Miles Davis is one, John Coltrane is another, but the list tapers off pretty soon after that. One need not understand music theory to hear his character in the music-the push and pull of discordant up-and-down scales and harsh crashes of chords in “Brilliant Corners” speak volumes on their own.įew jazz performers or bandleaders have left as big an impact as Thelonious Monk. You typically know a Monk recording when you hear it because of his technique-heavy, percussive, sometimes harsh, sometimes chaotic, but invariably exciting and intense. It’s also true-nobody actually played piano the way that Thelonoius Monk did. That probably sounds like the kind of hyperbole that’s typically reserved for musicians who become revered for generations, and perhaps it is. The next batch of recordings Monk produced for Prestige saw him beginning to take advantage of the longer LP format.Nobody played like Thelonious Monk. 45-162 Thelonious Monk Trio - Blue Monk / Bye-Ya (re-released 1959).PREP 1329 Thelonious Monk Trio (EP with same contents as Side A of the 10" LP).PR 850 Thelonious Monk Trio - Little Rootie Tootie / Monk's Dream.PR 838 Thelonious Monk Trio - Trinkle, Tinkle / These Foolish Things.PR 795 Thelonious Monk Trio - Sweet And Lovely / Bye-Ya.And, in fact, most of these selections were released in that format at the time, as well: Like the Blue Note recordings before them, it appears these performances were kept short such that they could be simultaneously released on 45 and 78 rpm singles and EPs.
Recording engineer: unknown, Beltone Studios, New York CityĪ notable feature of these eight recordings is their brevity." Bemsha Swing" ( Thelonious Monk, Denzil Best) - 3:10." These Foolish Things" ( Harry Link, Holt Marvell, Jack Strachey) - 2:46." Sweet and Lovely" ( Gus Arnheim, Jules LeMare, Harry Tobias) - 3:33.All compositions by Thelonious Monk, except where noted.
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