Thelonious Monk Quartet - Complete Columbia Studio Albums Collection (6CD)

Format: 6 x CD
Catalogue No.: MOCCD14467
Barcode: 8718627236956
Release Date: 06 Sep 2024
Genre: Jazz

6 CDs in a Clamshell Box with a 24-page booklet.
The set includes the following albums:
Monk’s Dream (1963)
Criss-Cross (1963)
It’s Monk’s Time (1964)
Monk (1964)
Straight, No Chaser (1967)
Underground (1968)

Thelonious Monk Quartet’s “The Complete Columbia Studio Albums Collection” 
is a treasure trove collection that brings together all the six studio albums recorded
by the iconic jazz pianist and his quartet during his tenure with Columbia Records.
 
This box set includes the albums recorded between 1960 and 1968,
showcasing Monk’s unique approach to jazz and his influence on the genre.
 
Whether you are a long-time fan or new to Monk’s music, this box set offers a comprehensive and satisfying
listening experience that highlights the genius of one of jazz’s greatest pioneers.

CD1:
1.    Monk’s Dream (Take 8)
2.    Body and Soul
3.    Bright Mississippi (Take 1)
4.    Five Spot Blues (Album Version)
5.    Blue Bolivar Blues (Take 2)
6.    Just a Gigolo
7.    Bye-Ya (Album Version)
8.    Sweet and Lovely (Album Version)
9.    Monk’s Dream (Take 3)
10.    Body and Soul (Take 1)
11.    Bright Mississippi (Take 3)
12.    Blue Bolivar Blues (Take 1)
 
CD2:
1.    Hackensack
2.    Tea for Two
3.    Criss Cross
4.    Eronel
5.    Rhythm-A-Ning
6.    Don’t Blame Me (Retake 1)
7.    Think of One
8.    Crepuscule with Nellie
9.    Pannonica
10.    Coming On the Hudson (Album Version)
11.    Tea For Two (Take 9) (Album Version)
12.    Eronel (Take 3) (Album Version)
 
CD3:
1.    Lulu’s Back In Town (Album Version)
2.    Memories Of You (Album Version)
3.    Stuffy Turkey (Album
Version)
4.    Brake’s Sake (Album Version)
5.    Nice Work If You Can Get It (Take 3) (Album Version)
6.    Shuffle Boil (Retake) (Album
Version)
7.    Epistrophy (Take 1) (Album Version)
8.    Nice Work If You Can Get It (Take 2) (Album Version)
9.    Shuffle Boil (Take 5) (Album
Version)
 
CD4:
1.    Liza (All the Clouds’ll Roll Away)
2.    April In Paris (Take 6)
3.    Children’s Song (That Old Man)
4.    I Love You (Sweetheart of All My Dreams)
5.    Just You, Just Me
6.    Pannonica (Re-take 2)
7.    Teo
8.    April In Paris (Take 1)
9.    Pannonica (Take 2)
10.    Medley: Just You, Just Me
/ Liza (All the Clouds’ll Roll Away)
 
CD5:
1.    Locomotive
2.    I Didn’t Know About You
3.    Straight, No Chaser
4.    Japanese Folk Song
5.    Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea
6.    We See
7.    This Is My Story, This Is My Song (Album Version)
8.    I Didn’t Know About You (take 1)
9.    Green Chimneys (Album Version)
 
CD6:
1.    Thelonious
2.    Ugly Beauty
3.    Raise Four
4.    Boo Boo’s Birthday (Take 11)
5.    Easy Street
6.    Green Chimneys
7.    In Walked Bud
8.    Ugly Beauty (Take 4) (Album Version)
9.    Boo Boo’s Birthday (Take 2) (Album Version)
10.    Thelonious (Take 3) (Album Version)

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