Monk’s Mood; Abide With Me; Well, You Needn’t; Ruby, My Dear; Off Minor; Epistrophy; Crepuscule With Nellie; Ruby, My Dear; Trinkle Trinkle; Nutty; Functional ...

Thelonious Himself features just that: Monk alone, save one track featuring bassist Wilbur Ware and saxophonist John Coltrane. That track, “Monk’s Mood,” is a transcendent exercise in sonic expansion, ...

Thelonious Monk’s best-known ... and it changed his life as Monk showed him that at the root of hip-hop is jazz. Piano man ...

Born on February 22, 1924, in New York City, he played with numerous prominent jazz musicians throughout his career, including artists like Count Basie, Thelonious Monk, and Charles Mingus. His ...