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A5 & A6 recorded October 15, 1947
B3 recorded October 24, 1947
B4 & B5 recorded November 21, 1947
B1, B2 & B6 recorded July 23, 1951
A1 - A4 recorded May 30, 1952

¥2,300 (on back cover)

Genius of Modern Music, Vol. 2 -m All MUSIC Review

by Rick Anderson FIVE STARS !!!!!

The second volume in this two-disc series displays Thelonious Monk coming into his own fully as a leader. The program consists almost entirely of original compositions, and in fact it opens with two of his most difficult: "Four in One" (with its conventional bop intro that leads into a bizarre, repeated five-against-two quintuplet sequence) and the forbiddingly abstract "Criss Cross." Get through those and you'll eventually be rewarded with the relatively straightforward, blues-based "Straight No Chaser" and the sweet ballad "Ask Me Now," among other treats. Sidemen include the young trumpeter Kenny Dorham and bassist Al McKibbon, as well as a more clued-in Art Blakey and (replacing Blakey on half of the program) Max Roach. Sahib Shihab's sax tone is more appropriate this time out, and the production quality is somewhat better. This disc, along with Volume 1, belongs in every jazz collection.

Thelonious Monk – Genius Of Modern Music Volume 2

• Manufactured By – Toshiba EMI Ltd

• Alto Saxophone – Danny Quebec West (tracks: A5, A6), Lou Donaldson (tracks: A1 to A4), Sahib Shihab (tracks: B1, B2, B4 to B6)
• Bass – Al McKibbon (tracks: B1, B2, B6), Robert Paige* (tracks: B4, B5), Gene Ramey (tracks: A5, A6, B3), Nelson Boyd (tracks: A1 to A4)
• Design [Cover] – Reid K. Miles*
• Drums – Art Blakey (tracks: A5 to B6), Max Roach (tracks: A1 to A4)
• Liner Notes – Ira Gitler
• Photography By – Francis Wolff
• Piano – Thelonious Monk
• Producer – Alfred Lion
• Remastered By – Rudy Van Gelder
• Tenor Saxophone – Billy Smith (tracks: A5, A6), Lucky Thompson (tracks: A1 to A4)
• Trumpet – George Taitt (tracks: B4, B5), Idresse Suliman* (tracks: A5, A6), Kenny Dorham (tracks: A1 to A4)
• Vibraphone – Milt Jackson (tracks: B1, B2, B6)