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Thelonious Monk
Thelonious Sphere Monk was an American jazz pianist and composer. He had a unique improvisational style and made numerous contributions to the standard jazz repertoire, including "'Round Midnight", "Blue Monk", "Straight, No Chaser", "Ruby, My Dear", "In Walked Bud", and "Well, You Needn't". Monk is the second-most-recorded jazz composer after Duke Ellington. Monk's compositions and improvisations feature dissonances and angular melodic twists, often using flat ninths, flat fifths, unexpected chromatic notes together, low bass notes and stride, and fast whole tone runs, combining a highly percussive attack with abrupt, dramatic use of switched key releases, silences, and hesitations. Monk's distinct look included suits, hats, and sunglasses. He also had an idiosyncratic habit during performances: while other musicians continued playing, Monk would stop, stand up, and dance for a few moments before returning to the piano. Monk is one of five jazz musicians to have been featured on the cover of Time. From Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thelonious_Monk) under Creative Commons Attribution CC-BY-SA 3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/legalcode)

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Straight, No Chaser
Thelonious Monk
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'Round Midnight
Thelonious Monk
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Swing Spring
Miles Davis
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'Round Midnight
Thelonious Sphere Monk
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Straight, No Chaser
Thelonious Monk

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Mulligan Meets Monk (Remastered 2025 / Mono Mix)

Album • 2025
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Purple Shades

Album • 2024
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Kiss Me

Album • 2023
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Monk's Music (Remastered 2024)

Album • 2024
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On Riverside: Thelonious Monk

Album • 2023
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Caramel Lips

Album • 2023
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Monk On Monk

Album • 2024
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We Can't Stop Never

Album • 2023
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Late Night Thelonious Monk

Album • 2024
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You Are My Inspiration

Album • 2023

Singles

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Leave The Door Open

2023
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Trinkle, Tinkle

2021

Videos

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Thelonious Monk Don't Blame Me (Live in Denmark)

Thelonious Monk • 1.2M views
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Thelonious Monk 'Round Midnight Live in Norway

Thelonious Monk • 107K views
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I Mean You Live From Salle Pleyel, Paris, France/1969

Thelonious Monk • 459K views

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Presenting Thelonious Monk

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Cool Jazz Moods

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Swinging Jazz

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On The Bandstand

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Essential Jazz

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Bewitching Jazz

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Jazz Feels the Blues

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Springtime Jazz

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Presenting Art Blakey

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Traditional Jazz

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