VC #3: Thelonious Monk 'Genius of Modern Music vol 1'

This album covers very early Monk recordings from the mid to late Forties. Already there is significant proof of the groundbreaking role Monk would play in jazz development. Included are Monk classics as Round About Midnight, Ruby My Dear, I Mean You, Misterioso and Welll You Needn't. There is also a second volume but this one is a nice starter for Monk beginners. He is accompanied by Art Blakey, Milt Jackson, Gene Ramey, Sahib Shibab and others.

Thelonious Monk was a true genius of modern music and Blue Note makes us witness of that.

Blue Note 1510

A side:

1. Round about midnight
2. Off minor
3. Ruby my dear
4. I mean you
5. April in Paris
6. In walked Bud

B side:

1. Thelonious
2. Epistrophy
3. Misterioso
4. Well you needn't
5. Introspection
6. Humph