#THELONIOUS MONK RSD 2020 PLUS#

In the early to mid-1940s, he was already a house pianist in several Manhattan nightclubs. Thelonious started playing the piano at the age of six and was largely self-taughtвЂ¦at 17, he was playing the church organ, and in his late teens he began to find work playing jazz. He was also noted for an idiosyncratic habit during performances: while other musicians continued playing, Monk would stop, stand up, and dance for a few moments before returning to the piano.

Monk was known for a distinct look which included suits, hats, and sunglasses. Thelonious Monk's compositions/improvisations feature dissonances with complicated melodic twists and are consistent with his unorthodox approach to the piano (which combined a highly percussive attack with abrupt, dramatic use of switched key releases, silences, and hesitations). Monk was highly regarded by his peers and by critics, but often his music was regarded as too 'difficult' for more mainstream acceptance. Thelonious Monk is one of five jazz musicians to have been featured on the cover of Time magazine. He had a unique improvisational style and made numerous contributions to the standard jazz repertoireвЂ¦Monk is the second-most-recorded jazz composer (after Duke Ellington) and received prestigious awards for his career achievements (including a Grammy, a Pulitzer Prize and an induction into the Music Hall of Fame). Again I have old OJC versions of these, but here are lots of choices out there others can speak too.Thelonious Monk (1917 вЂ“ 1982) was an American jazz pianist and composer who needs little introduction. If you're looking for great Monk albums that also have great sound and have gotten audiophile reissues - Alone in San Francisco is something else Monk's Music is a great sounding album, most people prefer the mono version, but although it's distant sounding, the stereo version is terrific too. As a pianist I listen to that album and I think one could almost make a concordance of Monk pianoisms from it. And the Trio album is just the most Monkiest Monk piano record. The Blue Note stuff is really the stuff over the years that I find myself returning to more and more - there's always new stuff I hear in that - and especially since the Singles set has come out - which is a better set for listening than any of the earlier ways the material has been organized, and the best sound on the stuff to date. Though I wouldn't eschew the earlier stuff. I have it on an '80s OJC vinyl pressing of Brilliant Corners which is great and which I've never had any reason to replace. Thelonious Monk Quartet with John Coltrane at Carnegie Hall - historic and influential if short-lived '57 quartet with Coltrane captured liveД¬lick to expand.Others will have to answer that. Monk's Music may be Monk's best single album (although with a guy whose recording career began in 1948, albums aren't really the best measure of Monk's output) Thelonious Himself is Monk's first solo piano album and the version of 'Round Midnight' is like a little Monk piano sonata Thelonious Monk Trio on Prestige pulls together his great early trio dates for the label is almost a primer in the Monk piano style and also features the introduction of more classicsД«rilliant Corners is a great and great sounding album featuring Sonny Rollins and one of Monk's most brilliant original tunes

#THELONIOUS MONK RSD 2020 PLUS#

Round Midnight: The Complete Blue Note Singles is I think the best way to hear his earliest recordings as a leader and some of his best plus the takes that introduce most of his most famous compositions I'd go chronologically, others might do it differently: You could begin with any one of these (or all of them).

Thelonious monk rsd 2020