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Thelonious Monk
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. Monk's compositions and improvisations feature dissonances and angular melodic twists, often using flat ninths, flat fifths, unexpected chromatic notes together, low bass notes and stride, and fast whole tone runs, combining a highly percussive attack with abrupt, dramatic use of switched key releases, silences, and hesitations. Monk's distinct look included suits, hats, and sunglasses. He also had an idiosyncratic habit during performances: while other musicians continued playing, Monk would stop, stand up, and dance for a few moments before returning to the piano. Monk is one of five jazz musicians to have been featured on the cover of Time. From Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thelonious_Monk) under Creative Commons Attribution CC-BY-SA 3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/legalcode)
Songs See All
Albums See All
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The Best Of
2025
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Mulligan Meets Monk (Remastered 2025 / Mono Mix)
2025
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Monk's Music (Remastered 2024)
2024
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Monk
2024
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Magnificent Monk
2024
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Just Jazz Presents, Thelonius Monk
2024
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Monk On Monk
2024
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Late Night Thelonious Monk
2024
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Purple Shades
2024
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Merry Christmas and A Happy New Year from Thelonious Monk
2023
Singles & EPs See All
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Thelonious Monk
EP • 2024
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Leave The Door Open
Single • 2023
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Hornin' in
Single • 2022
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Trinkle, Tinkle
Single • 2021
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Work (Mono Version)
Single • 2017
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Monk's Music Medley: Abide with Me / Well, You Needn't / Ruby, My Dear / Off Minor / Epistrophy / Crepuscule with Nellie
Single • 2016
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Bemsha Swing (Mono Version)
EP • 2014
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'Round About Midnight
Single • 2014
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Smoke Gets in Your Eyes
Single • 2014
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Reflections
Single • 2014
Videos See All
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Thelonious Monk Don't Blame Me (Live in Denmark)
Thelonious Monk • 1.2M views
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Thelonious Monk 'Round Midnight Live in Norway
Thelonious Monk • 109K views
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I Mean You Live From Salle Pleyel, Paris, France/1969
Thelonious Monk • 464K views
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Presenting Thelonious Monk
Playlist • YouTube Music
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Jazz Feels the Blues
Playlist • YouTube Music
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Cool Jazz Moods
Playlist • YouTube Music
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Essential Jazz
Playlist • YouTube Music
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Traditional Jazz
Playlist • YouTube Music
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Springtime Jazz
Playlist • YouTube Music
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Swinging Jazz
Playlist • YouTube Music
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Bewitching Jazz
Playlist • YouTube Music
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Easy Upbeat Jazz
Playlist • YouTube Music
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Background Jazz
Playlist • YouTube Music
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