10" Vinyl! Newly Remastered for Blue Note 75th Anniversary Vinyl!
Volume one of Genius of Modern Music features the first sessions Thelonious Monk recorded as a leader in 1947. These sessions include some of the earliest Monk recordings that would become standards including “Round About Midnight” which is now one of the most popular jazz compositions ever. This first volume of Genius of Modern Music belongs in every jazz collection.
Newly remastered for vinyl as part of an overall Blue Note 75th anniversary vinyl reissue campaign spearheaded by current Blue Note Records President, Don Was.
"It's impossible to overstate the importance of these sessions...the excitement of discovery permeates every measure, and Monk himself is in top form, his solos jagged and strange, yet utterly beautiful." -Rick Anderson, allmusic.com
Features:
• 10" Vinyl
• Remastered & reissued as part of the Blue Note 75th Anniversary campaign
• Includes special Blue Note 75 vinyl sleeve that features album cover art for 75 Blue Note Titles
• First run pressings to include Blue Note 75th logo on back of package
Musicians:
Thelonious Monk, piano
Danny Quebec West, alto saxophone
Edmund Gregory, alto saxophone
Robert Paige, bass
Gene Ramey, bass
John Simmons, bass
Art Blakey, drums
Shadow Wilson, drums
Billy Smith, tenor saxophone
George Taitt, trumpet
Idrees Sulieman, trumpet
Milton Jackson, vibraphone
Selections:
1. 'Round About Midnight
2. Off Minor
3. Ruby, My Dear
4. I Mean You
5. Thelonious
6. Epistrophy
7. Well, You Needn't
8. Misterioso
Volume one of Genius of Modern Music features the first sessions Thelonious Monk recorded as a leader in 1947. These sessions include some of the earliest Monk recordings that would become standards including “Round About Midnight” which is now one of the most popular jazz compositions ever. This first volume of Genius of Modern Music belongs in every jazz collection.
Newly remastered for vinyl as part of an overall Blue Note 75th anniversary vinyl reissue campaign spearheaded by current Blue Note Records President, Don Was.
"It's impossible to overstate the importance of these sessions...the excitement of discovery permeates every measure, and Monk himself is in top form, his solos jagged and strange, yet utterly beautiful." -Rick Anderson, allmusic.com
Features:
• 10" Vinyl
• Remastered & reissued as part of the Blue Note 75th Anniversary campaign
• Includes special Blue Note 75 vinyl sleeve that features album cover art for 75 Blue Note Titles
• First run pressings to include Blue Note 75th logo on back of package
Musicians:
Thelonious Monk, piano
Danny Quebec West, alto saxophone
Edmund Gregory, alto saxophone
Robert Paige, bass
Gene Ramey, bass
John Simmons, bass
Art Blakey, drums
Shadow Wilson, drums
Billy Smith, tenor saxophone
George Taitt, trumpet
Idrees Sulieman, trumpet
Milton Jackson, vibraphone
Selections:
1. 'Round About Midnight
2. Off Minor
3. Ruby, My Dear
4. I Mean You
5. Thelonious
6. Epistrophy
7. Well, You Needn't
8. Misterioso