The Complete Columbia Studio Albums Collection in Bloomington, MN

The exhaustive six-disc
Thelonious Monk
anthology
The Complete Columbia Studio Albums Collection
brings together all of the influential jazz pianist's albums that he recorded with his quartet for
Columbia Records
. These are the recordings
Monk
made with his legendary '60s ensemble featuring
Charlie Rouse
(tenor sax),
Ben Riley
(drums), and
Larry Gales
(bass). Included here are 1966's
Monk's Dream
, 1963's
Criss-Cross
, 1964's
It's Monk's Time
, 1965's
, 1967's
Straight, No Chaser
, and 1968's
Underground
. ~ Matt Collar