Thelonious Monk

piano, composition · 1917–1982 · Rocky Mount

Singular composer, silences and dissonances; ’Round Midnight.

Styles

• Bebop (Minton's, Monroe's)
• Hard bop

Landmark albums

• Brilliant Corners (1957)
• Monk's Dream (1963, Columbia)

Landmark tracks

• 'Round Midnight (1947)
• Well, You Needn't (1947)
• Ruby, My Dear (1947)
• In Walked Bud (1947)
• Epistrophy (1948)
• Straight, No Chaser (1951)
• Blue Monk (1954)
• Brilliant Corners (1956)

Cited in 7 radio episodes

• Sep 25, 2026: À la poursuite de John Coltrane, troisième partie - Miles, Monk, Sonny, de Blue Train à Kind Of Blue (Pour qui sonne le jazz, TSF Jazz, in French)
• Apr 29, 2026: "Dao" ou la grande envolée blues d'Alain Gomis (Culture Club, TSF Jazz, in French)
• Feb 12, 2026: Où est Charlie ? Histoire du ténor Charlie Rouse (Pour qui sonne le jazz, TSF Jazz, in French)
• Sep 17, 2025: Nadav Lapid, de Monk à Gaza... (Culture Club, TSF Jazz, in French)
• Sep 27, 2024: Monk, Autour de 'Round Midnight (Pour qui sonne le jazz, TSF Jazz, in French)
• Apr 24, 2024: Les jazz olympiques, seconde partie (Pour qui sonne le jazz, TSF Jazz, in French)
• May 24, 2020: Bud Powell, l'autre prophète du bebop (59 Rue des Archives, TSF Jazz, in French)

Sources

• EN : Thelonious Monk

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