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Genius of Modern Music is the name given to at least four different compilation albums by jazz pianist Thelonious Monk. Each version comprises some of Monk’s first recordings as band leader for Blue Note, recorded in 1947 (and sometimes 1948).

Track listing:

A1 — Round About Midnight (’Round Midnight) (Thelonious Monk) . . . (3.10)
A2 — Off Minor (Thelonious Monk) . . . (3.00)
A3 — Ruby My Dear (Thelonious Monk) . . . (3.09)
A4 — I Mean You (Thelonious Monk, Coleman Hawkins) . . . (2.46)
A5 — April In Paris (Vernon Duke) . . . (3.17)
A6 — In Walked Bud ((Thelonious Monk) . . . (2.54)
B1 — Thelonious (Thelonious Monk) . . . (2.59)
B2 — Epistrophy (Thelonious Monk, Kenny Clarke) . . . (3.06)
B3 — Misterioso (Thelonious Monk) . . . (3.21)
B4 — Well You Needn’t (Thelonious Monk) . . . (2.59)
B5 — Introspection (Thelonious Monk) . . . (3.10)
B6 — Humph (Thelonious Monk) . . . (2.50)

Personnel:

Thelonious Monk – piano
Milt Jackson (A4, B2, B3) – vibraphone
George Taitt (A1, A6), Idrees Sulieman (B1, B6) – trumpet
Sahib Shihab (A1, A6), Danny Quebec West (B1, B6) – alto saxophone
Billy Smith (B1, B6) – tenor saxophone
Bob Paige (A1, A6), Gene Ramey (A2, A3, A5, B1, B4, B5, B6), John Simmons (A4, B2, B3) – bass
Art Blakey (A1, A2, A3, A5, A6, B1, B4, B5, B6), Shadow Wilson (A4, B2, B3) – drums

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Recorded at WOR Studios, New York City,
on October 15, 24 and November 21, 1947.

Vinyl, LP, Compilation, Reissue,
Special Edition, France – 70s
Blue Note — BST 81.510 U