Highly Reviewed at HiFi+ - 10 out of 10 for Recording & Music!!! Michael Fremer Rated 9/10 Music, 9/10 Sonics! Heavy-Weight 180 Gram Audiophile All-Analog Pressing! Mastered by Kevin Gray & Pressed at RTI! This item not eligible for any further discount offers! The signature album by one of jazz's signature artists, Monk's Dream is the Columbia Records debut release featuring the Thelonious Monk Quartet: Monk (piano), Charlie Rouse (tenor sax), John Ore (bass), and Frankie Dunlop (drums). Format: Impex 180g LP
10" Vinyl! Newly Remastered for Blue Note 75th Anniversary Vinyl! Volume one of Genius of Modern Music features the first sessions Thelonious Monk recorded as a leader in 1947. These sessions include some of the earliest Monk recordings that would become standards including “Round About Midnight” which is now one of the most popular jazz compositions ever. Format: Universal Blue Note 10" Vinyl
TAS Super LP List! Special Merit: Informal Newly Discovered 1959 Studio Recording! Cut By Kevin Gray & Pressed At Quality Record Pressings! Includes A 4-Page Insert With Photos! Recorded for the 1960 Roger Vadim movie Les Liaisons Dangereuses, this album features Monk performing with Charlie Rouse, Barney Wilen, Sam Jones and Art Taylor. Format: Sam Records 200g LP
The Absolute Sound Top Ten Vinyl Reissue of 2016!Read The Full Review Here! 180g High Quality Vinyl! Monk is joined by some of his closest collaborators Phil Woods, Steve Lacy, and Thad Jones along with Charlie Rouse, Frank Dunlop and more for this 1963 performance at Philharmonic Hall in New York. Format: Speakers Corner Columbia 180g LP
180g Vinyl Mastered From Original Analog Tapes! Pressed at Pallas and Mastered by Bernie Grundman! This release has long been considered Thelonious Monk's acknowledgement to the flourishing youth-oriented subculture from whence the collection takes its name. Underground became Monk's penultimate studio album, as well as the final release to feature the '60s quartet: Charlie Rouse, Ben Riley, and Larry Gales. Format: ORG Music 180g LP
180g Audiophile Vinyl! Specially Re-Mastered From Original Tapes! What makes Underground special is that unlike his other Columbia recordings, four out of the seven songs were newly composed and recorded. Format: Music On Vinyl 180g Import LP
To Be Announced pre-order your copy today! Orders with both pre-order and in stock items will have all in stock items shipped immediately! This item not eligible for any further discount offers! Numbered Limited Edition - 3000 Copies! Thelonious Monk Quartet's Monk's Dream on Hybrid SACD from Mobile Fidelity! Mastered from the Original Master Tapes! Throughout, Monk's Dream conveys an exhilarating freedom that mirrors the improvisational twists, dissonant techniques, and melodic turns Monk embraced not only in the studio (and on the stage) but in everyday life. Format: Mobile Fidelity Ultradisc UHR™ Numbered, Limited Edition Hybrid Stereo SACD
High Quality Pure Analogue 180g Virgin Vinyl LP! Audiophile Remastering! Monk is joined by Charlie Rouse, Butch Warren and Frankie Dunlop for this live performance in Tokyo, Japan in 1963. Format: Speakers Corner Sony 180g 2LP
Vinyl Reissue Series Commemorates 65th Anniversary of Prestige Records and 90th Birthday of Legendary Engineer Rudy Van Gelder! Monk's Music is often cited as one of the focal points of Thelonious Monk's six-year affiliation (1955-61) with the Riverside label. Joining Thelonious Monk during these two recording sessions are Ray Copeland, Gigi Gryce, Coleman Hawkins, John Coltrane, Wilbur Ware and Art Blakey. Format: OJC Fantasy LP
1957 Album Reissued On Vinyl LP! The solo album includes two performances of lasting significance: the unaccompanied version of his classic "’Round Midnight," and the one exception to the album’s solo format, "Monk’s Mood," on which he is joined by Wilbur Ware and, for the very first time, John Coltrane. Format: OJC Riverside LP
180g Vinyl LP! Remastered Original Master Concert Recording! Live In Berlin 1961 by Thelonious Monk Quartet and Live In Essen 1959 by Martial Solal Trio, are original master concert recordings from the 22nd of May, 1961 at Deutsche Jazz Salon, Berlin, and April 18th, 1959 at Grugahalle, Essen. Format: Jazzline/PO 180g LP
TAS Super LP List! Special Merit: Informal Numbered Limited Edition 200g LP! Newly Discovered 1959 Studio Recording! Cut By Kevin Gray & Pressed At Quality Record Pressings! Includes A 4-Page Insert With Photos! This item not eligible for any further discount offers! Recorded for the 1960 Roger Vadim movie Les Liaisons Dangereuses, this album features Monk performing with Charlie Rouse, Barney Wilen, Sam Jones and Art Taylor. Format: Sam Records Numbered Limited Edition 200g LP
Lost 1963 Recording Released For The Very First Time! All Analogue Mono Vinyl LP! TAS Rated 4.5/5 Music, 5/5 Sonics in the December 2018 Issue of The Absolute Sound! A previously unreleased, precious lost treasure from Monk’s most critically acclaimed lineup: Charlie Rouse (sax), John Ore (double bass) and Frankie Dunlop (drums). Recorded live in Copenhagen in 1963 at the peak of Monk’s career, this music is modernist, bluesy, soulful, weird and swinging. Format: Gearbox Records Mono LP
Numbered, Limited Edition 180g Vinyl! Limited To 3000 Numbered Copies! All-Analog Mastering by Kevin Gray! Pressed at RTI! This item not eligible for any further discount offers! This mid-period masterwork from jazz piano's most uncommon voice finds Monk and his quartet exploring every texture, tone and melodic turn of seven expansive tracks. This group was subtle, mature and confident, easily supporting Monk's more idiosyncratic side-tracks. Format: 2 Impex Numbered Limited Edition 180g LPs
180 Gram Black Vinyl! Black Lion Records Essential Reissue Series! Mastered by Bernie Grundman from Original Analog Tapes & Pressed at Pallas! London Collection, Volume 2 is the second installment of Thelonious Monk's final recording session as a band leader. The album features bassist Al McKibbon and drummer Art Blakey backing up Monk as he plays eight original tunes. Format: ORG Music Black Lion Records 180g Black Vinyl LP
Michael Fremer Rated 8/10 Music, 8/10 Sonics! 180 Gram Virgin Vinyl! For All Jazz Fans! The High Priest of Be-Bop! With its three compositions by Thelonious Monk, one might call this LP from 1964 “3 Standards and 3 Monks”. Format: Speakers Corner/Columbia 180g LP
Vinyl Reissue Series Commemorates 65th Anniversary of Prestige Records and 90th Birthday of Legendary Engineer Rudy Van Gelder! This 1954 release was recorded by Monk with two different quintets. The first set included Ray Copeland, Frank Foster, Curly Russell, and Art Blakey. The second session featured Julius Watkins, Sonny Rollins, Percy Heath, and Willie Jones. Format: OJC Fantasy LP
This 1958 album was recorded live at the Five Spot Cafe with Monk on piano, Johnny Griffin on sax, Ahmed Abdul-Malik on bass and Roy Haynes on drums. Format: OJC/Riverside LP
Carnegie Hall Concert On Double LP! A forgotten November 1957 Carnegie Hall concert taped by Voice Of America radio was discovered by the Library of Congress with two appearances by the Thelonious Monk Quartet with John Coltrane. Format: Universal Blue Note 2LP
