Volume 1 features note-for-note transcriptions of Monk's renditions of 11 jazz classics: April in Paris · Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea · Dinah · Don't Blame Me · Everything Happens to Me · I Should Care · I Surrender, Dear · Just a Gigolo · Liza (All the Clouds'll Roll Away) · Nice Work If You Can Get It · Sweet and Lovely. Includes a biography and a discography.
April In Paris Between The Devil And The Deep Blue Sea Dinah Don't Blame Me Everything Happens To Me I Should Care I Surrender, Dear Just A Gigolo Liza (All The Clouds'll Roll Away) Nice Work If You Can Get It Sweet And Lovely I Should Care