01. Byas, Don Quintet "I Can't Give You Anything But Love"
02. Guy, Joe Orchestra "Down down"
03. Page, Hot Lips "Sweet Lorraine"
04. Hawkins, Coleman Quartet "Flyin' hawk"
05. Gillespie, Dizzy Big Band "Things To Come"
06. Monk, Thelonious Sextet "Thelonious"
07. Monk, Thelonious Trio "Well, You Needn't"
08. Monk, Thelonious Trio "Ruby, My Dear"
09. Monk, Thelonious Quartet "'Round Midnight"
10. Monk, Thelonious Quartet "In Walked Bud"
11. Monk, Thelonious Quartet "Evidence"
12. Parker, Charlie & His Orchestra "Bloomdido"
13. Monk, Thelonious Quartet "Four in one"
14. Monk, Thelonious Quartet "Criss Cross"
15. Monk, Thelonious Quartet "Willow weep for me"
16. Monk, Thelonious Sextet "Skippy"
17. Monk, Thelonious Sextet "Hornin' in"
18. Monk, Thelonious Sextet "Carolina moon"
19. Monk, Thelonious Trio "Little Rootie Tootie"
20. Monk, Thelonious Trio "Monk's Dream"
21. Monk, Thelonious Trio "Trinkle Tinkle"
Disc 02
01. Monk, Thelonious Trio "Let's Call This"
02. Monk, Thelonious Quartet "Locomotive"
03. Monk, Thelonious "Portrait of an eremite"
04. Monk, Thelonious "Smoke Gets In Your Eyes"
05. Monk, Thelonious "Eronel"
06. Monk, Thelonious Trio "Blue Monk"
07. Rollins, Sonny Quartet "I Want To Be Happy"
08. Monk, Thelonious Quartet "The Way You Look Tonight"
09. Davis, Miles All Stars "The man I love"
10. Davis, Miles All Stars "Bag's Groove"
11. Newport Jazz Festival Sextet "Now's the time"
12. Monk, Thelonious Trio "It Don't Mean A Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing)"
Disc 03
01. Monk, Thelonious Trio "Black And Tan Fantasy"
02. Monk, Thelonious Trio "You Are Too Beautiful"
03. Monk, Thelonious Trio "Honeysuckle rose"
04. Monk, Thelonious Quartet "Pannonica"
05. Monk, Thelonious Quartet "Brilliant Corners"
06. Monk, Thelonious Quartet "Bemsha Swing"
07. Monk, Thelonious "Ghost of a chance"
08. Monk, Thelonious "I Should Care"
09. Rollins, Sonny Quartet "Reflections"
10. Monk, Thelonious / Coltrane, John "Monk's Mood"
11. Blakey, Art's Jazz Messengers "In walked Bud"
12. Monk, Thelonious Septet "Off Minor (Take 5)"
Disc 04
01. Monk, Thelonious Septet "Epistrophy"
02. Monk, Thelonious Quartet "Nutty"
03. Monk, Thelonious / Mulligan, Gerry "Straight, no chaser"
04. Terry, Clark Quartet "In orbit"
05. Monk, Thelonious Quartet "Coming On The Hudson"
06. Monk, Thelonious Quartet "Blues Five Spot"
07. Monk, Thelonious Quartet "Rhythm-A-Ning"
08. Monk, Thelonious Quartet "I mean you"
09. Monk, Thelonious Quintet "Jackie-Ing"
10. Monk, Thelonious "Round Lights"
11. Quartet Plus Two At The Blackhawk "I'm getting sentimental over you"
12. Monk, Thelonious Quartet "Crepuscule With Nellie"
Description:
Labelcode ACQCD7080
«The Thelonious Monk Collection 1941-61» est un coffret CD complet édité par Acrobat qui met en valeur le génie du pianiste et compositeur de jazz Thelonious Monk. Couvrant deux décennies d'enregistrements essentiels, cette compilation retrace l'évolution de l'un des pionniers du jazz moderne à travers ses 'uvres les plus marquantes comme «'Round Midnight», «Straight, No Chaser» ou encore «Blue Monk». Le fabricant Acrobat s'est forgé une réputation pour la qualité de ses rééditions et la pertinence de ses sélections musicales historiques destinées aux nouvelles générations d'auditeurs passionnés de musique classique et populaire américaine. Grâce à un livret détaillé et une restauration sonore soignée, ce coffret offre aussi bien aux néophytes qu'aux connaisseurs un panorama indispensable sur la carrière révolutionnaire de monk dont le style unique lui valut plusieurs récompenses posthumes dont son entrée au Grammy Hall of Fame.