Thelonious Monk – Genius Of Modern Music

Label: Blue Note – BLP 5002 
Series: Modern Jazz Series 
Format: Vinyl, LP, 10", Compilation, Repress, Mono, 3rd edition 
Country: US 
Released: 1953 
Genre: Jazz 
Style: Bop 

Media Condition: Very Good Plus (VG+)

Few hairline scratches on both sides.

Sleeve Condition: Very Good Plus (VG)

Wear on side and corners.

Matrix Runout

Matrix / Runout (Side A, etched): BN-LP-5002 A 9M Ear  
Matrix / Runout (Side B, etched): BN-LP-5002 B 9M Ear 

Tracklist 

Credits

Alto Saxophone – Danny Quebec West (tracks: B1), Edmund Gregory (tracks: A1) 
Bass – Robert Paige (tracks: A1), Gene Ramey (tracks: A2, A3, B1, B3), John Simmons (tracks: A4, B2, B4) 
Cover – Bacon 
Drums – Art Blakey (tracks: A1 to A3, B1, B3), Shadow Wilson (tracks: A4, B2, B4) 
Photography By [Uncredited] – Francis Wolff 
Piano – Thelonious Monk 
Tenor Saxophone – Billy Smith (tracks: B1) 
Trumpet – George Taitt (tracks: A1), Idrees Sulieman (tracks: B1) 
Vibraphone – Milton Jackson* (tracks: A4, B2, B4) 

Other Notes

This is the third edition. It has the 'old' Blue Note logo on the back and advertises releases up to 5013. This cover has a more magenta tone instead of red found on the third edition.

Recorded at WOR Studios, NYC, October 15, 1947
October 24, 1947
November 21, 1947

Apex Studios, NYC, July 2, 1948

767 Lexington Ave. address on labels. Deep groove. No RVG in runout. Plastylite "P" or "ear" etched in runout.