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Thelonious Sphere Monk was born on October 10, 1917, [7] in Rocky Mount, North Carolina, the son of Thelonious (or Thelious) and Barbara Monk. His sister, Marion, had been born two years earlier. His sister, Marion, had been born two years earlier.
Monk's Blues is an album by Thelonious Monk accompanied by a big band arranged and conducted by Oliver Nelson. Originally released by Columbia Records in 1968, it was re-released on CD in 1994. Produced by Teo Macero , the album was recorded in Los Angeles by Monk's working quartet augmented by a group of Hollywood studio musicians.
Above all else, Monk's Dream is an exemplary collection of interpretations of the compositions and playing style of Thelonious Sphere Monk—perhaps the greatest iconoclast of twentieth-century jazz". [3] PopMatters correspondent Will Layman observed "You've never heard Monk played quite that way before.
Four in One (subtitled A Tribute to Thelonious Monk) is the debut album by the group Sphere featuring pianist Kenny Barron, bassist Buster Williams, and Monk's former drummer Ben Riley, and his former saxophonist Charlie Rouse. The album was released by the Elektra/Musician label.
A blues in B ♭ written in the studio and first recorded on September 22, 1954, for the album Thelonious Monk Trio, and is by far the tune Monk recorded the most. The melody is partly borrowed from Charlie Shavers' "Pastel Blue". [16] Versions of the tune appear on Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers with Thelonious Monk, [17] and Monk's Blues.
This is the "80th Anniversary Birthday Tribute to Thelonious Sphere Monk" featuring 20 guest artists including Herbie Hancock, Wayne Shorter, Arturo Sandoval, Dianne Reeves, Nnenna Freelon, and Howard Johnson. By the 1990s, Monk was ready to begin his solo career, in which he has taken a decidedly more jazz-oriented direction.
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Thelonious Sphere Monk (1917–1982) was an American jazz pianist. Thelonious Sphere Monk or Thelonious Monk may also refer to: T. S. Monk or Thelonious Sphere Monk III (born 1949), son of Thelonious Monk; Thelonious Sphere Monk: Dreaming of the Masters Series Vol. 2, a 1991 tribute album