The Columbia Years '62-'68

by Thelonious Monk

The Columbia Years '62-'68 cover art
  • Type: Compilation
  • Released: 19 June 2001
  • Label: Columbia
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 3:27:40
  • Community rating: 4.21/5 from 1 rating

Album Notes & Community Reviews

This Legacy box gathers Thelonious Monk's complete Columbia recordings of 1962 to 1968, principally with his quartet featuring tenor saxophonist Charlie Rouse. Albums such as 'Monk's Dream' and 'Underground' are presented alongside alternate takes, documenting Monk's most stable working band.

Genres

Descriptors: piano, improvisation, acoustic, rhythmic, melodic

Tracklist

  1. Monk Speaks (0:04)
  2. Bye-Ya (5:59)
  3. Coming On The Hudson (7:31)
  4. Rhythm-A-Ning (3:53)
  5. Think Of One (6:04)
  6. Pannonica (6:45)
  7. Crepuscule With Nellie (2:44)
  8. April In Paris (7:59)
  9. Ugly Beauty (10:45)
  10. Honeysuckle Rose (7:03)
  11. In Walked Bud (6:48)
  12. Thelonious (3:10)
  13. Reflections (4:35)
  14. Blue Monk (5:17)
  15. 'Round Midnight (3:49)
  16. Dinah (2:28)
  17. Ask Me Now (3:42)
  18. Ruby, My Dear (4:44)
  19. Don't Blame Me (5:47)
  20. (When It's) Darkness On The Delta (5:05)
  21. Played Twice (7:32)
  22. I Mean You (12:49)
  23. Bemsha Swing (4:25)
  24. Jackie-Ing (5:07)
  25. Nutty (13:52)
  26. Straight, No Chaser (11:15)
  27. Evidence (9:01)
  28. Epistrophy (5:33)
  29. Well, You Needn't (9:17)
  30. Misterioso (8:22)
  31. Hackensack (8:03)
  32. Bright Mississippi (8:12)

Credits

  • Thelonious Monk - primary artist, piano, composed by
  • Phil Woods - alto saxophone, clarinet
  • Oliver Nelson - arranged by, conductor
  • Gene Allen - baritone saxophone, clarinet, bass clarinet
  • Buddy Collette - reeds, arranged by, conductor, soloist, alto saxophone
  • Bobby Bryant - trumpet, soloist, trumpet
  • Orrin Keepnews - compilation producer [reissue compilation producer]
  • Peter Keepnews - liner notes
  • Teo Macero - producer [original recordings]
  • E.Y. Harburg - composed by
  • Vernon Duke - composed by
  • Andy Razaf - composed by
  • Fats Waller - composed by
  • Bernie Hanighen - composed by
  • Cootie Williams - composed by
  • Harry Akst - composed by
  • Joe Young - composed by
  • Sam Lewis - composed by
  • Jimmy McHugh & Dorothy Fields - composed by
  • Al Neiburg - composed by
  • Jerry Livingston - composed by
  • Marty Symes - composed by
  • Coleman Hawkins - composed by

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