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The Complete Prestige Recordings

Thelonious Monk

2000 · Jazz

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The Complete Prestige Recordings by Thelonious Monk

The Complete Prestige Recordings is a Jazz album by Thelonious Monk, originally released in 2000. On Gatefold: 3 pressings tracked.

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Tracklist

  1. 1-1Flyin' Hawk2:48
  2. 1-2Recollections2:51
  3. 1-3Drifting On A Reed3:01
  4. 1-4On The Bean2:39
  5. 1-5Bye-Ya2:44
  6. 1-6Monk's Dream3:05
  7. 1-7Sweet And Lovely3:33
  8. 1-8Little Rootie Tootie3:04
  9. 1-9Bemsha Swing3:08
  10. 1-10Reflections2:46
  11. 1-11These Foolish Things2:45
  12. 1-12Trinkle, Tinkle2:47
  13. 1-13Think Of One (Take 1)5:37
  14. 1-14Let's Call This5:05
  15. 1-15Think Of One (Take 2)5:43
  16. 1-16Friday The 13th10:35
  17. 2-1We See5:14
  18. 2-2Locomotive6:21
  19. 2-3Smoke Gets In Your Eyes4:29
  20. 2-4Hackensack5:09
  21. 2-5Nutty5:15
  22. 2-6Just A Gigolo2:59
  23. 2-7Work5:16
  24. 2-8Blue Monk7:36
  25. 2-9I Want To Be Happy7:42
  26. 2-10The Way You Look Tonight5:12
  27. 2-11More Than You Know10:50
  28. 3-1Bags' Groove (Take 1)11:07
  29. 3-2Bemsha Swing9:30
  30. 3-3The Man I Love (Take 1)8:28
  31. 3-4Swing Spring10:43
  32. 3-5Bags' Groove (Take 2)9:15
  33. 3-6The Man I Love (Take 2)7:57

Sound DNA

  • Jazz
  • Bebop & Hard Bop
  • brittle
  • playful
  • urban

Album notes

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Notes from the original pressing. Later editions may differ.

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

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