The set opens with Rouse spinning beguiling melodies over the relaxed summery groove of “Bitchin’” and continues with the urgent pulse of “Hopscotch”, the first of three tracks underpinned by bassist ...

Not to be confused with the live album of that same 1963 tour, Monk In Tokyo, released on Columbia Records. It also should be noted that the recordings here were previously released as Thelonious Monk ...

CD1: Bye-Ya; We See; Blue Monk; I Want to Be Happy; Bemsha Swing; Caravan; Tea For Two; Pannonica; Brilliant Corners; 'Round Midnight. CD2: Well, You Needn't; Off ...

Thelonious Monk’s best-known composition ... 62 recordings had been made. On his first album for Columbia Records, titled ...

When Collective Soul emerged from Georgia in the '90s, they were lumped in with a post-grunge crowd that also included the ...

All of these albums can be pre-ordered now ... breakthroughs after his artistic turning point with Brilliant Corners. Thelonious Himself features just that: Monk alone, save one track featuring ...

Composer and pianist Thelonious Monk’s eccentric style and innovative harmonies redefined jazz. His numerous contributions to ...

Today's avant-garde is tomorrow's mainstream?as was the case with Monk. When widespread success finally arrived, there was this nagging suspicion he didn't quite know how to deal with it.