Artist
Thelonious Monk
Thelonious Monk is a jazz artist from North Carolina, USA. 70 releases are catalogued on Riffiter.
Jazz · North Carolina, USA · Best jazz albums
- 70
- Releases
- 1951–2025
- Active years
Artist
Thelonious Monk is a jazz artist from North Carolina, USA. 70 releases are catalogued on Riffiter.
Jazz · North Carolina, USA · Best jazz albums
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Thelonious Monk with John Coltrane
1961 · 6 tracks
Underground
1968
Straight, No Chaser
1967
Monk's Music
1957
Brilliant Corners
1957
It's Monk's Time
1964
Monk's Blues
1969
Criss-Cross
1963
The Thelonious Monk Orchestra at Town Hall
1959
The Unique Thelonious Monk
1956
Monk
1954
At the Blackhawk
1960
Thelonious Himself
1957
Mulligan Meets Monk
1957
Thelonious Alone in San Francisco
1959
Essential
2025
The Best Of Thelonious Monk
2025
In Orbit (Reissue)
2021
Thelonious Monk with John Coltrane (OJC Remaster)
2021
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Thelonious Monk Trio [RVG Remaster]
2020
Wizard Of The Vibes
2018
Monk's Dream
2017
The Complete Prestige 10-Inch LP Collection
2017
Misterioso (Live)
2017
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At Town Hall [Keepnews Collection]
2017
The Complete 1957 Riverside Recordings
2016
Thelonious In Action
2015
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Mulligan Meets Monk [Original Jazz Classics Remasters]
2013
Plays Duke Ellington (Keepnews Collection)
2013
Plays Duke Ellington
2013
The Very Best Of Thelonious Monk
2012
Thelonious Monk/Sonny Rollins
2011
Brilliant Corners (Keepnews Collection)
2009
Standards
2008
Finest In Jazz
2007
Riverside Profiles: Thelonious Monk
2006
5 By Monk By 5
2006
Thelonious Monk In Italy
2006
Monk In France
2006
The Thelonious Monk Memorial Album
2006
Thelonious Monk And The Jazz Giants
2006
The Very Best
2005
The Columbia Years
2004
The Essential Thelonious Monk
2003
Jazz Masters - Thelonious Monk
2003
Straight No Chaser - Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
2002
Live At The Jazz Workshop - Complete
2001
Genius Of Modern Music (Vol.2, Expanded Edition)
2001
Genius Of Modern Music (Vol.1, Expanded Edition)
2001
Ken Burns Jazz-Thelonious Monk
2000
The Complete Columbia Studio Solo Recordings of Thelonious Monk: 1962-1968
1998
Jazz Profile
1998
Thelonious Monk's Greatest Hits
1997
Underground (Special Edition)
1997
The Complete Blue Note Recordings
1994
Live At The Five Spot / Discovery! (Live)
1993
European Tour
1989
Misterioso
1989
Always Know
1979
Monk Trane
1973
Something in Blue
1972
Monk In Tokyo
1969
Solo Monk (Expanded Edition)
1965
Live At The "It" Club - Complete
1964
Big Band And Quartet In Concert
1964
Moving Out
1959
Thelonious Monk Plays Duke Ellington
1955
Piano Solo
1954
Genius of Modern Music, Volume 2
1952
Genius of Modern Music, Volume 1
1951
Thelonious Sphere Monk (October 10, 1917 – February 17, 1982) was an American jazz pianist and composer considered one of the giants of American music. 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". Monk is the second-most recorded jazz composer after Duke Ellington, which is particularly remarkable as Ellington composed over 1,000 songs while Monk wrote about 70. His compositions and improvisations are full of dissonant harmonies and angular melodic twists, and are consistent with Monk's unorthodox approach to the piano, which combined a highly percussive attack with abrupt, dramatic use of silences and hesitations. Since this was not a style universally appreciated, poet and jazz critic Philip Larkin dismissed Monk as "the elephant on the keyboard". Monk's manner was idiosyncratic. Visually, he was renowned for his distinctive style in suits, hats and sunglasses. He was also noted for the fact that at times, while the other musicians in the band continued playing, he would stop, stand up from the keyboard and dance for …