Thelonious Monk - Complete Albums Collection: 1957-1961 - 5XCD

As the 1950s drew to a close, Monk's relationship with Riverside was beginning to sour over disagreements concerning royalty payments. He would not record another studio album for Riverside after 5 by Monk by 5, and a significant number of live albums followed, which showcased a variety of legendary performances across the USA, France and Italy. In 1962, Monk signed to Columbia Records. Working with producer Teo Macero on his debut for the label, the sessions in the first week of November had a stable line-up that had been with him for two years, Monk's Dream, was released in 1963.

Columbia's resources allowed Monk to be promoted more heavily than earlier in his career. The album would become the best-selling LP of his lifetime, and on February 28, 1964, he appeared on the cover of Time magazine, being featured in the article "The Loneliest Monk". He continued to record studio albums, including Criss Cross, also from 1963, and Underground, from 1968. Monk had disappeared from the scene by the mid-1970s, and made only a small number of appearances during the final decade of his life.

The Thelonious Monk Institute of Jazz was established in 1986 by the Monk family and Maria Fisher. Its mission to offer public school-based jazz education programs for young people around the globe, helping students develop imaginative thinking, creativity, curiosity, a positive self-image, and a respect for their own and others' cultural heritage.

Disc 1:
Ruby, My Dear
Trinkle Trinkle
Off Minor
Nutty
Epistrophy
Functional
April In Paris
(I Don't Stand) A Ghost of A Chance With You
Functional
I'm Getting Sentimental Over You
I Should Care
'Round Midnight
All Alone
Monk's Mood
Disc 2:
Evidence
In Walked Bud
Blue Monk
I Mean You
Rhythm-A-Ning
Purple Shades
Light Blue
Coming On The Hudson
Rhythm-A-Ning
Epistrophy (Theme)
Blue Monk
Evidence
Epistrophy (Theme)
Disc 3:
Nutty
Blues Five Spot
Let's Cool One
In Walked Bud
Just a Gigalo
Misterioso
Blue Monk
Ruby, My Dear
Round Lights
Everything Happens To Me
Bluehawk
Pannonica
Remember
There's Danger In Your Eyes, Cherie
Reflections
Disc 4:
Thelonious
Friday the 13th
Little Rootie Tootie
Off Minor
Crepuscle With Nellie
Jackie-Ing
Straight, No Chaser
Played Twice
I Mean You
Ask Me Now
Disc 5:
Let's Call This
Four In one
I'm Getting Sentimental Over You
Worry Later
Epistrophy
Well, You Needn't
Off Minor
Just a Gigalo
I Mean You
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