The Best Of Thelonious Monk

 

All tracks recorded between 1947-1952.

Alto Saxophone – Sahib Shihab (tracks: 5 to 7, 12 to 15)Bass – Al McKibbon (tracks: 12 to 15), Bob Paige (tracks: 5 to 7), Gene Ramey (tracks: 1 to 4,), John Simmons (tracks: 8 to 11)Compilation Producer – Michael CuscunaDrums – Art Blakey (tracks: 1 to 7, 12 to 15), Shadow Wilson (tracks: 8 to 11)

Piano – Thelonious Monk
Trumpet – George Taitt (tracks: 5 to 7)
Vibraphone – Milt Jackson (tracks: 8 to 15)

1 Thelonious  2:58     Alto Saxophone – Danny Quebec WestTrumpet – Idrees Sulieman    2 Ruby My Dear  3:05   3 Well You Needn't  2:55   4 April In Paris  3:17   5 Monk's Mood3:09   6 In Walked Bud  2:54   7 'Round Midnight  3:09   8 Evidence  2:31   9 Misterioso  3:11 10 Epistrophy  3:05 11 I Mean You  2:44 12 Four In One  3:27 13 Criss Cross  2:55 14 Straight No Chaser  2:54 15 Ask Me Now  3:12 16Skippy  2:55     Alto Saxophone – Lou DonaldsonBass – Nelson Boyd     Drums – Max RoachTenor Saxophone – Lucky Thompson     Trumpet – Kenny Dorham