''Genius of Modern Music: Volume 1'' is the name given to at least four different compilation

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Thelonious Monk Thelonious Sphere Monk (, October 10, 1917 – February 17, 1982) was an American jazz pianist and composer. He had a unique improvisational style and made numerous contributions to the standard jazz repertoire, including " 'Round Midnight", "B ...

. Each version comprises some of Monk's first recordings as band leader for

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, recorded in 1947 (and sometimes 1948). The original 10-inch LP with this title was compiled in 1951. Two different CD compilations have been given this title. Both redistribute the material from the two volumes in a very different order. The individual volumes of both CD compilations omit a July 2, 1948, session featuring "Evidence", "Misterioso", " Epistrophy", "I Mean You", "All The Things You Are", and "I Should Care" which were released on a Milt Jackson compilation instead. A "monochrome cover" 2-CD set called "The Complete Genius" follows the track order of the original monochrome CDs but adds all 10 released Blue Note performances of these missing 6 titles between the contents of "Volume 1" and "Volume 2."

Track listing of Blue Note LP 5002 (10-inch 8 song LP, compiled 1951)

Side 1: # 'Round Midnight (as "Round About Midnight") #

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Ruby my Dear This is a list of compositions by jazz musician Thelonious Monk. 0-9 52nd Street Theme A contrafact based loosely on rhythm changes in C, and was copyrighted by Monk under the title "Nameless" in April 1944. The tune was also called "Bip Bop" b ...

# I Mean You Side 2: #

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# Epistrophy #

Well You Needn't This is a list of compositions by jazz musician Thelonious Monk. 0-9 52nd Street Theme A contrafact based loosely on rhythm changes in C, and was copyrighted by Monk under the title "Nameless" in April 1944. The tune was also called "Bip Bop" b ...

# Misterioso

Track listing of Blue Note BLP-1510 (12-inch 12-song LP, monochrome yellow cover, compiled 1956)

Side 1: # 'Round Midnight (as "Round About Midnight") #Off Minor #

#I Mean You # April In Paris #

In Walked Bud "In Walked Bud" is a 1947 jazz composition by Thelonious Monk. It was composed by Monk in honor of his friend, fellow pianist Bud Powell, and based in part on the Irving Berlin standard " Blue Skies". Monk recorded many renditions of "In Walked B ...

Side 2: #Thelonious # Epistrophy #Misterioso #

#Introspection #Humph

Track listing of earlier "yellow monochrome" cover CD, compiled circa 1989

#Humph #Evonce (alternate take) #Evonce #Suburban Eyes #Suburban Eyes (alternate take) #Thelonious #Nice Work If You Can Get It (alternate take) #Nice Work If You Can Get It #Ruby My Dear (alternate take) #Ruby My Dear #Well You Needn't #Well You Needn't (alternate take) #April In Paris (alternate take) #April In Paris #Off Minor #Introspection #

#Monk's Mood #Who Knows #'Round Midnight #Who Knows (alternate take) 1-6 recorded Oct 15, 1947
7-16 recorded Oct 24, 1947
17-21 recorded Nov 21, 1947

Re-issue

The sessions were recompiled, under the same title, on CD in 2001 as part of the RVG series. The cover art for the original 8-song LP was used. While the earlier CD grouped all takes of each title together, the recompilation put the alternate takes at the end of each session. The July 2, 1948, session featuring "Evidence", "Misterioso", "Epistrophy", "I Mean You", "All The Things You Are" and "I Should Care" was released on Blue Note CD '' Milt Jackson: Wizard of the Vibes''.

Re-issue track listing, compiled 2001

#Humph #Evonce #Suburban Eyes #Thelonious #Evonce (alternate take) #Suburban Eyes (alternate take) # Nice Work If You Can Get It #Ruby My Dear #Well You Needn't #April In Paris #Off Minor #Introspection #Nice Work If You Can Get It (alternate take) #Ruby My Dear (alternate take) #Well You Needn't (alternate take) #April In Paris (alternate take) #

#Monk's Mood #Who Knows? #'Round Midnight #Who Knows? (alternate take) 1-6 recorded Oct 15, 1947
7-16 recorded Oct 24 1947
17-21 recorded Nov 21, 1947

Personnel

- piano *

Art Blakey Arthur Blakey (October 11, 1919 – October 16, 1990) was an American jazz drummer and bandleader. He was also known as Abdullah Ibn Buhaina after he converted to Islam for a short time in the late 1940s. Blakey made a name for himself in the 1 ...

- drums *

Idrees Sulieman Idrees Sulieman (August 7, 1923 – July 23, 2002) was an American bop and hard bop trumpeter. Biography He was born Leonard Graham in St. Petersburg, Florida, United States, later changing his name to Idrees Sulieman, after converting to Isl ...

- trumpet (tracks 1 - 6) *Danny Quebec West - alto saxophone (tracks 1 - 6) *Billy Smith - tenor saxophone (tracks 1 - 6) *

Gene Ramey Gene Ramey (April 4, 1913 – December 8, 1984) was an American jazz double bassist. Ramey was born in Austin, Texas, United States, and played trumpet in college, but switched to contrabass when playing with George Corley's Royal Aces, The Moo ...

- bass (tracks 1 - 16) *George Taitt - trumpet (tracks 17 - 21) *

Sahib Shihab Sahib Shihab (born Edmund Gregory; June 23, 1925 – October 24, 1989) was an American jazz and hard bop saxophonist (baritone, alto, and soprano) and flautist. He variously worked with Luther Henderson, Thelonious Monk, Fletcher Henderson, Tad ...

- alto saxophone (tracks 17 - 21) *Bob Paige - bass (tracks 17 - 21)

References

External links

Album's page on Blue Note website
{{DEFAULTSORT:Genius Of Modern Music: Volume 1 1951 debut albums Thelonious Monk albums 1951 compilation albums Blue Note Records compilation albums