Thelonious Monk (1917 - 1982) was a US-American African-American jazz musician, who became known as a pianist and composer.
He was co-founder of Bebop alongside Charlie Parker, Dizzy Gillespie, Charlie Christian and Kenny Clarke. With his idiosyncratic piano style and his distinctive compositions Monk is considered one of the great individualists and major innovators of modern jazz.
Albums:
Genius Of Modern Music: Volume 1 (recorded in 1947-1948)/1956 compilated
Genius Of Modern Music: Volume 2 (1947-1952)
Straight, No Chaser (1951)
Thelonious Monk Trio (1952)
Monk (1953)
Thelonious Monk and Sonny Rollins (1953)
Thelonious Monk plays the Music of Duke Ellington (1955)
The Unique Thelonious Monk (1956)
Brilliant Corners (1957)
Thelonious Himself (1957)
Thelonious Monk with John Coltrane (1957)
Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers with Thelonious Monk (1957)
Monk's Music (1957)
Mulligan Meets Monk (1957, with Gerry Mulligan)
Blues Five Spot (1958)
Thelonious in Action (1958)
Misterioso (1958)
The Thelonious Monk Orchestra at Town Hall (1959)
5 by Monk by 5 (1958)
Thelonious Alone in San Francisco (1958)
Thelonious Monk at the Blackhawk (1960)
Monk in France (1961)
Monk's Dream (1962)
Criss Cross (1962)
Thelonious Monk in Italy (1963)
Monk in Tokyo (1963)
Miles and Monk at Newport (1963, met optreden van Miles Davis)
Big Band and Quartet in Concert (1963)
It's Monk's Time (1964)
Monk. (1964)
Solo Monk (1964)
Live at the It Club (1964)
Live at the Jazz Workshop (1964)
Underground (1967)
Monk's Blues (1968)
The London Collection (1971, drie delen)
Thelonious Monk Quartet with John Coltrane at Carnegie Hall (2005)