The Thelonious Monk Quartet: The Complete Columbia Studio Albums brings together the most popular of Monk's recordings of the period, including Monk's Dream (1962), Criss Cross (1962), It's Monk's Time (1964), Monk (1964), Straight, No Chaser (1966) and Underground (1967); albums that found the influential and iconoclastic pianist and composer collaborating with one of the most sympathetic interpreters of his lyrical and thorny music, the tenor saxophonist Charlie Rouse. While Monk had been acknowledged by fellow musicians as one of the linchpins of modern jazz, it wasn't until he signed with ... [Read More]
(Artist Transcriptions). Explore the genius of Monk through 15 note-for-note transcriptions of his takes on these standards: Bemsha Swing * Blue Monk * Boo Boo's Birthday * Criss Cross * Epistrophy * I Mean You * In Walked Bud * Let's Cool One * Monk's Dream * Nutty * Off Minor * Rhythm-a-ning * Ruby, My Dear * Straight No Chaser * Well You Needn't (It's Over Now). Also includes a bio and discography showing which recordings were used for these transcriptions.
Thelonious Monk was an American jazz pianist and composer. He had a unique improvisational style and made numerous contributions to the standard jazz repertoire, including "'Round Midnight," "Blue Monk," "Straight, No Chaser," "Ruby, My Dear," "In Walked Bud," and "Well, You Needn't." which are all included on this collection. This 2 CD set features 30 of his greatest works and is a fine introduction to one of the greatest jazz pianist ever.
The essential Thelonious Monk on Columbia at least, 11 tracks taken from his 1962-1968 tenure with the label. Includes such hallowed Monk melodies as 'Round Midnight; Epistrophy; Brilliant Corners; Well, You Needn't; Ruby, My Dear; Rhythm-A-Ning; Straight, No Chaser , and more.
Import 16 CD box set from the Jazz legend containing all of his albums for the Riverside label spanning the years 1955-61. Features 128 tracks. Universal. * Please note the now out-of-print, U.S. Monk - Complete Riverside Recordings Box was 15 discs BUT had 153 tracks, which included the Clark Terry Quartet record with Monk, other alternate takes, and a few Monk cameos on other Riverside artist's albums. Also, it was mastered 20 years ago. This current box only has the 129 Monk tracks that were originally released on his own LP albums, plus a few alternates, and the Jazzland and Milestone rele... [Read More]
Among the most intense and fascinating recording sessions of Thelonious Monk's career, Monk's Music surrounds the pianist/composer with his early boss Coleman Hawkins, his ideal drummer Art Blakey, two younger musicians who had worked with him productively earlier in the Fifties (Ray Copeland and Gigi Gryce), and another pair that would soon make history as part of his legendary Five Spot quartet (John Coltrane and Wilbur Ware). The program includes early Monk classics and the thorny new Crepuscule with Nellie, extended blowing performances and a brief opening horn fanfare, the sum of which eq... [Read More]
The very best of Jazz legend Thelonius Monk, with melody line and chords. Contents: Ask Me Now Ba-Lue Bolivar Ba-Lues-Are Blue Monk Blues Five Spot Bright Mississippi, Brilliant Corners Bye-Ya Childrens Song Crepuscule with Nellie Eronel Friday the Thirteenth Green Chimneys Humph Let's Call This Light Blue Little Rootie Tootie Monks Point North of the Sunset Nutty Pannonica Raise Four Reflections Something in Blue Straight No Chaser Stuffy Turkey Teo Think of One Two Timer Ugly Beauty We See When I Think of One (with words)
Re-issue on vinyl of the 1957 release by Thelonious Monk featuring Sonny Rollins, Ernie Henry, Oscar Pettiford, Max Roach, Clark Terry and Paul Chambers. Brilliant Corners is considered one of the best albums of his career. It received a 5 Star rating in Downbeat.
This never-before-heard jazz classic documents one of the most historically important bands in all of jazz history. This is the first professionally recorded full-length album by two of jazzs preeminent legends at the height of
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