Genius of Modern Music: Volume 1

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Genius of Modern Music: Volume 1
LP 5002 Monk.jpg
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Released1951/1956/1989/2001
Recorded15, 24 October and November 21, 1947
Genre Jazz
Label Blue Note
Thelonious Monk 10-inch LP chronology
Genius of Modern Music: Volume 1
(1951)
Milt Jackson: Wizard of the Vibes
(1952)
Thelonious Monk chronology
Genius of Modern Music: Volume 1
(1951)
Milt Jackson and the Thelonious Monk Quintet
(1952)
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BLP 1510 Monk.jpg
1956 12-inch LP album cover
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Genius of Modern Music: Volume 1 is the name given to at least four different compilation albums by jazz pianist Thelonious Monk. Each version comprises some of Monk's first recordings as band leader for Blue Note, recorded in 1947 (and sometimes 1948). The original 10-inch LP with this title was compiled in 1951.

Contents

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:

  1. 'Round Midnight (as "Round About Midnight")
  2. Off Minor
  3. Ruby my Dear
  4. I Mean You

Side 2:

  1. Thelonious
  2. Epistrophy
  3. Well You Needn't
  4. Misterioso

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

Side 1:

  1. 'Round Midnight (as "Round About Midnight")
  2. Off Minor
  3. Ruby my Dear
  4. I Mean You
  5. April In Paris
  6. In Walked Bud

Side 2:

  1. Thelonious
  2. Epistrophy
  3. Misterioso
  4. Well You Needn't
  5. Introspection
  6. Humph

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

  1. Humph
  2. Evonce (alternate take)
  3. Evonce
  4. Suburban Eyes
  5. Suburban Eyes (alternate take)
  6. Thelonious
  7. Nice Work If You Can Get It (alternate take)
  8. Nice Work If You Can Get It
  9. Ruby My Dear (alternate take)
  10. Ruby My Dear
  11. Well You Needn't
  12. Well You Needn't (alternate take)
  13. April In Paris (alternate take)
  14. April In Paris
  15. Off Minor
  16. Introspection
  17. In Walked Bud
  18. Monk's Mood
  19. Who Knows
  20. 'Round Midnight
  21. 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

  1. Humph
  2. Evonce
  3. Suburban Eyes
  4. Thelonious
  5. Evonce (alternate take)
  6. Suburban Eyes (alternate take)
  7. Nice Work If You Can Get It
  8. Ruby My Dear
  9. Well You Needn't
  10. April In Paris
  11. Off Minor
  12. Introspection
  13. Nice Work If You Can Get It (alternate take)
  14. Ruby My Dear (alternate take)
  15. Well You Needn't (alternate take)
  16. April In Paris (alternate take)
  17. In Walked Bud
  18. Monk's Mood
  19. Who Knows?
  20. 'Round Midnight
  21. Who Knows? (alternate take)

1-6 recorded Oct 15, 1947
7-16 recorded Oct 24 1947
17-21 recorded Nov 21, 1947

Personnel

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References

  1. Larkin, Colin (2007). Encyclopedia of Popular Music (4th ed.). Oxford University Press. ISBN   978-0195313734.
  2. Hull, Tom (n.d.). "Jazz (1940–50s) (Reference)". tomhull.com. Retrieved March 4, 2020.