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"The only truth is music." - Jack Kerouac

Thelonious Monk

The most important jazz musicians are the ones who are successful in creating their own original world of music with its own rules, logic, and surprises. Thelonious Monk, who was criticized by observers who failed to listen to his music on its own terms, suffered through a decade of neglect before he was suddenly acclaimed as a genius; his music had not changed one bit in the interim. In fact, one of the more remarkable aspects of Monk's music was that it was fully formed by 1947 and he saw no need to alter his playing or compositional style in the slightest during the next 25 years.

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Plays Monk (Blue transparent vinyl)
Esbjörn Svensson Trio
Osmosis
Manzanita Quintet
Ivory Forest Redux
Hal Galper | John Scofield
Secret Exit to Another Dimension
Piet Verbist
Plays Monk (vinyl)
Esbjörn Svensson Trio
Rise and Shine
Ruud Breuls / Simon Rigter Quintet
Live in Rotterdam 1967
Thelonious Monk
A New Episode In Life Pt. II
Jasper Somsen Trio
Norwegian Caravan
Come Shine