Artist: Thelonious Monk
Album: Greatest Hits
Year Of Release: 1983
Label: CBS
Country: Netherlands
Side One:
1 well, you needn`t
2 misterioso
3 bemsha swing
4 `round midnight
5 epistrophy
Side Two:
1 ruby my dear
2 crepuscule with nellie
3 blue monk
4 straight, no chaser
Thelonious Monk (October 10, 1917 – February 17, 1982) was an American jazz pianist and composer considered "one of the giants of American music". Monk had a unique improvisational style and made numerous contributions to the standard jazz repertoire, including "Epistrophy", "'Round Midnight", "Blue Monk", "Straight, No Chaser" and "Well, You Needn't".
Often regarded as a founder of bebop, Monk's playing later evolved away from that style. His compositions and improvisations are full of dissonant harmonies and angular melodic twists, and are consistent with Monk's unorthodox approach to the piano, which combined a highly percussive attack with abrupt, dramatic use of silences and hesitations.
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