finetune artist: Thelonious Monk

Thelonious Monk, underappreciated at the beginning of his career in the 1940s, was eventually recognized as one of the most brilliant figures in modern jazz, with a piano and compositional style that began in a classic stride and then veered off, gloriously, into the stratosphere. In contrast to the more athletic exploits of many beboppers, Monk's idiosyncratic playing was filled with stark contrasts of rhythm, space, and harmony, as if he were carefully unveiling some ancient wisdom. His death in 1982 left a void in jazz that could never be filled. However, Monk's songs live on in his remarkable recordings, and his influence is continually present in the work of hundreds of contemporary musicians.

Listen to Thelonious Monk at Finetune.

(2008) Brilliant Corners [Keepnews Collection]
(2008) Thelonious Himself
(2007) Live At The 1964 Monterey Jazz Festival
(2007) At Town Hall [Keepnews Collection]
(2007) At The Five Spot [2-fer]
(2007) Plays Duke Ellington [Keepnews Collection]
(2007) Thelonious Monk Trio [RVG Remaster]
(2007) Finest In Jazz
(2006) Thelonious Monk
(2006) Brilliant Corners
(2006) Thelonious Himself
(2006) Thelonious Alone In San Francisco
(2006) Thelonious Monk Plays Duke Ellington
(2006) Brilliant Corners
(2006) Thelonious Monk With John Coltrane
(2006) Thelonious Alone In San Francisco
(2006) Thelonious Himself
(2006) Thelonious Monk In Italy
(2006) Monk In France
(2006) Thelonious Monk With John Coltrane
(2006) San Francisco Holiday
(2006) The Best Of Thelonious Monk
(2006) Monk's Music
(2006) Monk
(2006) Thelonious Monk/Sonny Rollins
(2006) Monk's Music
(2006) Thelonious Monk And The Jazz Giants
(2006) The Art Of The Ballad
(2006) The Complete Prestige Recordings
(2006) The Thelonious Monk Memorial Album
(2006) The Unique Thelonious Monk
(2006) The Thelonious Monk Orchestra At Town Hall
(2006) The Complete 1957 Riverside Recordings
(2006) Mulligan Meets Monk
(2006) Thelonious Monk and Sonny Rollins
(2006) Riverside Profiles: Thelonious Monk
(2006) 5 By Monk By 5
(2005) The Very Best
(2004) The Best Of Thelonious Monk
(2004) Genius Of Modern Music: Vol. 1
(2004) Jazz Profile
(2003) Criss-Cross
(2003) Solo Monk
(2003) Underground
(2003) It's Monk's Time
(2001) Genius Of Modern Music: Vol. 2 (The Rudy Van Gelder Edition)
(1994) The Complete Blue Note Recordings
(1990) Genius Of Modern Music, Vol. 1
(1969) Jazz Moods - 'Round Midnight
(1969) Ken Burns Jazz-Thelonious Monk
(1968) Monk Alone: The Complete Columbia Solo Studio Recordings of Thelonious Monk (1962-1968), CD 2
(1968) The Composer
(1967) Straight No Chaser
(1967) Straight, No Chaser
(1967) Straight No Chaser - Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
(1965) Thelonious Monk's Greatest Hits
(1965) Live At Newport 1963 & 1965
(1964) Live At The Jazz Workshop - Complete
(1964) Big Band And Quartet In Concert
(1964) Monk Alone: The Complete Columbia Solo Studio Recordings of Thelonious Monk- 1962-1968
(1964) Standards
(1964) Solo Monk
(1964) Monk.
(1963) The Essential Thelonious Monk
(1963) This Is Jazz #5
(1963) Big Band And Quartet In Concert, CD 1
(1963) The Columbia Years '62-'68
(1963) Monk In Tokyo
(1962) The Columbia Years
(1962) Monk's Dream
(1957) Monk's Music
(1956) Brilliant Corners

'Round Midnight
Blue Monk
Straight, No Chaser
April In Paris
Ruby, My Dear