Browse: Monk, T (composer)
This page lists all recordings composed by Thelonious Sphere Monk (1917–82).
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The American musician shifts away from 12-bar blues to ‘an energy’ in this mix of seven originals and Monk and Coltrane covers… An innovative homage to tradition. — More…
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Jazzwise, Editor's Choice, March 2024
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Presto Recording of the Week, 23rd February 2024
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Over Frisell’s boogieing groove, his quavering upper tone and squabbling whispers muse over languid country-ballad guitar harmonies on Leonard Cohen’s Anthem. Bola de Nieve’s Ay Amor! is a highlight,... — More…
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Jazzwise, Editor's Choice, April 2021
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Presto Recording of the Week, 30th April 2021
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The Guardian, Jazz Album of the Month, March 2021
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These are musicians working together with the kind of intuition that only comes from an intensive focus on the material and a profound collective self-awareness, allowing each track to come alive... — More…
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Jazzwise, Editor's Choice, March 2024
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BBC Music Magazine, March 2024, Jazz Choice
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The title track is historically significant as the first instance of Davis basing a theme and subsequent improvising around modal scales instead of the usual major and minor, starting him along... — More…
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Penguin Guide to Jazz, Core Collection
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Presto Music, Classic Jazz Recording
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Jazz 100, Top 100 Jazz Albums, Top 100 (Pre-1980)
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The first new Monk album to receive more than a guarded welcome in the press, the praise was entirely justified. Unlike his first two Riverside releases, respectively of Ellington standards and... — More…
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Jazzwise, 100 Albums That Shook the World
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Penguin Guide to Jazz, Core Collection
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Jazz 100, Top 100 Jazz Albums, Top 100 (Pre-1980)
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Of the scores of Monk tributes, few recordings have captured his spirit so credibly. — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 19th January 2024
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Jazzwise, Editor's Choice, February 2024
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Presto Recording of the Week, 5th January 2024
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Penguin Guide to Jazz, Core Collection
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Presto Music, Classic Jazz Recording
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The New Yorker, Top 100 Jazz Albums
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Jazz 100, Top 100 Jazz Albums, Top 100 (Pre-1980)
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Of the scores of Monk tributes, few recordings have captured his spirit so credibly. — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 19th January 2024
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The warmth of Corea’s liner notes about his fellow players does suggest, perhaps, this ensemble really should have recorded and played more together – as their exuberant performance of ‘Rhumba... — More…
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Jazzwise, Editor's Choice, December 2021 - January 2022
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