Thelonious Monk

Thelonious Monk (Oct. 10, 1917 – Feb. 17. 1982) was an American jazz pianist and composer.

He was born Thelonious Sphere Monk on October 17, 1917, in Rocky Mount, NC.

Discography:

• Thelonious (1953 • Thelonious Monk Trio)
  
• Thelonious Monk Quintet (1954 • Thelonious Monk Quintet)
  
• Thelonious Monk Quintet Blows for LP (1954 • Thelonious Monk Quintet)
  
• Piano Solo (1954)
  
• Thelonious Monk Plays (1955)
  
• Thelonious Monk Plays the Music of Duke Ellington (1955)
  
• The Unique (1956)
  
• Brilliant Corners (1957)
  
• Mulligan Meets Monk (1957 • Thelonious Monk and Gerry Mulligan)
  
• Thelonious Himself (1957)
  
• Monk’s Music (1957 • Thelonious Monk Septet)
  
• In Orbit (1958 • Clark Terry With Thelonious Monk)
  
• Art Blakey’s Jazz Messengers With Thelonious Monk (1958 • Art Blakey’s Jazz Messengers With Thelonious Monk)
  
• Misterioso (1958 • Thelonious Monk Quartet)
  
• Thelonious in Action (1958 • Thelonious Monk Quartet)
  
• The Thelonious Monk Orchestra at Town Hall (1959 • The Thelonious Monk Orchestra)
  
• 5 by Monk by 5 (1959 • Thelonious Monk Quintet)
  
• Thelonious Alone in San Francisco (1960)
  
• Thelonious Monk With John Coltrane (1961 • Thelonious Monk With John Coltrane)
  
• Monk’s Dream (1963 • The Thelonious Monk Quartet)
  
• Criss-Cross (1963)
  
• It’s Monk’s Time (1964)
  
• Monk. (1965)
  
• Solo Monk (1965)
  
• Nica’s Tempo (1966 • Thelonious Monk & Gigi Gryce)
  
• Straight, No Chaser (1967)
  
• Underground (1968)
  
• Monk’s Blues (1969 • Thelonious Sphere Monk)
  
• Something in Blue (1972)
  
• Thelonious Monk (1972)
  
• The Man I Love (1973)
  
• Always Know (archival, 1979)
  
• Blue Sphere (1979)
  
• ‘Round Midnight (archival, 1983)
  
• The Complete Riverside Recordings, Volume 2 (1986)
  
• The London Collection: Volume One (1988)
  
• Straight, No Chaser (archival, OST, 1989)
  
• Monkism (1998)
  
• The Transformer (archival, 2007)
  
• Les Liaisons Dangereuses 1960 (archival, 2017)
  

Sources:

• Discogs: Thelonious Monk