Thelonious Monk - The Complete Prestige Recordings (CD)

Recorded in New York City :
Tracks 1-1 to 1-4 on October 19, 1944
Tracks 1-5 to 1-8 on October 15, 1952
Tracks 1-9 to 1-12 on December 18, 1952
Tracks 1-13 to 1-16 on November 13, 1953

Recorded at Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack, New Jersey :
Tracks 2-1 to 2-4 on May 11, 1954
Tracks 2-5 to 2-8 on September 22, 1954
Tracks 2-9 to 2-11 on October 25, 1954
Tracks 3-1 to 3-6 on December 24, 1954

Tracks 1-1 to 1-4 taken from : Coleman Hawkins " Bean And The Boys " ( 1970 )
Tracks 1-5 to 1-12 taken from : Thelonious Monk Trio " S/T " ( 1956 )
Tracks 1-13 to 1-15 taken from : Thelonious Monk Quintet " Monk " ( 1954 )
Tracks 1-16 taken from : Thelonious Monk and Sonny Rollins " S/T " ( 1956 )
Tracks 2-1 to 2-4 taken from : Thelonious Monk Quintet " Monk " ( 1954 )
Tracks 2-5 & 2-7 taken from : Thelonious Monk and Sonny Rollins " S/T " ( 1956 )
Tracks 2-6 & 2-8 taken from : Thelonious Monk Trio " S/T " ( 1956 )
Tracks 2-9 & 2-10 taken from : Thelonious Monk and Sonny Rollins " S/T " ( 1956 )
Tracks 2-11 taken from : Sonny Rollins " Moving Out " ( 1956 )
Tracks 3-1 to 3-5 taken from : Miles Davis " Bags' Groove " ( 1957 )
Tracks 3-2 to 3-4 & 3-6 taken from : Miles Davis " Miles Davis And The Modern Jazz Giants " ( 1958 )

20bit K2 SuperCoding

Three jewel case CDs in a CD-sized cardboard box including a 34-paged booklet.

℗ and © 2000, Fantasy Inc.

Format: CD

Media Condition:  Very Good Plus (VG+)
Sleeve Condition: Very Good Plus (VG+)
Country:    US  
Released:  2000
Genre:       Jazz
Style:         Bop, Hard Bop

Track listing:

1-1. Coleman Hawkins - Flyin' Hawk 2:48
1-2. Coleman Hawkins - Recollections 2:51
1-3. Coleman Hawkins - Drifting On A Reed 3:01
1-4. Coleman Hawkins - On The Bean 2:39
1-5. Thelonious Monk - Bye-Ya 2:44
1-6. Thelonious Monk - Monk's Dream 3:05
1-7. Thelonious Monk - Sweet And Lovely 3:33
1-8. Thelonious Monk - Little Rootie Tootie 3:04
1-9. Thelonious Monk - Bemsha Swing 3:08
1-10. Thelonious Monk - Reflections 2:46
1-11. Thelonious Monk - These Foolish Things 2:45
1-12. Thelonious Monk - Trinkle, Tinkle 2:47
1-13. Thelonious Monk - Think Of One (Take 1) 5:37
1-14. Thelonious Monk - Let's Call This 5:05
1-15. Thelonious Monk - Think Of One (Take 2) 5:43
1-16. Thelonious Monk, Sonny Rollins - Friday The 13th 10:35
2-1. Thelonious Monk - We See 5:14
2-2. Thelonious Monk - Locomotive 6:21
2-3. Thelonious Monk - Smoke Gets In Your Eyes 4:29
2-4. Thelonious Monk - Hackensack 5:09
2-5. Thelonious Monk - Nutty 5:15
2-6. Thelonious Monk - Just A Gigolo 2:59
2-7. Thelonious Monk - Work 5:16
2-8. Thelonious Monk - Blue Monk 7:36
2-9. Thelonious Monk, Sonny Rollins - I Want To Be Happy 7:42
2-10. Thelonious Monk, Sonny Rollins - The Way You Look Tonight 5:12
2-11. Sonny Rollins - More Than You Know 10:50
3-1. Miles Davis - Bags' Groove (Take 1) 11:07
3-2. Miles Davis - Bemsha Swing 9:30
3-3. Miles Davis - The Man I Love (Take 1) 8:28
3-4. Miles Davis - Swing Spring 10:43
3-5. Miles Davis - Bags' Groove (Take 2) 9:15
3-6. Miles Davis - The Man I Love (Take 2) 7:57

Credits: 

Art Direction, Design - Jamie Putnam
Bass - Curly Russell
Bass - Eddie Robinson (4)
Bass - Gary Mapp
Bass - Percy Heath
Bass - Tommy Potter
Compilation Producer - Eric Miller (6)
Drums - Art Blakey
Drums - Art Taylor
Drums - Denzil Best
Drums - Kenny Clarke
Drums - Max Roach
Drums - Willie Jones
Engineer - Doug Hawkins
Engineer - Rudy Van Gelder
Engineer - Unknown Artist
French Horn - Julius Watkins
Liner Notes - Peter Keepnews
Other [Production Coordination] - Rikka Arnold
Other [Production Coordination] - Terri Hinte
Photography By - Chuck Stewart
Photography By - Don Schlitten
Photography By - Esmond Edwards
Piano - Thelonious Monk
Producer - Ira Gitler
Producer - Teacho Wiltshire
Producer - Walter Thomas
Recording Supervisor [Original] - Bob Weinstock
Reissue Producer - Eric Miller (6)
Remastered By - Shigeo Miyamoto
Supervised By [Remastering] - Tamaki Beck
Tenor Saxophone - Coleman Hawkins
Tenor Saxophone - Frank Foster
Tenor Saxophone - Sonny Rollins
Trumpet - Miles Davis
Trumpet - Ray Copeland
Vibraphone - Milt Jackson