Thelonious Monk – Ken Burns Jazz Collection (2000)

1 	Well You Needn't	2:55

    Bass – Gene Ramey
    Drums – Art Blakey

2 	Epistrophy	3:05
3 	Misterioso	3:20

    Bass – John Simmons
    Drums – Shadow Wilson
    Vibraphone – Milt Jackson

4 	Straight, No Chaser		2:55

    Alto Saxophone – Sahib Shihab
    Bass – Al McKibbon
    Drums – Art Blakey
    Vibraphone – Milt Jackson

5 	Blue Monk	7:36

    Bass – Percy Heath
    Drums – Art Blakey

6 	Brilliant Corners	7:45

    Alto Saxophone – Ernie Henry
    Bass – Oscar Pettiford
    Drums – Max Roach
    Tenor Saxophone – Sonny Rollins

7 	Ruby, My Dear	6:18

    Bass – Wilbur Ware
    Drums – Shadow Wilson
    Tenor Saxophone – John Coltrane

8 	Trinkle, Trinkle	6:38

    Bass – Wilbur Ware
    Drums – Shadow Wilson
    Tenor Saxophone – John Coltrane

9 	Off Minor	7:49

    Alto Saxophone – Phil Woods
    Arranged By – Hall Overton
    Baritone Saxophone – Pepper Adams
    Bass – Sam Jones
    Drums – Art Taylor
    French Horn – Bob Northern
    Tenor Saxophone – Charlie Rouse
    Trombone – Eddie Bert
    Trumpet – Donald Byrd
    Tuba – Jay McAllister

10 	Rhythm-A-Ning	3:53
11 	Criss Cross	4:40

    Bass – John Ore
    Drums – Frankie Dunlop
    Tenor Saxophone – Charlie Rouse

12 	Green Chimneys	9:03

    Bass – Larry Gales
    Drums – Ben Riley
    Tenor Saxophone – Charlie Rouse

13 	'Round Midnight 	3:48
14 	Nice Work If You Can Get It 	5:10

    Piano – Thelonious Monk

In conjunction with the release of Ken Burns' ten-part, 19-hour epic PBS documentary Jazz, Columbia issued 22 single-disc compilations devoted to jazz's most significant artists, as well as a five-disc historical summary. Since the individual compilations attempt to present balanced overviews of each artist's career, tracks from multiple labels have thankfully been licensed where appropriate. Accordingly, Thelonious Monk's volume draws from his early piano trio recordings with Blue Note and his expanded ensembles and solo explorations for Riverside and Columbia. Monk frequently re-recorded many of his now-standard compositions in different formats, so it's difficult to choose definitive versions; the compilers have wisely opted to present the full spectrum of arrangement approaches Monk employed over the course of his career. Not quite all of Monk's best-known pieces are here, but the vast majority are: "Well You Needn't," "Misterioso," "Epistrophy," "Straight, No Chaser," "Ruby, My Dear," and of course "'Round Midnight." There are also excellent supplementary choices like "Brilliant Corners," which was too complicated to really become a standard (and had to be pieced together from several studio takes because the musicians never quite got through it flawlessly). Monk made a tremendous amount of brilliant, harmonically quirky music over the course of his career, and Ken Burns Jazz makes an excellent entry point for the neophyte who wants to begin exploring what Monk was all about. ---Steve Huey, Rovi

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