Singer: Thelonious Monk
Title: The Very Best
Label: Blue Note ‎– 7243 4 77390 2 6
Type: CD, Compilation
Country: Europe
Date of released: 2005
Category: Jazz
Style: Bop
Size MP3 zip: 1677 mb
Size FLAC zip: 1439 mb
Rating: 4.1✭
Format: MP3 MP2 MIDI MP1 MP3 AAC MPC WAV FLAC

Tracklist Hide Credits

1	Thelonious	2:57
2	Ruby My Dear	3:07
3	Well You Needn't	2:57
4	In Walked Bud	2:54
5	'Round Midnight Written-By – Hanighen*, Williams*, Monk*	3:09
6	Evidence	2:30
7	Misterioso	3:18
8	Epistrophy Written-By – K. Clarke*, T. Monk*	3:04
9	I Mean You	2:43
10	Criss Cross	2:54
11	Ask Me Now	3:13
12	Straight No Chaser	2:56
13	Let's Cool One	3:46

Companies, etc.

• Recorded At – WOR Studios
• Recorded At – Apex Studios, New York

Credits

• Alto Saxophone – Danny Quebec West (tracks: 1), Lou Donaldson (tracks: 13), Sahib Shihab (tracks: 4, 5, 10, 12)
• Bass – Al McKibbon (tracks: 10 to 12), Bob Paige (tracks: 4, 5), Gene Ramey (tracks: 1 to 3), John Simmons (tracks: 6 to 9), Nelson Boyd (tracks: 13)
• Drums – Art Blakey (tracks: 1 to 5, 10 to 12), Max Roach (tracks: 13), Shadow Wilson (tracks: 6 to 9)
• Engineer [Recording Engineer] – Doug Hawkins (tracks: 1 to 5, 10 to 13), Harry Smith (tracks: 6 to 9)
• Illustration [Cover Photo Illustrations By] – Lisa Cuscuna
• Mastered By – Kurt Lundvall
• Photography By – Francis Wolff
• Piano – Thelonious Monk
• Producer [Original Sessions Produced By] – Alfred Lion
• Reissue Producer – Michael Cuscuna
• Tenor Saxophone – Billy Smith (tracks: 1), Lucky Thompson (tracks: 13)
• Trumpet – George Taitt (tracks: 4, 5), Idrees Sulieman (tracks: 1), Kenny Dorham (tracks: 13)
• Vibraphone [Vibes] – Milt Jackson (tracks: 6 to 10, 12)
• Written-By – Thelonious Monk

Notes

Marketed and distributed by EMI. Printed in the EU. Made in The EU.

Tracks 1 to 5 recorded in october & november 1947 at WOR Studios, New York City, NY. From "Genius of Modern Music, Volume 1".
Tracks 6 to 9 recorded on July 2, 1948 at Apex Studios, New York City, NY. From "Milt Jackson Wizard of the Vibes".
Tracks 10 to 12 recorded on July 23, 1951 at WOR Studios, New York City, NY.
Track 13 recorded on May 30, 1952 at WOR Studios, New York City, NY.

Barcode and Other Identifiers

• Barcode: 724347739026
• Other (Distribution Code): UK: 477 3902
• Label Code: LC 0133
• Rights Society: BEL-BIEM

Other versions

Category	Artist	Title (Format)	Label	Category	Country	Year
7243 4 77390 2 0	Thelonious Monk	The Very Best ‎(CD, Comp)	Blue Note	7243 4 77390 2 0	US	2005