Name: Solo Monk - Thelonious Monk
Brand: Thelonious Monk
SKU: 5099751335825
Price: 9.51 EUR
Availability: InStock

Description

1964-1965 re // remastered incl. 9 extra tracks

Artist

American jazz pianist and composer.

Born: 10 October 1917 in Rocky Mount, North Carolina, USA.
Died: 17 February 1982 in Weehawken, New Jersey, USA (aged 64).

One of the most influential pianists of the twentieth century, Thelonious Monk had a idiosyncratic improvisational style and made numerous contributions to the standard jazz repertoire. He is often regarded as one of the founders of bebop. Monk's prolific compositions and improvisations are full of dissonant harmonies and angular melodic twists. His unorthodox approach to the piano combines a highly percussive attack with abrupt, use of silence and dramatic pauses. He was also known for a distinct fashion sense in his suits, hats and trademark sunglasses. Monk was an unconventional stage presence, known for getting up from his piano to dance (sometimes in a counter-clockwise motion which drew comparisons to ring-shout and Muslim Sufi whirling) while his band members were still playing. Monk is one of only five jazz musicians to date to be featured on the cover of Time magazine, which puts him in a select company with Louis Armstrong, Duke Ellington, Wynton Marsalis, and Dave Brubeck.

Father of Thelonious Monk Jr. and Boo Boo Monk.

Tracks

1 Dinah (Take 2) 02:29

2 I Surrender, Dear 03:45

3 Sweet And Lovely (Take 2) 03:01

4 North Of The Sunset 01:53

5 Ruby, My Dear (Take 3) 05:40

6 I'm Confessin' (That I Love You) 02:37

7 I Hadn't Anyone Till You 03:18

8 Everything Happens To Me (Take 3) 03:30

9 Monk's Point 02:18

10 I Should Care 01:57

11 Ask Me Now (Take 2) 04:38

12 These Foolish Things (Remind Me Of You) 03:34

13 Introspection 02:12

14 Darn That Dream 03:39

15 Dinah (Take 1) 02:22

16 Sweet And Lovely (Take 1) 03:16

17 Ruby, My Dear (Take 1) 04:45

18 I'm Confessin' (That I Love You) (Take 1) 02:41

19 I Hadn't Anyone Till You (Take 2) 03:18

20 Everything Happens To Me (Retake 1) 05:18

21 Ask Me Now (Take 1) 03:43

Releases

Formats

Vinyl, Reel-To-Reel, CD, Cassette, SACD

Labels

Music On Vinyl, CBS, Columbia, CBS/Sony, Sony Records, SME Records, Sony Records Int'l

Countries

Argentina, Australia, Canada, France, Japan, Netherlands, South Africa, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, United States of America, Europe

years

1965, 1966, 1969, 1974, 1979, 1987, 1989, 1992, 1997, 1999, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2008, 2013, 2014, 2017

Members