Thelonious Monk (1917-1982)
Last updated: 12.01.25
According to the Internet source given below, 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, which is particularly remarkable as Ellington composed more than a thousand pieces, whereas Monk wrote about 70. Personal remarks:
In my vinyl collection I have an LP Theolonius Mink in Europe Vol. 1 (Riverside, RLP 002)
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Thelonious Monk | Biography by wikipedia.org. | |
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List of compositions by Thelonious Monk | List of works by wikipedia.org. |
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Dear Ruby (1988) | T. Monk (music) Sally Swisher (words) |
Piano, Voice | Sheet Music Singer |
The peformer is featured on 3 sheet music/recording covers. It does not claim to be complete and represents only the number of items located.
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Sweetheart of All My Dreams (1928) | Art Fitch | Kay Fitch (co-author) Bert Lowe (co-author) Thelonious Monk (perf.) |
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Don't Blame Me (1933) | James Francis McHugh | Dorothy Fields (words)
Thelonious Monk (perf.) |
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Thelonious Monk - Live in Norway & Denmark (1966) | Miscellaneous | Thelonious Monk (perf.) |
This list is arranged in chronological order and contains 7 works by Thelonious Monk (1917-1982).
It does not claim to be complete and represents only the number of items located. Keys:
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A. Fitch | Sweetheart of All My Dreams (6:44) | T. Monk |
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J.F. McHugh | Thelonious Monk - Don't Blame Me (5:08) | T. Monk |
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Miscellaneous | Thelonious Monk - Live In Norway & Denmark (1966) (60:07) | T. Monk |