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Genius of Modern Music: Volume 1 is an album by jazz pianist, Thelonious Monk. It comprises Monk's first recordings as band leader for Blue Note and was released in 1947.
[edit] Track listing
- 'Round Midnight
- Off Minor
- Ruby my Dear
- I Mean You
- April In Paris
- In Walked Bud
- Thelonious
- Epistrophy
- Misterioso
- Well You Needn't
- Introspection
- Humph
[edit] Re-issue
The album was reissued, in an expanded form, on CD in 2001 as part of the RVG series
[edit] Re-issue track listing
- Humph
- Evonce
- Suburban Eyes
- Thelonious
- Evonce (alternate take)
- Suburban Eyes (alternate take)
- Nice Work If You Can Get It
- Ruby My Dear
- Well You Needn't
- April In Paris
- Off Minor
- Introspection
- Nice Work If You Can.Get It (alternate take)
- Ruby My Dear (alternate take)
- Well You Needn't (alternate take)
- April In Paris (alternate take)
- In Walked Bud
- Monk's Mood
- Who Knows?
- 'Round Midnight
- Who Knows? (alternate take)
[edit] Credits
- Thelonious Monk - piano
- Art Blakey - drums
- Idrees Sulieman - trumpet (tracks 1 - 6)
- Danny Quebec West - alto saxophone (tracks 1 - 6)
- Billy Smith - tenor saxophone (tracks 1 - 6)
- Gene Ramey - bass (tracks 1 - 16)
- George Taitt - trumpet (tracks 17 - 21)
- Sahib Shihab - alto saxophone (tracks 17 - 21)
- Bob Paige - bass (tracks 17 - 21)
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