Artist: Thelonious Monk
Genre: Jazz
American jazz pianist and composer known for his unique improvisational style and angular compositions. His influence on jazz is fundamental. His importance to bebop and modern jazz establishes him as legendary figure. His distinctive playing and compositional innovations influenced countless musicians making him one of jazz's most important and instantly recognizable artists whose idiosyncratic approach challenged and expanded jazz's possibilities.
Thelonious Monk vinyl records (14)
THELONIOUS MONK QUARTET Thelonious In Action (1961 UK 7-track mono LP on the white reel & mic label featuring a stellar line-up of Monk with Johnny Griffin on tenor Ahmed Abdul-Malik bass & Roy Haynes drums recorded at the famous Five Spot Cafe NYC in August 58. The front laminated flipback picture sleeve shows light wear & the vinyl reveals minimal play
£106.00 used
THELONIOUS MONK SEPTET Monks Music (1983 US issue of the 1957 6-track mono LP also featuring Ray Copeland Gigi Gryce Coleman Hawkins John Coltrane Wilbur Ware and Art Blakey picture sleeve reproducing the original albums artwork. The cover shows very little of its age & the vinyl is Near Mint OJC-084) Track Listing: 1
£50.00 used
THELONIOUS MONK Genius Of Modern Music Volume One (1984 French Direct Metal Mastering issue of the 1956 12-track mono LP surely a Top Ten in the history of jazz recordings featuring the melodic harmonic and rhythmic genius of Monks compositions including Round About Midnight Off Minor Epistrophy Well You Neednt Humph & more pasted picture sleeve reproducing the original album artwork
£34.00 used
THELONIOUS MONK QUARTET Monks Dream (1963 UK 8-track mono LP on a rough textured plain orange label produced by Teo Macero with Charles Rouse John Ore & Frankie Dunlop a significant addition to Monks already legendary performances frontlaminated flipback picture sleeve. The sleeve is Near Mint whilst the vinyl is graded Very Good with light hairlines/scuffing not affecting play BPG62135) Track Listing: 01
£56.00 used
THELONIOUS MONK Live At The It Club (Original 1982 US 12-track double LP recorded live on October 31st 1964 at the It Club in Los Angeles with Charlie Rouse Larry Gales & Ben Riley gatefold picture sleeve with extensive notes. The sleeve shows light age wear with a gold stamp on the back for review ahead of release whilst the vinyl has a few light paper scuffs leaving it Excellent C238030) Track Listing: A1 Blue Monk 7:30 A2 Well You Neednt 7:35 A3 Round Midnight 6:35 B1 Rhythm-a-ning 6:55 B2 Blues Five Spot (Five Spot Blues) 5:50 B3 Bemsha Swing 5:30 C1 Straight No Chaser 4:30 C2 Nutty 7:35 C3 Evidence 5:45 D1 Misterioso 8:20 D2 Gallops Gallop 5:15 D3 Ba-Blue Bolivar Ba-Lues-Are 6:25
£28.00 used
THELONIOUS MONK Straight No Chaser (2022 Impex Records stunning double album 2-LP edition cut at 33RPM. This mid-period masterwork finds Monk and his quartet - Charlie Rouse on tenor Ben Riley on drums and Larry Gales on bass - exploring every texture tone and melodic turn across seven expansive tracks
£89.99 new
THELONIOUS MONK Its Monks Time (1987 Dutch issue of the 1964 6-track stereo LP produced by Teo Macero & also featuring Charlie Rouse on tenor Butch Warren on bass & Ben Riley on drums glossy picture sleeve with company catalogue inner. The picture sleeve remains in its original open shop shrink while the vinyl shows minmial wear)
£23.00 used
THELONIOUS MONK Thelonious Monk With John Coltrane (2023 UK/EU limited edition 6-track remastered LP pressed on Audiophile quality 180-gram Heavyweight Vinyl at RTI released as part of the Original Jazz Classics series consisting of material recorded in 1957 when Monk worked extensively with John Coltrane but wasnt issued until 1961 after Coltrane had become a leader and jazz star in his own right
£38.99 used
THELONIOUS MONK The Golden Monk (1965 UK 7-track vinyl LP on the green Stateside label. Housed in a front laminated picture sleeve with extensive liner notes on the reverse. The reverse has a name imprinted to the unlaminated back with a smallamount of tipex partially obscuring it. Despite this the vinyl remains in Excellent condition has some spindlewear on the labels to indicate play) Track Listing: A1 We See A2 Smoke Gets In Your Eyes A3 Locomotive A4 Hackensack B1 Lets Call This B2 Think Of One (Take 2) B3 Think Of One (Take 1)
£23.00 used
THELONIOUS MONK Piano Solos (1978 US issue of the 1954 8-track vinyl LP picture sleeve. The sleeve shows ringwear whilst the vinyl is Near Mint FS336) Track Listing: Round About Midnight Reflections Smoke Gets In Your Eyes Well You Neednt Portrait Of An Ermite Manganese Eronol Off Minor
£23.00 used