are based on the standard "Topsy". The tune was first recorded March 9, 1964, and first appeared on the album Monk. Thelonious A 36-bar tune in AABA-form (8-10-8-10) in B major. The tune was first recorded on October 15, 1947, for the Genius of Modern Music sessions. It was later recorded for the album Underground, and live versions appear on the albums The Thelonious Monk Orchestra at Town Hall, and Live at the Jazz Workshop. The A-section is based on a riff that Monk used very often, dating back to his days as the house pianist at Minton's Playhouse. The riff contains only the pitches B and A, insisting on the tonic, and is reharmonized with descending chords. Think of One A 32-bar tune in AABA-form. The tune was first recorded on November 13, 1953, and appears on the album Monk, and later appears on the album Criss-Cross. The tune is very similar in conception to "Thelonious", as the melody insists the tonic, with albeit more unexpected changes than in "Thelonious". Trinkle, Tinkle A 32-bar tune in AABA-form that is notorious for its difficult melody. It was first recorded on December 18, 1952, for the album Thelonious Monk Trio, and later appears on the album Thelonious Monk with John Coltrane and on Monk's Blues. There are two stories about the origin of the title, the first explains that producer Ira Gitler may have misheard when Monk said the title of the tune in studio – Gitler reports that Monk may have said "Trinkle, Tinkle, like a star" instead of "Twinkle, Twinkle, like a star". It is also believed that the title is a corruption of the term "tickler", which was what the old stride pianists used to call themselves. Two Timer A tune that was never recorded by Monk, but was first recorded by Jackie McLean for his album A Fickle Sonance, under the title "Five Will Get You Ten". The tune was credited to Sonny Clark, who was struggling with heroin addiction at the time, and was a frequent visitor to Monk's friend, Pannonica de Koenigswarter's house. It is believed that since Monk kept most of his sheet music in Pannonica's house, Clark stole the lead sheet and claimed as his own, in hopes of the tune being a hit. The original lead sheet was later discovered around the 1990s, and was first recorded by Monk's son for his