248 Thelonious Monk
A very brief run through some of the highlights of the career of a hugely significant musician who was not well appreciated in his time. Also featuring some of his compositions covered by other artists,as may were.
Preshow
Title | Artists | Album | Year |
Nutty | Arthur Blythe | Light Blue | 1983 |
Reflections (Donald Fagen, Steve Khan) | Monk, Hal Willner, Various Artists | That’s The Way I Feel Now | 1984 |
Monk’s Dream | Robert Hurst | Unrehurst, Volume 2 | 2010 |
Ugly Beauty | Joey Baron | MiXMONK | 2019 |
Main show
I Mean You | Thelonious Monk | Big Band and Quartet In Concert | 1964 |
Let’s Cool One | Thelonious Monk | The Complete Blue Note Recordings – Mosaic – (Disc 3) | 1954 |
Friday The 13th | Thelonious Monk/Sonny Rollins | The Complete Prestige Recordings (Disc 1) | 2000 |
Straight, No Chaser | Miles Davis & John Coltrane | Miles Davis & John Coltrane – The Complete Columbia Recordings 1955-1961 (Cd 5) | 1999 |
‘Round Midnight (Joe Jackson) | Monk, Hal Willner, Various Artists | That’s The Way I Feel Now | 1984 |
Blue Monk (Dr. John) | Monk, Hal Willner, Various Artists | That’s The Way I Feel Now | 1984 |
Bemsha Swing | Thelonious Monk | Brilliant Corners | 1956 |
Rhythm-A-Ning | Art Blakey & Thelonious Monk | Art Blakey’s Jazz Messengers With Thelonious Monk | 1957 |
Hackensack | Thelonious Monk | The Complete Riverside Recordi | 2011 |
Work | Chick Corea Trio | Trilogy | 2013 |
Little Rootie Tootie | MONK’estra | MONK’estra, Vol. 1 | 2016 |
Ugly Beauty | Thelonious Monk | Underground (Remaster) | 1968 |
Well, You Needn’t | Thelonious Monk | Palo Alto | 2020 |
Postshow
In Walked Bud | Alex Von Schlippenbach | Monk’s Casino | 2011 |
Gallop’s Gallop | Alex Von Schlippenbach | Monk’s Casino | 2011 |
Misterioso – Sixteen – Skippy | Alex Von Schlippenbach | Monk’s Casino | 2011 |
Eronel | Alex Von Schlippenbach | Monk’s Casino | 2011 |
Trinkle-Tinkle | Alex Von Schlippenbach | Monk’s Casino | 2011 |