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Thelonious Monk · 1951 · First recording by Monk, July 23, 1951 (Blue Note)

Context

Thelonious Monk recorded his angular blues on July 23, 1951, at WOR studios in New York, with Milt Jackson on vibraphone. The track appears on Genius of Modern Music, Vol. 2 (Blue Note). Miles Davis covered it in 1958 on Milestones, which helped make it a standard.

In the genealogy of jazz

This track belongs to Bebop (Minton's, Monroe's). Among the origins and influences of Bebop: Kansas City, Swing, big bands.

By the same artist

• Blue Monk (1954)
• Epistrophy (1948)
• 'Round Midnight (1947)
• Well, You Needn't (1947)
• Ruby, My Dear (1947)
• In Walked Bud (1947)

Sources

• EN: Genius of Modern Music, Vols. One & Two
• EN: Milestones (Miles Davis album)

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