The Columbia Years: '62-'68

~ Release by Thelonious Monk (see all versions of this release, 2 available)

Annotation

The following are restored versions previously issued in edited form:
Bye-Ya (take 1, 5:59); (October 31, 1962 - N.Y.)
Ugly Beauty (take 5, 10:45); (December 14, 1967)
In Walked Bud (6:48);
The following were previously unissued:
Thelonious (take 3, 3:10); (February 14, 1968)
Think of One (take 2, 6:04); (February 28, 1963)
Honeysuckle Rose (take 1, 7:03); (March 2, 1965)
Reflections (take 6, 4:35);
Blue Monk (take 2, 5:17); (November 19, 1968 - L.A.)
Don't Blame Me (5:47); (May 12, 1967 - Puebla, Mexico)

ASIN: B00005IBGJ, remastered box set, original release 1962

Label: Sony - Catalog #: 92683 - UPC: 827969268322 - Format: 3CD - Rel: 2004
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Annotation last modified on 2019-10-23 10:36 UTC.

Tracklist

▶ CD 1
▼ CD 2
#TitleRatingLength
1Reflections (take 6)
recording of:
Reflections
composer:
Thelonious Monk
4:37
2Blue Monk (take 2)
producer:
Teo Macero
double bass [bass]:
Larry Gales (on 1968-11-19)
drums (drum set):
Ben Riley (American jazz drummer) (on 1968-11-19)
guitar:
Howard Roberts (jazz guitarist, educator, session musician and producer) (on 1968-11-19)
percussion:
John Guerin (on 1968-11-19)
piano:
Thelonious Monk (on 1968-11-19)
saxophone:
Gene Cipriano (on 1968-11-19), Charlie Rouse (on 1968-11-19) and Ernie Watts (Ernest James Watts, jazz and blues saxophonist) (on 1968-11-19)
trombone:
Mike Wimberly (on 1968-11-19)
trumpet:
Conte Candoli (on 1968-11-19)
conductor:
Oliver Nelson (saxophone, arranger, composer) (on 1968-11-19)
arranger:
Oliver Nelson (saxophone, arranger, composer)
recording of:
Blue Monk (on 1968-11-19)
publisher:
Thelonious Monk
composer:
Thelonious Monk
5:19
3'Round Midnight (take 2)
piano:
Thelonious Monk (on 1968-11-19)
edit of:
’Round Midnight (studio, 1968-11-19, solo piano, includes false start) by Thelonious Monk
recording of:
’Round Midnight (on 1968-11-19)
lyricist:
Bernie Hanighen
composer:
Thelonious Monk and Cootie Williams
publisher:
Advanced Music, Advanced Music corp., Productions et Éditions Cinématographiques Françaises, Thelonious Music, Thelonious Music Corporation (publisher, affiliated to BMI), Ultra Empire Music, Warner Bros. Music (publisher; do NOT use as release label), Warner Bros., Inc. (not for release label use!), Warner Chappell Music Ltd. (no slash; used 1988–1996), Warner/Chappell Music Ltd. (1996–2019) and Warner/Chappell North America Limited (formerly incorporated as Marmalade Music Ltd., from 1968/09/19–1999/11/09)
is based on:
I Need You So
3:51
4Dinah (take 2)
recorded in:
Los Angeles, California, United States (on 1964-11-02)
piano:
Thelonious Monk (on 1964-11-02)
instrumental recording of:
Dinah (on 1964-11-02)
lyricist:
Sam M. Lewis (1930s lyricist) and Joe Young (US lyricist)
composer:
Harry Akst
publisher:
B & G Akst Publishing Co., EMI Mills Music Inc. (ASCAP-affiliated) and Morley Music Corp.
part of:
The Girl’s Suite
2:31
5Ask Me Now (take 1)
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (on 1965-02-23)
piano:
Thelonious Monk (on 1965-02-23)
recording of:
Ask Me Now
composer:
Thelonious Monk
publisher:
Thelonious Music Corporation (publisher, affiliated to BMI)
3:45
6Ruby, My Dear (take 1)
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (on 1965-03-02)
piano:
Thelonious Monk (on 1965-03-02)
recording of:
Ruby, My Dear (on 1965-03-02)
composer:
Thelonious Monk (in 1948)
publisher:
Embassy Music Corporation
4:47
7Don't Blame Me
recorded in:
Puebla, Puebla, Mexico (on 1967-05-12)
piano:
Thelonious Monk (on 1967-05-12)
recording of:
Don’t Blame Me (on 1967-05-12)
lyricist:
Dorothy Fields (American librettist and lyricist)
composer:
Jimmy McHugh (songwriter)
premiered at:
reputation Stadium Tour: Glendale (2018-05-08)
publisher:
EMI Robbins Catalog Inc. (ASCAP) and Ireneadele Publishing
5:50
8(When It's) Darkness on the Delta
piano:
Thelonious Monk (on 1963-12-30)
recorded at:
Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts in Manhattan, New York, New York, United States (on 1963-12-30)
live instrumental recording of:
(When It's) Darkness on the Delta (on 1963-12-30)
lyricist:
Al J. Neiburg (lyricist) and Marty Symes (lyricist)
composer:
Jerry Livingston (songwriter)
5:08
9Played Twice
double bass:
Butch Warren (on 1963-12-30)
drums (drum set):
Frankie Dunlop (on 1963-12-30)
piano:
Thelonious Monk (on 1963-12-30)
tenor saxophone:
Charlie Rouse (on 1963-12-30)
recorded at:
Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts in Manhattan, New York, New York, United States (on 1963-12-30)
live recording of:
Played Twice (on 1963-12-30)
composer:
Thelonious Monk
7:34
10I Mean You
cornet:
Thad Jones (on 1963-12-30)
double bass:
Butch Warren (on 1963-12-30)
drums (drum set):
Frankie Dunlop (on 1963-12-30)
piano:
Thelonious Monk (on 1963-12-30)
reeds:
Gene Allen (baritone saxophonist) (on 1963-12-30) and Phil Woods (US jazz woodwind player) (on 1963-12-30)
soprano saxophone:
Steve Lacy (jazz saxophonist and composer 1934–2004) (on 1963-12-30)
tenor saxophone:
Charlie Rouse (on 1963-12-30)
trombone:
Eddie Bert (on 1963-12-30)
trumpet:
Nick Travis (on 1963-12-30)
arranger:
Hall Overton
recorded at:
Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts in Manhattan, New York, New York, United States (on 1963-12-30)
live recording of:
I Mean You (on 1963-12-30)
composer:
Coleman Hawkins and Thelonious Monk
12:49
11Bemsha Swing
recorded in:
Tokyo, Japan (on 1963-05-21)
bass:
Butch Warren (on 1963-05-21)
drums (drum set):
Frankie Dunlop (on 1963-05-21)
piano:
Thelonious Monk (on 1963-05-21)
tenor saxophone:
Charlie Rouse (on 1963-05-21)
recorded at:
Sankei Hall in Tokyo, Japan (on 1963-05-21)
live recording of:
Bemsha Swing (instrumental) (on 1963-05-21)
composer:
Denzil Best and Thelonious Monk
publisher:
Bayes Music Corporation, Bocu Music Ltd., Embassy Music Corporation, Second Floor Music and Thelonious Music
sub-publisher:
ミュージック・セールス (Music Sales, Japan, subsidiary of Shinko Music Entertainment) and 日音 Synch事業部 (NICHION, INC. Synch Division)
4:26
12Jackie-Ing
recorded in:
Tokyo, Japan (on 1963-05-21)
bass:
Butch Warren (on 1963-05-21)
drums (drum set):
Frankie Dunlop (on 1963-05-21)
piano:
Thelonious Monk (on 1963-05-21)
tenor saxophone:
Charlie Rouse (on 1963-05-21)
recorded at:
Sankei Hall in Tokyo, Japan (on 1963-05-21)
live recording of:
Jackie‐ing (on 1963-05-21)
composer:
Thelonious Monk
publisher:
Thelonious Music
recording of:
Jackie‐ing
composer:
Thelonious Monk
publisher:
Thelonious Music
5:03
▶ CD 3