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Genius Of Modern Music Volume One

Thelonious Monk (piano), Art Blakey (drums), Bob Paige (bass), George Taitt (trumpet), Sahib Shihab (alto saxophone), Gene Ramey (bass), Shadow Wilson (drums), Milt Jackson (vibraphone), John Simmons (bass), Idrees Sulieman (trumpet), Danny Quebec West (alto saxophone), Billy Smith (tenor saxophone)

  • Penguin Guide to Jazz
    Crowned
  • The New Yorker
    Top 100 Jazz Albums
  • Jazz 100
    Top 100 Jazz Albums
    Top 100 (Pre-1980)

This release includes a digital booklet

Contents

Thelonious Monk, Cootie Williams: 'Round Midnight

Work length3:09
$1.10
$1.50
  • Thelonious Monk (piano), George Taitt (trumpet), Sahib Shihab (alto saxophone), Gene Ramey (bass (vocal)), Bob Paige (bass (vocal)), Art Blakey (drums)
  • Recorded: 2013
  • Recording Venue: WOR Studios, New York

Monk, T: Off Minor

Work length2:59
$1.10
$1.50
  • Thelonious Monk (piano), Gene Ramey (bass (vocal)), Art Blakey (drums)
  • Recorded: 2013
  • Recording Venue: WOR Studios, New York

Monk, T: Ruby, My Dear

Work length3:06
$1.10
$1.50
  • Thelonious Monk (piano), Gene Ramey (bass (vocal)), Art Blakey (drums)
  • Recorded: 2013
  • Recording Venue: WOR Studios, New York

Monk, T: I Mean You

Work length2:45
$1.10
$1.50
  • Thelonious Monk (piano), Milt Jackson (vibraphone), John Simmons (bass (vocal)), Shadow Wilson (drums)
  • Recorded: 2013
  • Recording Venue: Apex Studios, New York

Duke, V: April in Paris

Work length3:20
$1.10
$1.50
  • Thelonious Monk (piano), Gene Ramey (bass (vocal)), Art Blakey (drums)
  • Recorded: 2013
  • Recording Venue: WOR Studios, New York

Monk, T: In Walked Bud

Work length2:54
$1.10
$1.50
  • Thelonious Monk (piano), George Taitt (trumpet), Sahib Shihab (alto saxophone), Gene Ramey (bass (vocal)), Bob Paige (bass (vocal)), Art Blakey (drums)
  • Recorded: 1948
  • Recording Venue: WOR Studios, New York

Monk, T: Thelonious

Work length2:58
$1.10
$1.50
  • Thelonious Monk (piano), Idrees Sulieman (trumpet), Danny Quebec West (alto saxophone), Billy Smith (tenor saxophone), Gene Ramey (bass (vocal)), Art Blakey (drums)
  • Recorded: 2013
  • Recording Venue: WOR Studios, New York

Monk, T: Epistrophy

Work length3:07
$1.10
$1.50
  • Thelonious Monk (piano), Milt Jackson (vibraphone), John Simmons (bass (vocal)), Shadow Wilson (drums)
  • Recorded: 2013
  • Recording Venue: Apex Studios, New York

Monk, T: Misterioso

Work length3:20
$1.10
$1.50
  • Thelonious Monk (piano), Kenny "Pancho" Hagood (vocals), Milt Jackson (vibraphone), John Simmons (bass (vocal)), Shadow Wilson (drums)
  • Recorded: 2013
  • Recording Venue: Apex Studios, New York

Monk, T: Well You Needn't

Work length2:57
$1.10
$1.50
  • Thelonious Monk (piano), Gene Ramey (bass (vocal)), Art Blakey (drums)
  • Recorded: 2013
  • Recording Venue: WOR Studios, New York

Monk, T: Introspection

Work length3:10
$1.10
$1.50
  • Thelonious Monk (piano), Gene Ramey (bass (vocal)), Art Blakey (drums)
  • Recorded: 2013
  • Recording Venue: WOR Studios, New York

Monk, T: Humph

Work length2:50
$1.10
$1.50
  • Thelonious Monk (piano), Idrees Sulieman (trumpet), Danny Quebec West (alto saxophone), Billy Smith (tenor saxophone), Gene Ramey (bass (vocal)), Art Blakey (drums)
  • Recorded: 2013
  • Recording Venue: WOR Studios, New York