Thelonious Monk - Genius Of Modern Music Vol.2 (1952)
Front Cover Album Info
Artist/Composer Thelonious Monk
Title Genius Of Modern Music Vol.2
Length 60:59 Discs: 1 Tracks: 18
Format HQ 192+ kbps (kopia) Packaging Jewel Case
Label Blue Note Cat. Number 81511
Style Bop Rating N/A
Recorded 1952 
Musicians Credits
Thelonious Monk piano
Engineer Doug Hawkins
Producer Michael Cuscuna
Producer Alfred Lion
Track list
01
Four in one (Monk) 03:33
02
Four in one (alt take) (Monk) 03:32
03
Criss Cross (Monk) 02:59
04
Criss cross (alt take) (Monk) 02:53
05
Eronel (Monk) 03:06
06
Straight no chaser (Monk) 03:00
07
Ask me now (alt take) (Monk) 04:30
08
Ask me now (Monk) 03:18
09
Willow weep for me (Ronnell) 03:04
10
Skippy (Monk) 03:03
11
Skippy (alt take) (Monk) 03:12
12
Hornin' in (alt take) (Monk) 03:11
13
Hornin' in (Monk) 03:16
14
Sixteen (first take) (Monk) 03:33
15
Sixteen (second take) (Monk) 03:42
16
Carolina moon (Davis/Burke) 03:30
17
Let's cool one (Monk) 03:51
18
I'll follow you (Turk/Ahlert) 03:46
Notes
The one Milt Jackson session and six Thelonious Monk sessions, which were originally issued in part and in scrambled form on BLP 1509, 1510 and 1511. For the Compact Disc editions of these albums, the sessions have been put into their complete forms in recording order. Therefore none of these CDs conform with the original albums and they do have a great deal of additional material.

Amazon.com Reviewer: Guy Berger (New Haven, CT United States) (5):
This is the second installment of Thelonious Monk on Blue Note, recorded 4 years after Genius of Modern Music Volume 1. Though it doesn't feature as many of the pianist's most famous compositions as Volume 1, it has several things going for it. The sidemen are much, much better here -- Monk and vibraphonist Milt Jackson play very well together, while Sahib Shihab and Art Blakey "get" Monk's ideas much better than they did on Volume 1. (Listen to Blakey's rim shots on the intro to "Straight No Chaser" -- awesome!) The second half of the CD features Max Roach and two up-and-coming stars -- alto saxophonist Lou Donaldson and underrated trumpeter Kenny Dorham. The compositions aren't Monk's most popular (except for "Straight No Chaser"), but contain quite a few lost classics: "Criss Cross", "Four in One", "Eronel", and "Skippy". There's also a beautiful reading of the standard "Willow Weep for Me". I actually prefer The Thelonious Monk Trio (on Prestige/Fantasy) over this CD, but this is still classic early Monk. And if you like this music, get the RVG remaster of Volume 1 too.
By the way, there's a mistake in the CD case track listing and consequently on this site: track 7 is not "Nice Work if You Can Get It" but rather an alternate take of "Four in One".

Album Credits:
Paul Bacon Cover Design
Art Blakey Drums
Bob Blumenthal Liner Notes
Nelson Boyd Bass
Michael Cuscuna Producer, Reissue Producer
Lou Donaldson Sax (Alto)
Kenny Dorham Trumpet
Ira Gitler Liner Notes
Kenny "Pancho" Hagood Vocals
Doug Hawkins Engineer
Milt Jackson Vibraphone
Gordon Jee Creative Director
Alfred Lion Producer
Al McKibbon Bass
Ron McMaster Digital Transfers
Thelonious Monk Piano
Bob Paige Bass
Gene Ramey Bass
Max Roach Drums
Sahib Shihab Sax (Alto)
John Simmons Bass
Bill Smith Sax (Tenor)
Billy Smith Sax (Tenor)
Idrees Sulieman Trumpet
George Taitt Trumpet
Lucky Thompson Sax (Tenor)
Rudy Van Gelder Mastering, Audio Restoration, Transfers
Danny Quebec West Sax (Alto)
Shadow Wilson Drums
Francis Wolff Photography, Cover Photo