Thelonious Monk

Not in the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame

Eligible since: 1973

First Recording: 1947

Previously Considered? No  what's this?

Thelonious Monk
HALL OF FAME INDICATORS
🔲Rolling Stone 500 Albums
🔲Rolling Stone 500 Songs
🔲Rolling Stone Cover
🔲Saturday Night Live
🔲Major Festival Headliner
🔲Songwriters Hall of Fame
🔲“Big Four” Grammys
✅Grammy HoF Album
✅Grammy HoF Single
✅Nat'l Recording Registry
Inducted into Rock Hall Projected in 2034.
Grammy Hall of Fame AlbumsClass
The Genius Of Modern Music, Vols. 1 & 2 (1949)2003
Brilliant Corners (1956)1999
Monk's Music (1957)2001
Thelonious Monk With John Coltrane (1961)2007
Essential Albums (?)WikiVinylYouTube
Genius of Modern Music (Volume 1) (1951)☆ ☊
Thelonious (1953)☆ ☊
Brilliant Corners (1957)☆ ☊
Monk's Music (1957)☆ ☊
Thelonious Himself (1957)☆ ☊
Thelonious Alone in San Francisco (1959)☆ ☊
5 by Monk by 5 (1959)☆ ☊
Thelonious Monk with John Coltrane (1961)☆ ☊
Monk's Dream (1962)☆ ☊
Criss-Cross (1963)☆ ☊
Solo Monk (1965)☆ ☊
Straight No Chaser (1967)☆ ☊
Underground (1968)☆ ☊
Essential Songs (?)WikipediaYouTube
Round Midnight (1947)☆☊
Well, You Needn't (1947)☆☊
Straight, No Chaser (1952)☆☊

Thelonious Monk @ Wikipedia

Will Thelonious Monk be inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame?
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I've really come around to appreciate Thelonious Monk's music. Just listened to Brilliant Corners on the ride home from work just yesterday. I especially admire how he allowed each bandmate to shine on solos. Clark Terry, who just recently passed away, does a thrilling trumpet solo on Bemsha Swing.

Just to illustrate how ingenious of a musician Monk was, at the recording session for Brilliant Corners, he noticed a celeste sitting off to the side. Never one to waste an opportunity to improvise, Monk decided to include the celeste on Pannonica (named for jazz patron Pannonica de Koenigswarter). He actually played both the piano and celeste simultaneously, with one hand on each instrument. Now that's a musician!

So glad I reevaluated him. Although I enjoy my share of rock 'n roll, I've become far more interested in jazz the last couple years. It's pretty much tied with blues and pre-1990s R&B/soul/funk/disco for my favorite genre.

Posted by Zach on Tuesday, 03/10/2015 @ 12:10pm

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