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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

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

This recording is the audio portion of a television show recorded in Tokyo during Monk's 1963 tour of Japan. Not to be confused with the live album of that same 1963 tour, Monk In Tokyo, released on... 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

This two-CD set from the Swedish label Dragon features the Thelonious Monk Quartet just prior to the pianist signing with Columbia. Taken from a radio broadcast, these performances feature ten Monk... more

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

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

Double 180 gram clear audiophile vinyl LP pressing. As Scott Yanow puts it in his five-star review for AllMusic, "This is one of pianist-composer Thelonious Monk's greatest recordings and represents... more

Limited 180gm audiophile vinyl LP pressing. What if you could be a fly on the wall at Thelonious Monk's final recording sessions as leader? You can. Offering tremendous late-period performances, The... more

The Thelonious Monk Orchestra at Town Hall is an album by Thelonious Monk, originally released in 1959. The concert included Hall Overton’s arrangements on Monk’s tunes (including a transcription of... more

Criss-Cross, Thelonious Monk's second album for Columbia, features some of the finest work that Monk ever did in the studio with his '60s trio and quartet. Monk and Charlie Rouse (tenor), John Ore... 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