The Complete Riverside Recordings

Album by Thelonious Monk

Jazz

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Disc 1

  1. 1.
    It Don’t Mean a Thing (If It Ain’t Got That Swing)
    4:40
  2. 2.
    Sophisticated Lady
    4:30
  3. 3.
    I Got It Bad (and That Ain’t Good)
    5:55
  4. 4.
    Black and Tan Fantasy
    3:28
  5. 5.
    Mood Indigo
    3:16
  6. 6.
    I Let a Song Go Out of My Heart
    5:43
  7. 7.
    Solitude
    3:45
  8. 8.
    Caravan
    5:59
  9. 9.
    Liza, All the Clouds’ll Roll Away
    3:14
  10. 10.
    Memories of You
    4:19
  11. 11.
    Honeysuckle Rose
    5:35
  12. 12.
    Darn That Dream
    6:33
  13. 13.
    Tea for Two
    5:55

Disc 2

  1. 2.
    You Are Too Beautiful
    4:58
  2. 3.
    Just You, Just Me
    8:02
  3. 4.
    Ba-lue Bolivar Ba-lues-are
    13:27
  4. 5.
    Pannonica (opening)
    2:38
  5. 6.
    Pannonica
    8:54
  6. 7.
    Brilliant Corners
    7:51
  7. 8.
    Bemsha Swing
    7:55
  8. 9.
    I Surrender, Dear
    5:32

Disc 3

  1. 3.
    I Don't Stand a Ghost of a Chance With You (take 5)
    4:15
  2. 4.
    I Don't Stand a Ghost of a Chance With You (take 7)
    4:25
  3. 5.
    I Should Care (take 1)
    3:32
  4. 6.
    I Should Care (take 2)
    3:23
  5. 7.
    I Should Care (take 3)
    3:17
  6. 8.
    ’Round Midnight (in progress)
    21:59
  7. 9.
    ’Round Midnight (take 7)
    6:44
  8. 10.
    April in Paris
    3:55
  9. 11.
    I’m Getting Sentimental Over You
    4:08
  10. 12.
    Monk’s Mood (false start)
    1:01
  11. 13.
    Monk’s Mood
    7:53

Disc 4

  1. 4.
    Functional (alternate take 1)
    9:44
  2. 5.
    Functional (take 2)
    9:20
  3. 6.
    All Alone
    4:53
  4. 7.
    Crepuscule With Nellie (take 1)
    4:34
  5. 8.
    Crepuscule With Nellie (breakdown)
    1:02
  6. 9.
    Blues for Tomorrow
    13:33
  7. 10.
    Off Minor (alternate take 4)
    5:15
  8. 11.
    Off Minor (take 5)
    5:09
  9. 12.
    Abide With Me
    0:55
  10. 13.
    Crepuscule With Nellie (takes 4/5)
    4:47
  11. 14.
    Crepuscule With Nellie (take 6)
    4:40

Disc 5

  1. 5.
    Epistrophy (fragment)
    1:48
  2. 6.
    Epistrophy
    10:47
  3. 7.
    Well, You Needn’t (opening)
    1:28
  4. 8.
    Well, You Needn’t
    11:27
  5. 9.
    Ruby, My Dear
    5:28
  6. 10.
    Ruby, My Dear
    6:21
  7. 11.
    Nutty
    6:41
  8. 12.
    Trinkle, Tinkle
    6:41
  9. 13.
    Straight, No Chaser (alternate take 1)
    5:31
  10. 14.
    Straight, No Chaser (take 3)
    7:01
  11. 15.
    Rhythm-a-ning
    5:19

Disc 6

  1. 6.
    I Mean You (alternate take 1)
    6:24
  2. 7.
    I Mean You (alternate take 2)
    6:34
  3. 8.
    I Mean You (take 4)
    6:55
  4. 9.
    ’Round Midnight
    8:32
  5. 10.
    Decidedly (stereo take 4)
    5:56
  6. 11.
    Decidedly (monaural take 5)
    6:39
  7. 12.
    Sweet and Lovely
    7:18
  8. 13.
    Coming on the Hudson
    6:06
  9. 14.
    In Orbit
    4:44
  10. 15.
    One Foot in the Gutter
    7:21

Disc 7

  1. 7.
    Trust in Me
    4:31
  2. 8.
    Let’s Cool One
    4:56
  3. 9.
    Pea Eye
    4:30
  4. 10.
    Argentia
    6:14
  5. 11.
    Moonlight Fiesta
    2:36
  6. 12.
    Buck's Business
    3:23
  7. 13.
    Flugelin’ the Blues
    7:02
  8. 14.
    Very Near Blue
    3:05
  9. 15.
    Evidence
    10:16
  10. 16.
    Blues Five Spot
    9:56
  11. 17.
    In Walked Bud / Epistrophy (theme)
    10:57

Disc 8

  1. 8.
    [unidentified solo piano]
    1:55
  2. 9.
    ’Round Midnight
    6:18
  3. 10.
    Bye-Ya / Epistrophy (theme)
    11:57
  4. 11.
    Light Blue
    5:15
  5. 12.
    Coming on the Hudson
    5:23
  6. 13.
    Rhythm-a-ning
    9:28
  7. 14.
    Just a Gigolo
    2:09
  8. 15.
    Blue Monk
    8:29
  9. 16.
    Evidence
    8:45
  10. 17.
    Epistrophy (theme)
    1:07

Disc 9

  1. 9.
    Nutty
    5:23
  2. 10.
    Blues Five Spot
    8:12
  3. 11.
    Let’s Cool One
    9:15
  4. 12.
    In Walked Bud
    11:20
  5. 13.
    Misterioso
    10:47
  6. 14.
    Epistrophy (theme #2)
    1:04
  7. 15.
    In Walked Bud
    7:08
  8. 16.
    Blue Monk
    8:20

Disc 10

  1. 10.
    Rhythm-a-ning
    6:52
  2. 11.
    Monk’s Mood
    10:21
  3. 12.
    Friday the 13th
    9:30
  4. 13.
    Little Rootie Tootie
    8:53
  5. 14.
    Off Minor
    7:51
  6. 15.
    Thelonious
    3:04
  7. 16.
    Crepuscule With Nellie
    4:51
  8. 17.
    Little Rootie Tootie (encore)
    8:31

Disc 11

  1. 11.
    Played Twice (take 1, 2nd alternate)
    6:58
  2. 12.
    Played Twice (alternate take 2)
    7:55
  3. 13.
    Played Twice (take 3)
    8:02
  4. 14.
    Straight, No Chaser
    9:23
  5. 15.
    Ask Me Now
    10:48
  6. 16.
    I Mean You
    9:50
  7. 17.
    Jackie-ing
    6:10
  8. 18.
    Round Lights
    3:39
  9. 19.
    Pannonica
    3:55
  10. 20.
    Blue Monk
    3:44

Disc 12

  1. 12.
    Ruby, My Dear
    4:02
  2. 13.
    There's Danger in Your Eyes, Cherie (alternate take 1)
    4:08
  3. 14.
    There's Danger in Your Eyes, Cherie (take 2)
    4:25
  4. 15.
    Everything Happens to Me
    5:42
  5. 16.
    Reflections
    5:09
  6. 17.
    Remember
    2:47
  7. 18.
    Bluehawk
    3:43
  8. 19.
    You Took the Words Right Out of My Heart
    4:07
  9. 20.
    San Francisco Holiday
    8:54
  10. 21.
    Just You, Just Me
    7:12
  11. 22.
    ’Round Midnight
    7:58
  12. 23.
    San Francisco Holiday (alternate take 2)
    8:31

Disc 13

  1. 13.
    I’m Getting Sentimental Over You
    6:14
  2. 14.
    Evidence
    7:10
  3. 15.
    Epistrophy (theme)
    1:04
  4. 16.
    Epistrophy
    6:42
  5. 17.
    Four in One (take 1)
    7:36
  6. 18.
    Let’s Call This
    8:36
  7. 19.
    ’Round Midnight
    12:05
  8. 20.
    San Francisco Holiday (Worry Later) (take 3)
    9:11
  9. 21.
    Four in One (take 2)
    8:44
  10. 22.
    Epistrophy (theme)
    1:15

Disc 14

  1. 14.
    Well, You Needn’t
    11:30
  2. 15.
    Crepuscule With Nellie
    2:39
  3. 16.
    Jackie-ing
    10:12
  4. 17.
    Body and Soul
    2:47
  5. 18.
    Off Minor
    11:41
  6. 19.
    April in Paris
    1:18
  7. 20.
    I Mean You
    11:02
  8. 21.
    Rhythm-a-ning
    10:37
  9. 22.
    Just a Gigolo
    1:45

Disc 15

  1. 15.
    Hackensack
    9:46
  2. 16.
    Epistrophy
    6:12
  3. 17.
    I’m Getting Sentimental Over You
    8:36
  4. 18.
    Jackie-ing
    4:53
  5. 19.
    Body and Soul
    4:48
  6. 20.
    Straight, No Chaser
    9:03
  7. 21.
    Crepuscule With Nellie
    2:42
  8. 22.
    Bemsha Swing
    6:56
  9. 23.
    San Francisco Holiday
    5:57
  10. 24.
    Rhythm-a-ning
    5:47
  11. 25.
    Epistrophy
    5:03

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