The Very Best

Original Release Date:  May 24, 2005

Track Listing

• 1. Thelonious
• 2. Ruby My Dear
• 3. Well, You Needn't
• 4. In Walked Bud
• 5. 'Round Midnight
• 6. Evidence
• 7. Misterioso
• 8. Epistrophy
• 9. I Mean You
• 10. Criss Cross
• 11. Ask Me Now
• 12. Straight, No Chaser
• 13. Let's Cool One

Credits

• Kenny Dorham: Trumpet
• Milt Jackson: Vibraphone
• Max Roach: Drums
• Lucky Thompson: Sax (Tenor)
• Cootie Williams: Composer
• Coleman Hawkins: Composer
• Al McKibbon: Bass
• Gene Ramey: Bass
• Art Blakey: Drums
• Nelson Boyd: Bass
• Kenny Clarke: Composer
• Michael Cuscuna: Reissue Producer
• Lou Donaldson: Sax (Alto)
• Doug Hawkins: Engineer
• Alfred Lion: Original Session Producer
• Thelonious Monk: Piano, Composer
• Sahib Shihab: Sax (Alto)
• John Simmons: Bass
• Idrees Sulieman: Trumpet
• Danny Quebec West: Sax (Alto)
• Shadow Wilson: Drums
• Bernie Hanighen: Composer
• Harry Smith: Engineer
• Donald Elfman: Liner Notes
• Bob Paige: Bass
• George Taitt: Trumpet
• Kurt Lundvall: Mastering
• Karen Thomas: Package Design
• Billy Smith: Sax (Tenor)
• Lisa Cuscuna: Photo Illustration, Cover Illustration