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Booklet error: there are only 12 tracks on disc 15, not 13.

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Tracklist

1CD: The Early Years, Vol. 1: Dizzy Gillespie (1937–40)
2CD: The Early Years, Vol. 2: Dizzy Gillespie (1940–42)
3CD: The Early Years, Vol. 3: Dizzy Gillespie & Charlie Christian (1941)
4CD: The Early Years, Vol. 4: Dizzy Gillespie (1944)
5CD: The Early Years, Vol. 5: Charlie Parker (1940–42)
6CD: The Early Years, Vol. 6: Cootie Williams – Bud Powell – Eddie “Lockjaw” Davis (1944)
7CD: The Early Years, Vol. 7: Billy Eckstine and His Orchestra: The First Bebop Big Band (1945)
8CD: The Early Years, Vol. 8: Billy Eckstine and His Orchestra: The First Bebop Big Band (1945-47)
9CD: The Early Years, Vol. 9: Woody Herman – The First Herd (1944–46)
10CD: The Early Years, Vol. 10: Red Norvo
11CD: Dizzy Gillespie & Charlie Parker, Vol. 1 (1945)
12CD: Dizzy Gillespie & Charlie Parker, Vol. 2 (1945)
13CD: Dizzy Gillespie & Charlie Parker, Vol. 3 (1945–47)
14CD: Dizzy Gillespie & Charlie Parker, Vol. 4 (1947–50)
15CD: Dizzy Gillespie & Charlie Parker, Vol. 5 (1951–53)
16CD: Dizzy Gillespie, Vol. 1 (1945)
17CD: Dizzy Gillespie, Vol. 2 (1946)
18CD: Dizzy Gillespie, Vol. 3 (1946–47)
19CD: Dizzy Gillespie, Vol. 4 (1947–48)
20CD: Dizzy Gillespie, Vol. 5 (1949–51)
21CD: Dizzy Gillespie, Vol. 6 (1951–52)
22CD: Dizzy Gillespie, Vol. 7 (1952–53)
23CD: Charlie Parker, Vol. 1 (1944–45)
24CD: Charlie Parker, Vol. 2 (1946–47)
25CD: Charlie Parker, Vol. 3 (1947)
26CD: Charlie Parker, Vol. 4 (1947)
27CD: Charlie Parker, Vol. 5 (1947)
28CD: Charlie Parker, Vol. 6 (1947–49)
29CD: Charlie Parker, Vol. 7 (1949–50)
30CD: Charlie Parker, Vol. 8 (1950–51)
31CD: Charlie Parker, Vol. 9 (1951–52)
32CD: Charlie Parker, Vol. 10 (1953–54)
33CD: Fats Navarro, Vol. 1 (1946)
34CD: Fats Navarro, Vol. 2 (1947)
35CD: Fats Navarro, Vol. 3 (1947–48)
36CD: Fats Navarro, Vol. 4 (1948)
37CD: Fats Navarro, Vol. 5 (1948–49)
38CD: Fats Navarro, Vol. 6 (1949–50)
39CD: Fats Navarro, Vol. 7 (1950)
40CD: Dexter Gordon, Vol. 1 (1944–47)
41CD: Dexter Gordon, Vol. 2 (1947–52)
42CD: Dexter Gordon, Vol. 3 (1952–53)
43CD: Wardell Gray, Vol. 1 (1945–46)
44CD: Wardell Gray, Vol. 2 (1948–49)
45CD: Wardell Gray, Vol. 3 (1950–51)
46CD: Wardell Gray, Vol. 4 (1951–52)
47CD: Wardell Gray, Vol. 5 (1952–55)
48CD: Thelonious Monk, Vol. 1 (1947–48)
49CD: Thelonious Monk, Vol. 2 (1951–52)
50CD: Thelonious Monk, Vol. 3 (1952–54)
#TitleArtistRatingLength
1Trinkle Tinkle
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:
Trinkle Tinkle (on 1952-12-18)
composer:
Thelonious Monk (in 1952)
publisher:
Thelonious Music
Thelonious Monk Trio2:48
2These 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.
Thelonious Monk Trio2:45
3Bemsha Swing
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:
Bemsha Swing (instrumental) (on 1952-12-18)
composer:
Denzil Best and Thelonious Monk
publisher:
Bayes Music Corporation, Bocu Music Ltd., Embassy Music Corporation, Second Floor Music and Thelonious Music
sub-publisher:
ミュージック・セールス (Music Sales, Japan, subsidiary of Shinko Music Entertainment) and 日音 Synch事業部 (NICHION, INC. Synch Division)
Thelonious Monk Trio3:11
4Reflections
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
Thelonious Monk Trio2:47
5Let’s Call This
double bass:
Percy Heath (on 1953-11-13)
drums (drum set):
Willie Jones (jazz drummer, not Willie Jones III) (on 1953-11-13)
French horn:
Julius Watkins (on 1953-11-13)
piano:
Thelonious Monk (on 1953-11-13)
tenor saxophone:
Sonny Rollins (American saxophonist) (on 1953-11-13)
recorded at:
WOR Studios in New York, New York, United States (on 1953-11-13)
recording of:
Let’s Call This (on 1953-11-13)
composer:
Thelonious Monk
Thelonious Monk Quintet5:07
6Think of One
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (on 1953-11-13)
double bass:
Percy Heath (on 1953-11-13)
drums (drum set):
Willie Jones (jazz drummer, not Willie Jones III) (on 1953-11-13)
French horn:
Julius Watkins (on 1953-11-13)
piano:
Thelonious Monk (on 1953-11-13)
tenor saxophone:
Sonny Rollins (American saxophonist) (on 1953-11-13)
recording of:
Think of One (on 1953-11-13)
composer:
Thelonious Monk
publisher:
Thelonious Music
Thelonious Monk Quintet5:39
7Think of One
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (on 1953-11-13)
double bass:
Percy Heath (on 1953-11-13)
drums (drum set):
Willie Jones (jazz drummer, not Willie Jones III) (on 1953-11-13)
French horn:
Julius Watkins (on 1953-11-13)
piano:
Thelonious Monk (on 1953-11-13)
tenor saxophone:
Sonny Rollins (American saxophonist) (on 1953-11-13)
recording of:
Think of One (on 1953-11-13)
composer:
Thelonious Monk
publisher:
Thelonious Music
Thelonious Monk Quintet5:44
8Friday the Thirteenth
recorded in:
New Jersey, United States (on 1953-11-13)
recording engineer:
Rudy van Gelder
producer:
Ira Gitler
double bass:
Percy Heath (on 1953-11-13)
drums (drum set):
Willie Jones (jazz drummer, not Willie Jones III) (on 1953-11-13)
French horn:
Julius Watkins (on 1953-11-13)
piano:
Thelonious Monk (on 1953-11-13)
tenor saxophone:
Sonny Rollins (American saxophonist) (on 1953-11-13)
recorded at:
WOR Studios in New York, New York, United States (on 1953-11-13)
recording of:
Friday the 13th (on 1953-11-13)
composer:
Thelonious Monk
Thelonious Monk Quintet10:33
9We 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
Thelonious Monk Quintet5:14
10Smoke Gets in Your Eyes
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:
Smoke Gets in Your Eyes (on 1954-05-11)
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
Thelonious Monk Quintet4:30
11Locomotive
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:
Locomotive (on 1954-05-11)
composer:
Thelonious Monk
Thelonious Monk Quintet6:21
12Hackensack
Thelonious Monk Quintet3:00
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
Thelonious Monk Trio5:16
14Nutty
recording engineer:
Rudy van Gelder
producer:
Bob Weinstock
double bass:
Percy Heath (on 1954-09-22)
drums (drum set):
Art Blakey
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:
Nutty (on 1954-09-22)
composer:
Thelonious Monk (in 1954)
publisher:
Thelonious Music Corp.
Thelonious Monk Trio5:14
15Blue 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
Thelonious Monk Trio7:37
16Just 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
Thelonious Monk Trio2:59
51CD: Bud Powell, Vol. 1 (1945–49)
52CD: Bud Powell, Vol. 2 (1949–51)
53CD: Bud Powell, Vol. 3 (1951–53)
54CD: Howard McGhee, Vol. 1 (1945)
55CD: Howard McGhee, Vol. 2 (1946–48)
56CD: Howard McGhee, Vol. 3 (1948–49)
57CD: Teddy Edwards – James Moody (1947–48)
58CD: J.J. Johnson (1946–49)
59CD: Sonny Stitt & Gene Ammons (1950–54)
60CD: Sonny Stitt, Vol. 1 (1946–50)
61CD: Sonny Stitt, Vol. 2 (1950–51)
62CD: Milt Jackson
63CD: Miles Davis, Vol. 1 (1945–48)
64CD: Miles Davis, Vol. 2 (1949–50)
65CD: Miles Davis, Vol. 3 (1951–52)
66CD: Coleman Hawkins – Godfather of Bop (1946–49)
67CD: Lennie Tristano, Vol. 1 (1946–49)
68CD: Lennie Tristano, Vol. 2 (1949–55)
69CD: Metronome All‐Stars (1946–56)
70CD: The Boppers in Europe, Vol. 1 (1947–48)
71CD: The Boppers in Europe, Vol. 2 (1949–52)
72CD: The Boppers in Europe, Vol. 3 (1953)
73CD: Woody’s Boys, Vol. 1 (1944–45)
74CD: Woody’s Boys, Vol. 2 (1946)
75CD: Woody’s Boys, Vol. 3 (1945–49)
76CD: Woody’s Boys, Vol. 4 (1949–51)
77CD: White Bebop Boys, Vol. 1: Kai Winding – Allen Eager – Stan Getz – Gerry Mulligan (1945–47)
78CD: White Bebop Boys, Vol. 2: Allen Eager – Stan Getz – Brew Moore (1947–48)
79CD: White Bebop Boys, Vol. 3: Kai Winding – Allen Eager – Stan Getz – Gerry Mulligan (1948–49)
80CD: White Bebop Boys, Vol. 4: George Wallington – Stan Getz – Brew Moore – Lee Konitz – Kai Winding (1949)
81CD: White Bebop Boys, Vol. 5: Lee Konitz – Stan Getz (1949–50)
82CD: White Bebop Boys, Vol. 6: Terry Gibbs – Al Cohn – Zoot Sims – George Wallington – Stan Getz (1949–50)
83CD: White Bebop Boys, Vol. 7: Stan Getz – Kai Winding – Zoot Sims (1951)
84CD: White Bebop Boys, Vol. 8: Stan Getz – George Wallington – Art Pepper – Zoot Sims (1951–52)
85CD: Dodo Marmarosa (1943–50)
86CD: Charlie Parker Live, Vol. 1 (1950)
87CD: Charlie Parker Live, Vol. 2 (1950 & 52)
88CD: Charlie Parker Live, Vol. 3 (1952–53)
89CD: Charlie Parker Live, Vol. 4 (1948–52)
90CD: Bebop Live Concerts, Vol. 1 (1946)
91CD: Bebop Live Concerts, Vol. 2 (1946–47)
92CD: Bebop Live Concerts, Vol. 3 (1946–47)
93CD: Bebop Live Concerts, Vol. 4 (1947)
94CD: Bebop Live Concerts, Vol. 5 (1947)
95CD: Bebop Live Concerts, Vol. 6 (1947)
96CD: Bebop Live Concerts, Vol. 7 (1947)
97CD: Bebop Live Concerts, Vol. 8 (1947)
98CD: Bebop Live Concerts, Vol. 9 (1949)
99CD: Bebop Live Concerts, Vol. 10 (1952)
100CD: Bebop Live Concerts, Vol. 11 (1950–51)