Not just the greatest pianist of all time, but maybe the most influential jazzman too.
Discography
- Genius of Modern Music (Volume One) (1951) A+
- Genius of Modern Music (Volume Two) (1952) A
- Thelonious Monk Trio (1954) A
- Thelonious Monk and Sonny Rollins (1955) A
- Thelonious Monk Plays Duke Ellington (1955) A-
- The Unique Thelonious Monk (1956) A
- Brilliant Corners (1957) A+
- Thelonious Himself (1957) A-
- Monk’s Music (1957) A
- Mulligan Meets Monk (1957, with Gerry Mulligan) A-
- Art Blakey’s Jazz Messengers with Thelonious Monk (1958, with Art Blakey) A
- Thelonious in Action (1958) A-
- Misterioso (1958) A
- The Thelonious Monk Orchestra at Town Hall (1959) A
- 5 by Monk by 5 (1959) B+
- Thelonious Alone in San Francisco (1959) A-
- Thelonious Monk at the Blackhawk (1960) A-
