Thelonious Monk
Rocky Mount, United States • 1917-10-10 – 1982-02-17
Biography
Thelonious Sphere Monk (Rocky Mount, North Carolina 10th October 1917 - Hartsdale, New York 17th February 1982) was a jazz pianist and composer. Widely considered as one of the most important musicians in jazz -- he is one of only five jazz musicians to be featured on the cover of Time -- Monk had a unique improvisational style and made numerous contributions to the standard jazz repertoire, including "Epistrophy," "'Round Midnight," "Blue Monk," "Straight No Chaser" and "Well, You Needn't."
Discography
Brilliant Corners
1957
Palo Alto
2020
Palais Des Beaux-Arts 1963
2020
Underground
1968
Thelonious Alone In San Francisco
1959
Thelonious Himself
1957
It's Monk's Time
1964
Genius Of Modern Music Volume 2
1956
Criss-Cross
1963
Something In Blue
1972
The Unique Thelonious Monk
1956
Monk's Blues
1969
Monk In France
1965
In Italy
1963
Live In Paris, 1964 - Alhambra Vol. 1
1989
More Genius Of Thelonious Monk
1985
Blues Five Spot
1984
The Man I Love
1973
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