Tracklist

Monk Suite
A1	Well, You Needn't	4:58
A2	Rhythm-a-ning	3:04
A3	Crepuscule With Nellie	2:39
A4	Off Minor / Epistrophy	8:10
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B1	'Round Midnight	4:33
B2	Misterioso	4:00
Monk Plays Ellington
B3	It Don't Mean A Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing)	4:03
B4	Black And Tan Fantasy	3:42
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B5	Brilliant Corners	5:04

Companies, etc.

• Phonographic Copyright (p) – Landmark Records
• Recorded At – Fantasy Studios
• Mixed At – Fantasy Studios
• Mastered At – Fantasy Studios
• Published By – Mills Music
• Published By – Warner Bros. Music
• Published By – Regent Music
• Published By – Embassy Music
• Published By – Consolidated Music
• Published By – Thelonious Music

Credits

• Arranged By, Adapted By – Tom Darter
• Art Direction, Design – Phil Carroll
• Bass – Chuck Israels (tracks: B3, B4), Ron Carter (tracks: A1 to A4)
• Cello – Joan Jeanrenaud
• Composed By – Duke Ellington (tracks: B3, B4), Thelonious Monk (tracks: A1 to A4, B1, B2, B5)
• Drums – Eddie Marshall (tracks: B3, B4)
• Engineer – Danny Kopelson
• Mastered By – George Horn
• Photography By [Liner] – Phil Bray
• Producer – Orrin Keepnews
• Sleeve Notes – Orrin Keepnews
• Viola – Hank Dutt
• Violin [First] – David Harrington
• Violin [Second] – John Sherba
• Written By – Ellington-Miley (tracks: B4), Ellington-Mills (tracks: B3), Monk-Williams (tracks: B1)
• Written-By – Miley* (tracks: B4), Cootie Williams (tracks: B1), Ellington* (tracks: B3), Ellington* (tracks: B4), Mills* (tracks: B3), Monk* (tracks: B1)

Notes

With Special Guest Artist Ron Carter

Recorded (Fall 1984), mixed and mastered at Fantasy Studios (Berkeley CA).

Mixed to and mastered from Mitsubishi Digital tape, using the Mitsubishi X-80 Digital tape recorder.

[All selections composed by Thelonious Monk-except for the two indicated as being by Duke Ellington, which are published by Mills Music (ASCAP). B1, listed as co-written by Monk and Cootie Williams, is published by Warner Bros. Music (ASCAP); A1-Regent Music (BMI); Off Minor-Embassy Music (BMI); Epistrophy-Consolidated Music (ASCAP); all others-Thelonious Music (BMI).]

Cover illustration adapted from a photograph by Esmond Edwards.

Other versions

Category	Artist	Title (Format)	Label	Category	Country	Year
LANDMARK LCD - 1505-2	Kronos Quartet	Monk Suite: Kronos Quartet Plays Music Of Thelonious Monk ‎(CD, Album)	Landmark Records	LANDMARK LCD - 1505-2	US	1985
NG 0498	Kronos Quartet	Monk Suite: Kronos Quartet Plays Music Of Thelonious Monk ‎(CD, Album, Unofficial)	M&A Group	NG 0498	Russia	1997
LLP - 1505	Kronos Quartet	Monk Suite: Kronos Quartet Plays Music Of Thelonious Monk ‎(LP, Album)	Landmark Records	LLP - 1505	Switzerland	1985
GRP 15052	Kronos Quartet	Monk Suite: Kronos Quartet Plays Music Of Thelonious Monk ‎(CD, Album)	Landmark Records	GRP 15052	Europe	1985
LLP-1505	Kronos Quartet	Monk Suite: Kronos Quartet Plays Music Of Thelonious Monk ‎(LP, Album)	Landmark Records	LLP-1505	US	1985