09-22)
piano:
Thelonious Monk (on 1954-09-22)
recorded at:
Van Gelder Studio (Hackensack – July 1, 1959) in Hackensack, New Jersey, United States (on 1954-09-22)
recording of:
Blue Monk (on 1954-09-22)
publisher:
Thelonious Monk
composer:
Thelonious Monk
7:39
2Just a Gigolo
piano:
Thelonious Monk (on 1954-09-22)
recorded at:
Van Gelder Studio (Hackensack – July 1, 1959) in Hackensack, New Jersey, United States (on 1954-09-22)
instrumental cover recording of:
Just a Gigolo (English version) (on 1954-09-22)
lyricist:
Julius Brammer
composer:
Leonello Casucci
translator:
Irving Caesar
translated version of:
Schöner Gigolo
cover recording of:
Just a Gigolo (English version)
lyricist:
Julius Brammer
composer:
Leonello Casucci
translator:
Irving Caesar
translated version of:
Schöner Gigolo
3:00
3Bemsha Swing
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (on 1952-12-18)
double bass:
Gary Mapp (jazz double bassist) (on 1952-12-18)
drums (drum set):
Max Roach (20th century US jazz drummer & composer) (on 1952-12-18)
piano:
Thelonious Monk (on 1952-12-18)
recording of:
Bemsha Swing (instrumental) (on 1952-12-18)
composer:
Denzil Best and Thelonious Monk
publisher:
Bayes Music Corporation, Bocu Music Ltd., Embassy Music Corporation, Second Floor Music and Thelonious Music
sub-publisher:
ミュージック・セールス (Music Sales, Japan, subsidiary of Shinko Music Entertainment) and 日音 Synch事業部 (NICHION, INC. Synch Division)
3:10
4Reflections
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (on 1952-12-18)
double bass:
Gary Mapp (jazz double bassist) (on 1952-12-18)
drums (drum set):
Max Roach (20th century US jazz drummer & composer) (on 1952-12-18)
piano:
Thelonious Monk (on 1952-12-18)
recording of:
Reflections (on 1952-12-18)
composer:
Thelonious Monk
2:48
5Little Rootie Tootie
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (on 1952-10-15)
double bass:
Gary Mapp (jazz double bassist) (on 1952-10-15)
drums (drum set):
Art Blakey (on 1952-10-15)
piano:
Thelonious Monk (on 1952-10-15)
recording of:
Little Rootie Tootie (on 1952-10-15)
composer:
Thelonious Monk
3:06
6Sweet and Lovely
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (on 1952-10-15)
double bass [bass]:
Gary Mapp (jazz double bassist) (on 1952-10-15)
drums (drum set):
Art Blakey (on 1952-10-15)
piano:
Thelonious Monk (on 1952-10-15)
instrumental recording of:
Sweet and Lovely (on 1952-10-15)
lyricist:
Harry Tobias
composer:
Gus Arnheim and Charles N. Daniels
publisher:
Harry Tobias Music, Keith Prowse Music, Redwood Music, Sony/ATV Tunes LLC (ASCAP), Anne-Rachel Music Corp. (in 1931), Chappell & Co. (in 1931), Quartet Music Inc. (in 1931) and Range Road Music Inc. (in 1931)
3:33
7Bye‐Ya
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (on 1952-10-15)
double bass:
Gary Mapp (jazz double bassist) (on 1952-10-15)
drums (drum set):
Art Blakey (on 1952-10-15)
piano:
Thelonious Monk (on 1952-10-15)
recording of:
Bye‐Ya (on 1952-10-15)
composer:
Thelonious Monk
2:46
8Monk’s Dream
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (on 1952-10-15)
double bass:
Gary Mapp (jazz double bassist) (on 1952-10-15)
drums (drum set):
Art Blakey (on 1952-10-15)
piano:
Thelonious Monk (on 1952-10-15)
recording of:
Monk’s Dream (on 1952-10-15)
composer:
Thelonious Monk
3:07
9Trinkle Tinkle
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (on 1952-12-18)
double bass:
Gary Mapp (jazz double bassist) (on 1952-12-18)
drums (drum set):
Max Roach (20th century US jazz drummer & composer) (on 1952-12-18)
piano:
Thelonious Monk (on 1952-12-18)
recording of:
Trinkle Tinkle (on 1952-12-18)
composer:
Thelonious Monk (in 1952)
publisher:
Thelonious Music
2:49
10These Foolish Things
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (on 1952-12-18)
double bass:
Gary Mapp (jazz double bassist) (on 1952-12-18)
drums (drum set):
Max Roach (20th century US jazz drummer & composer) (on 1952-12-18)
piano:
Thelonious Monk (on 1952-12-18)
instrumental cover recording of:
These Foolish Things (Remind Me of You) (on 1952-12-18)
lyricist:
Holt Marvell (in 1935)
additional composer:
Harry Link (US vaudeville actor & songwriter)
composer:
Jack Strachey (in 1935)
publisher:
Boosey & Co. (music publisher founded in the 1760s, forebear of Boosey & Hawkes), Boosey & Hawkes Music Publishers, Ltd, Boosey & Hawkes, Inc. (USA, publisher; do NOT use as release label), Bourne Co. (not for release label use, this is a music publisher), Bourne, Inc., E.G. Music Inc. and Lafleur Music Ltd.
2:46
11We See
double bass:
Curley Russell (on 1954-05-11)
drums (drum set):
Art Blakey (on 1954-05-11)
piano:
Thelonious Monk (on 1954-05-11)
tenor saxophone:
Frank Foster (saxophonist) (on 1954-05-11)
trumpet:
Ray Copeland (US jazz trumpeter) (on 1954-05-11)
recorded at:
Van Gelder Studio (Hackensack – July 1, 1959) in Hackensack, New Jersey, United States (on 1954-05-11)
recording of:
We See (on 1954-05-11)
composer:
Thelonious Monk
5:17
12Smoke Gets in Your Eyes
double bass:
Curley Russell (on 1954-05-11)
drums (drum set):
Art Blakey (on 1954-05-11)
piano:
Thelonious Monk (on 1954-05-11)
tenor saxophone:
Frank Foster (saxophonist) (on 1954-05-11)
trumpet:
Ray Copeland (US jazz trumpeter) (on 1954-05-11)
recorded at:
Van Gelder Studio (Hackensack – July 1, 1959) in Hackensack, New Jersey, United States (on 1954-05-11)
recording of:
Smoke Gets in Your Eyes (on 1954-05-11)
lyricist:
Otto Harbach
composer:
Jerome Kern
publisher:
Chappell & Co Ltd., Chappell & Co., Chappell Music (UK), Chappell Music Ltd., PolyGram International Publishing, Inc. (renamed Universal PolyGram International Publishing, Inc. circa 1998), PolyGram Music Publishing Ltd., Redwood Music, T.B. Harms Co., Universal Music Publishing Ltd. (UK subsidiary of Universal Music Publishing Group) and Universal PolyGram International Publishing, Inc. (existed only since ca. 1998)
part of:
Roberta
4:32
13Locomotive
double bass:
Curley Russell (on 1954-05-11)
drums (drum set):
Art Blakey (on 1954-05-11)
piano:
Thelonious Monk (on 1954-05-11)
tenor saxophone:
Frank Foster (saxophonist) (on 1954-05-11)
trumpet:
Ray Copeland (US jazz trumpeter) (on 1954-05-11)
recorded at:
Van Gelder Studio (Hackensack – July 1, 1959) in Hackensack, New Jersey, United States (on 1954-05-11)
recording of:
Locomotive (on 1954-05-11)
composer:
Thelonious Monk
6:23
14Hackensack
double bass:
Curley Russell (on 1954-05-11)
drums (drum set):
Art Blakey (on 1954-05-11)
piano:
Thelonious Monk (on 1954-05-11)
tenor saxophone:
Frank Foster (saxophonist) (on 1954-05-11)
trumpet:
Ray Copeland (US jazz trumpeter) (on 1954-05-11)
recorded at:
Van Gelder Studio (Hackensack – July 1, 1959) in Hackensack, New Jersey, United States (on 1954-05-11)
recording of:
Hackensack (on 1954-05-11)
composer:
Thelonious Monk
5:12
15Let’s Call This
double bass:
Percy Heath (on 1953-11-13)
drums (drum set):
Willie Jones (jazz drummer, not Willie Jones III) (on 1953-11-13)
French horn:
Julius Watkins (on 1953-11-13)
piano:
Thelonious Monk (on 1953-11-13)
tenor saxophone:
Sonny Rollins (American saxophonist) (on 1953-11-13)
recorded at:
WOR Studios in New York, New York, United States (on 1953-11-13)
recording of:
Let’s Call This (on 1953-11-13)
composer:
Thelonious Monk
5:07
16Think of One
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (on 1953-11-13)
double bass:
Percy Heath (on 1953-11-13)
drums (drum set):
Willie Jones (jazz drummer, not Willie Jones III) (on 1953-11-13)
French horn:
Julius Watkins (on 1953-11-13)
piano:
Thelonious Monk (on 1953-11-13)
tenor saxophone:
Sonny Rollins (American saxophonist) (on 1953-11-13)
recording of:
Think of One (on 1953-11-13)
composer:
Thelonious Monk
publisher:
Thelonious Music
5:46
17Think of One (retake)
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (on 1953-11-13)
double bass:
Percy Heath (on 1953-11-13)
drums (drum set):
Willie Jones (jazz drummer, not Willie Jones III) (on 1953-11-13)
French horn:
Julius Watkins (on 1953-11-13)
piano:
Thelonious Monk (on 1953-11-13)
tenor saxophone:
Sonny Rollins (American saxophonist) (on 1953-11-13)
recording of:
Think of One (on 1953-11-13)
composer:
Thelonious Monk
publisher:
Thelonious Music
5:40
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