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By the mid-1960s, European touring had become a routine familiar to many of jazz's most well-known practitioners. Piano/composer Thelonious Monk was already over two decades into his career when he... more

Thelonious Monk was one of the most innovative and influential of the pioneering bebop pianists and composers with a uniquely distinctive and idiosyncratic style characterised by an angular,... more

At the time of this recording, Thelonious Monk was at both a creative and critical peak. He had recently signed with Columbia Records, notably one of the biggest jazz labels in the world at the time,... more

Live In Berlin, 1961 / Live In Essen, 1959

Joining that recent Coltrane release in the "lost treasure" column is this previously unreleased 1963 Copenhagen performance by Monk, saxophonist Charlie Rouse, bassist John Ore and drummer Frankie... more

Philly Joe Jones (who was living in Paris then) makes a surprise guest appearance in this rollicking quartet set in Paris. Jones jumps behind the drum set and provides a palpable spark for Nutty,... more

Any attempt to explain or describe Thelonious Monk's music would be useless. His genius lay in his ability to transcend categorization and create a new musical landscape with each composition. Here... more

Recorded in '57 but not issued 'til '61 (by which time the public had caught on to the idiosyncratic genius of these two), this legendary meeting was a career highlight for both Monk and Trane.... more

One great pianist doffed his cap to another in Monk's 1955 debut for the Ellington label!

It was Monk's time, all right—he was a bona fide star when this 1964 LP came out; this reissue adds two alternate takes and a bonus version of Epistrophy!

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