1964年リリースの「Monk Big Band And Quartet In Concert」からビッグバンドとの共演曲をピックアップしてディスク1に。68年リリースの「Monk’s Blues」全曲をディスク2に。前者はオリヴァー・ネルソンとのライブ、後者はホール・オーヴァートンとのスタジオ録音。ビッグバンドとモンクの付き合い方を2種類楽しめます!.
【曲目】Too Much Mustard (Europe's Society Orchestra) / Sensation Rag (The Original Dixieland Jazz Band) / Crazy Blues(Mamie Smith With Perry Bradford's Jazz Hounds) / Sugar Foot Stomp (Fletcher Henderson And His Orchestra) / Log Cabin Blues (Clarence Williams' Washboard Five) / Boy In The Boat (Charlie Johnson's Paradise Orchestra) / Shim-Me-Sha-Wabble(Miff Mole's Little Molers) // Thou Swell (Louisiana Sugar Babes) / Harlem River Quiver (Duke Ellington And His Orchestra) / Ozark Mountain Blues (The Missourians) / Keep That Hi-De-Hi In Your Soul (Cab Calloway And His Orchestra) / Jazznochracy (Jimmy Lunceford And His Orchestra) / Flyin' Hawk (Coleman Hawkins Quartet With Thelonious Monk) / Groovin' High (Dizzy Gillespie And His Sextet)