The Quintessence: New‐York – Paris 1947–1959

~ Release by Thelonious Monk (see all versions of this release, 1 available)

Tracklist

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1All Around About Midnight (’round Midnight)
recording engineer:
Doug Hawkins (sound engineer)
producer:
Alfred Lion
alto saxophone:
Edmond Gregory (American jazz musician) (on 1947-11-21)
double bass:
Robert Paige (jazz bassist) (on 1947-11-21)
drums (drum set):
Art Blakey (on 1947-11-21)
piano:
Thelonious Monk (on 1947-11-21)
trumpet:
George Taitt (on 1947-11-21)
recorded at:
WOR Studios in New York, New York, United States (on 1947-11-21)
instrumental recording of:
’Round Midnight (on 1947-11-21)
lyricist:
Bernie Hanighen
composer:
Thelonious Monk and Cootie Williams
publisher:
Advanced Music, Advanced Music corp., Productions et Éditions Cinématographiques Françaises, Thelonious Music, Thelonious Music Corporation (publisher, affiliated to BMI), Ultra Empire Music, Warner Bros. Music (publisher; do NOT use as release label), Warner Bros., Inc. (not for release label use!), Warner Chappell Music Ltd. (no slash; used 1988–1996), Warner/Chappell Music Ltd. (1996–2019) and Warner/Chappell North America Limited (formerly incorporated as Marmalade Music Ltd., from 1968/09/19–1999/11/09)
is based on:
I Need You So
3:13
2Misterioso (Mysterioso)
double bass [bass]:
John Simmons (bassist) (on 1948-07-02)
drums (drum set):
Shadow Wilson (on 1948-07-02)
piano:
Thelonious Monk (on 1948-07-02)
vibraphone:
Milt Jackson (on 1948-07-02) and Milton Jackson (on 1948-07-02)
recorded at:
Apex Studios in New York, New York, United States (on 1948-07-02) and WOR Studios in New York, New York, United States (on 1948-07-02)
recording of:
Misterioso (on 1948-07-02)
composer:
Thelonious Monk
3:24
3Evidence
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (on 1948-07-02)
bass and double bass:
John Simmons (bassist) (on 1948-07-02)
drums (drum set) and drums (drum set) [drums]:
Shadow Wilson (on 1948-07-02)
piano:
Thelonious Monk (on 1948-07-02)
vibraphone:
Milt Jackson (on 1948-07-02)
recording of:
Evidence (on 1948-07-02)
composer:
Thelonious Monk
publisher:
Thelonious Music and Thelonious Music Corporation (publisher, affiliated to BMI)
2:36
4Straight No Chaser
alto saxophone:
Sahib Shihab (American jazz musician) (on 1951-07-23)
double bass:
Al McKibbon (double bassist) (on 1951-07-23)
drums (drum set):
Art Blakey (on 1951-07-23)
piano:
Thelonious Monk (on 1951-07-23)
vibraphone:
Milt Jackson (on 1951-07-23)
recorded at:
WOR Studios in New York, New York, United States (on 1951-07-23)
recording of:
Straight, No Chaser (on 1951-07-23)
composer:
Thelonious Monk
publisher:
Thelonious Music
3:00
5Criss Cross
alto saxophone:
Sahib Shihab (American jazz musician) (on 1951-07-23)
double bass:
Al McKibbon (double bassist) (on 1951-07-23)
drums (drum set):
Art Blakey (on 1951-07-23)
piano:
Thelonious Monk (on 1951-07-23)
vibraphone:
Milt Jackson (on 1951-07-23)
recorded at:
WOR Studios in New York, New York, United States (on 1951-07-23)
recording of:
Criss‐Cross (on 1951-07-23)
composer:
Thelonious Monk
2:58
6Ask Me Now
double bass:
Al McKibbon (double bassist) (on 1951-07-23)
drums (drum set):
Art Blakey (on 1951-07-23)
piano:
Thelonious Monk (on 1951-07-23)
recorded at:
WOR Studios in New York, New York, United States (on 1951-07-23)
recording of:
Ask Me Now (on 1951-07-23)
composer:
Thelonious Monk
publisher:
Thelonious Music Corporation (publisher, affiliated to BMI)
3:17
7Little Rootie Tootie (version I)
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (on 1952-10-15)
double bass:
Gary Mapp (jazz double bassist) (on 1952-10-15)
drums (drum set):
Art Blakey (on 1952-10-15)
piano:
Thelonious Monk (on 1952-10-15)
recording of:
Little Rootie Tootie (on 1952-10-15)
composer:
Thelonious Monk
3:07
8Reflections
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (on 1952-12-18)
double bass:
Gary Mapp (jazz double bassist) (on 1952-12-18)
drums (drum set):
Max Roach (20th century US jazz drummer & composer) (on 1952-12-18)
piano:
Thelonious Monk (on 1952-12-18)
recording of:
Reflections (on 1952-12-18)
composer:
Thelonious Monk
2:49
9These Foolish Things
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (on 1952-12-18)
double bass:
Gary Mapp (jazz double bassist) (on 1952-12-18)
drums (drum set):
Max Roach (20th century US jazz drummer & composer) (on 1952-12-18)
piano:
Thelonious Monk (on 1952-12-18)
instrumental cover recording of:
These Foolish Things (Remind Me of You) (on 1952-12-18)
lyricist:
Holt Marvell (in 1935)
additional composer:
Harry Link (US vaudeville actor & songwriter)
composer:
Jack Strachey (in 1935)
publisher:
Boosey & Co. (music publisher founded in the 1760s, forebear of Boosey & Hawkes), Boosey & Hawkes Music Publishers, Ltd, Boosey & Hawkes, Inc. (USA, publisher; do NOT use as release label), Bourne Co. (not for release label use, this is a music publisher), Bourne, Inc., E.G. Music Inc. and Lafleur Music Ltd.
2:48
10We See
double bass:
Curley Russell (on 1954-05-11)
drums (drum set):
Art Blakey (on 1954-05-11)
piano:
Thelonious Monk (on 1954-05-11)
tenor saxophone:
Frank Foster (saxophonist) (on 1954-05-11)
trumpet:
Ray Copeland (US jazz trumpeter) (on 1954-05-11)
recorded at:
Van Gelder Studio (Hackensack – July 1, 1959) in Hackensack, New Jersey, United States (on 1954-05-11)
recording of:
We See (on 1954-05-11)
composer:
Thelonious Monk
5:18
11Off Minor
recorded in:
Paris, Île-de-France, France (on 1954-06-07)
producer:
Henri Renaud (French 1940–60s jazz pianist)
solo piano:
Thelonious Monk (on 1954-06-07)
recording of:
Off Minor (on 1954-06-07)
composer:
Thelonious Monk
publisher:
Embassy Music Corporation
2:35
12Smoke Gets in Your Eyes
recorded in:
Paris, Île-de-France, France (on 1954-06-07)
producer:
Henri Renaud (French 1940–60s jazz pianist)
solo piano:
Thelonious Monk (on 1954-06-07)
instrumental recording of:
Smoke Gets in Your Eyes (on 1954-06-07)
lyricist:
Otto Harbach
composer:
Jerome Kern
publisher:
Chappell & Co Ltd., Chappell & Co., Chappell Music (UK), Chappell Music Ltd., PolyGram International Publishing, Inc. (renamed Universal PolyGram International Publishing, Inc. circa 1998), PolyGram Music Publishing Ltd., Redwood Music, T.B. Harms Co., Universal Music Publishing Ltd. (UK subsidiary of Universal Music Publishing Group) and Universal PolyGram International Publishing, Inc. (existed only since ca. 1998)
part of:
Roberta
3:27
13Work
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (on 1954-09-22)
recording engineer:
Rudy van Gelder
producer:
Bob Weinstock
double bass:
Percy Heath (on 1954-09-22)
drums (drum set):
Art Blakey (on 1954-09-22)
piano:
Thelonious Monk (on 1954-09-22)
recorded at:
Van Gelder Studio (Hackensack – July 1, 1959) in Hackensack, New Jersey, United States (on 1954-10-25)
recording of:
Work (on 1954-09-22)
composer:
Thelonious Monk
5:21
14Blue Monk
recording engineer:
Rudy van Gelder (on 1954-09-22)
double bass:
Percy Heath (on 1954-09-22)
drums (drum set):
Art Blakey (on 1954-09-22)
piano:
Thelonious Monk (on 1954-09-22)
recorded at:
Van Gelder Studio (Hackensack – July 1, 1959) in Hackensack, New Jersey, United States (on 1954-09-22)
recording of:
Blue Monk (on 1954-09-22)
publisher:
Thelonious Monk
composer:
Thelonious Monk
7:40
15Just a Gigolo
piano:
Thelonious Monk (on 1954-09-22)
recorded at:
Van Gelder Studio (Hackensack – July 1, 1959) in Hackensack, New Jersey, United States (on 1954-09-22)
instrumental cover recording of:
Just a Gigolo (English version) (on 1954-09-22)
lyricist:
Julius Brammer
composer:
Leonello Casucci
translator:
Irving Caesar
translated version of:
Schöner Gigolo
cover recording of:
Just a Gigolo (English version)
lyricist:
Julius Brammer
composer:
Leonello Casucci
translator:
Irving Caesar
translated version of:
Schöner Gigolo
3:02
16Bag’s Groove
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (on 1954-12-24)
double bass:
Percy Heath (on 1954-12-24)
drums (drum set):
Kenny Clarke (on 1954-12-24)
piano:
Thelonious Monk (on 1954-12-24)
trumpet:
Miles Davis (jazz trumpeter, bandleader, songwriter) (on 1954-12-24)
vibraphone:
Milt Jackson (on 1954-12-24)
recorded at:
Van Gelder Studio (Hackensack – July 1, 1959) in Hackensack, New Jersey, United States (on 1954-12-24)
recording of:
Bags’ Groove (on 1954-12-24)
composer:
Milt Jackson
11:23
17Black and Tan Fantasy
double bass:
Oscar Pettiford (from 1955-07-21 until 1955-07-27)
drums (drum set):
Kenny Clarke (from 1955-07-21 until 1955-07-27)
piano:
Thelonious Monk (from 1955-07-21 until 1955-07-27)
recorded at:
Van Gelder Studio (Hackensack – July 1, 1959) in Hackensack, New Jersey, United States (from 1955-07-21 until 1955-07-27)
instrumental cover recording of:
Black and Tan Fantasy (from 1955-07-21 until 1955-07-27)
composer:
Duke Ellington (US composer, pianist & jazz bandleader) and Bubber Miley
recording of:
Black and Tan Fantasy
composer:
Duke Ellington (US composer, pianist & jazz bandleader) and Bubber Miley
3:28
18Solitude
piano:
Thelonious Monk (from 1955-07-21 until 1955-07-27)
recorded at:
Van Gelder Studio (Hackensack – July 1, 1959) in Hackensack, New Jersey, United States (from 1955-07-21 until 1955-07-27)
instrumental cover recording of:
(In My) Solitude (from 1955-07-21 until 1955-07-27)
lyricist:
Eddie DeLange (in 1934) and Irving Mills (in 1934)
composer:
Duke Ellington (US composer, pianist & jazz bandleader) (in 1934)
publisher:
American Academy of Music, Inc., De Lange Music Co., EMI Mills Music Inc. (ASCAP-affiliated) and J. R. Lafleur & Son Ltd.
recording of:
(In My) Solitude
lyricist:
Eddie DeLange (in 1934) and Irving Mills (in 1934)
composer:
Duke Ellington (US composer, pianist & jazz bandleader) (in 1934)
publisher:
American Academy of Music, Inc., De Lange Music Co., EMI Mills Music Inc. (ASCAP-affiliated) and J. R. Lafleur & Son Ltd.
3:43
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1Pannonica
recording engineer:
Jack Higgins (recording engineer)
producer:
Orrin Keepnews
alto saxophone:
Ernie Henry (on 1956-10-09)
celesta and piano:
Thelonious Monk (on 1956-10-09)
double bass:
Oscar Pettiford (on 1956-10-09)
drums (drum set):
Max Roach (20th century US jazz drummer & composer) (on 1956-10-09)
tenor saxophone:
Sonny Rollins (American saxophonist) (on 1956-10-09)
recorded at:
Reeves Sound Studios in New York, New York, United States (on 1956-10-09)
recording of:
Pannonica (on 1956-10-09)
composer:
Thelonious Monk
8:52
2Tea for Two
producer:
Orrin Keepnews
double bass:
Oscar Pettiford (on 1956-04-03)
drums (drum set):
Art Blakey (on 1956-04-03)
piano:
Thelonious Monk (on 1956-04-03)
recorded at:
Van Gelder Studio (Hackensack – July 1, 1959) in Hackensack, New Jersey, United States (on 1956-04-03)
instrumental recording of:
Tea for Two (No, No, Nanette) (on 1956-04-03)
lyricist:
Irving Caesar
composer:
Vincent Youmans
publisher:
Chappell Music Ltd., Irving Caesar Music Corp., Warner Bros., Inc. (not for release label use!), Warner Chappell Music Ltd. (no slash; used 1988–1996), WB Music Corp. (1929–2019) (until 2019-05-28) and Harms, Inc. (on 1924-06-10)
sub-publisher:
ワーナー・チャペル音楽出版 Synch事業部 (Warner/Chappell Music Japan K.K., Synch Division), ヤマハミュージックパブリッシング (Yamaha Music Publishing) (until 2017-03-31) and ヤマハミュージックエンタテインメントホールディングス (Yamaha Music Entertainment Holdings, Inc., holding company – do not use as release label) (from 2017-04-01 to present)
part of:
No, No, Nanette
recording of:
Tea for Two (No, No, Nanette)
lyricist:
Irving Caesar
composer:
Vincent Youmans
publisher:
Chappell Music Ltd., Irving Caesar Music Corp., Warner Bros., Inc. (not for release label use!), Warner Chappell Music Ltd. (no slash; used 1988–1996), WB Music Corp. (1929–2019) (until 2019-05-28) and Harms, Inc. (on 1924-06-10)
sub-publisher:
ワーナー・チャペル音楽出版 Synch事業部 (Warner/Chappell Music Japan K.K., Synch Division), ヤマハミュージックパブリッシング (Yamaha Music Publishing) (until 2017-03-31) and ヤマハミュージックエンタテインメントホールディングス (Yamaha Music Entertainment Holdings, Inc., holding company – do not use as release label) (from 2017-04-01 to present)
part of:
No, No, Nanette
5:56
3I Should Care
recording engineer:
Jack Higgins (recording engineer)
producer:
Orrin Keepnews
piano:
Thelonious Monk (on 1957-04-05)
recorded at:
Reeves Sound Studios in New York, New York, United States
instrumental recording of:
I Should Care
writer:
Sammy Cahn, Axel Stordahl and Paul Weston
publisher:
Cahn Music Company, Dorsey Brothers Music, Hanover Music Corp., Music Sales Corporation (American copyright holder in both popular and classical music), Peermusic (UK) Limited and Stordahl Music Publishing
sub-publisher:
ピアーミュージック (Peer Music Japan, Japan, subsidiary of Nichion)
3:16
4Functional
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (on 1957-04-16)
piano:
Thelonious Monk (on 1957-04-16)
recording of:
Functional (on 1957-04-16)
composer:
Thelonious Monk
9:22
5Epistrophy
recording of:
Epistrophy
composer:
Kenny Clarke and Thelonious Monk
publisher:
Embassy Music Corporation and Music Sales Corporation (American copyright holder in both popular and classical music)
10:53
6Trinkle Tinkle
recording engineer:
Jack Higgins (recording engineer) (in 1957-07)
producer:
Orrin Keepnews
double bass:
Wilbur Ware (in 1957-07)
drums (drum set):
Shadow Wilson (in 1957-07)
piano:
Thelonious Monk (in 1957-07)
tenor saxophone:
John Coltrane (in 1957-07)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Concord Music Group, Inc. (part of Concord Bicycle Music since 2015/04/01, not for release label use!) (in 2010)
recorded at:
Reeves Sound Studios in New York, New York, United States (in 1957-07)
recording of:
Trinkle Tinkle (in 1957-07)
composer:
Thelonious Monk (in 1952)
publisher:
Thelonious Music
6:42
7Rhythm‐a‐ning (version I)
recording engineer:
Jack Higgins (recording engineer) (on 1957-08-12)
engineer:
Ray Fowler (US recording engineer)
producer:
Orrin Keepnews
baritone saxophone:
Gerry Mulligan (on 1957-08-12)
bass:
Wilbur Ware (on 1957-08-12)
drums (drum set):
Shadow Wilson (on 1957-08-12)
piano:
Thelonious Monk (on 1957-08-12)
recorded at:
Reeves Sound Studios in New York, New York, United States (on 1957-08-12)
recording of:
Rhythm‐a‐ning (on 1957-08-12)
composer:
Thelonious Monk
publisher:
Thelonious Music and Thelonious Music Corporation (publisher, affiliated to BMI)
5:24
8Rhythm‐a‐ning (version II)
bass:
Ahmed Abdul‐Malik (US jazz double bassist and oud player) (on 1958-08-07)
drums (drum set):
Roy Haynes (American jazz drummer and bandleader) (on 1958-08-07)
piano:
Thelonious Monk (on 1958-08-07)
tenor saxophone:
Johnny Griffin (on 1958-08-07)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Phoenix Records (Spanish jazz reissue label)
recorded at:
Five Spot (original location) in Manhattan, New York, New York, United States (on 1958-08-07)
live recording of:
Rhythm‐a‐ning (on 1958-08-07)
composer:
Thelonious Monk
publisher:
Thelonious Music and Thelonious Music Corporation (publisher, affiliated to BMI)
9:30
9Little Rootie Tootie (version II)
live recording of:
Little Rootie Tootie (on 1959-02-28)
composer:
Thelonious Monk
8:52
10Crepuscule With Nellie
live recording of:
Crepuscule With Nellie (on 1959-02-28)
composer:
Thelonious Monk
publisher:
Thelonious Music
4:53