Name: Brilliant Corners
Brand: Thelonious Monk

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OJC026

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Limited edition

Release date

2017-08-01

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Unive­rsal

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Sales:8.875

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025218602617

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Thelonious Monk

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Jazz

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Thelonious Monk was an American jazz pianist and composer, born on October 10, 1917 in Rocky Mount, North Carolina. He is widely recognized as one of the most influential pianists of the twentieth century and a key figure in the development of bebop. Monk's unique improvisational style and prolific compositions have left a lasting impact on the jazz genre. Known for his dissonant harmonies, angular melodic twists, and unconventional approach to the piano, he created music that was both innovative and captivating.

In addition to his musical talents, Monk had a distinct fashion sense with his signature suits, hats, and sunglasses. His stage presence was equally unconventional; often getting up from his piano to dance while his band members continued playing. This idiosyncratic behavior drew comparisons to ring-shout and Muslim Sufi whirling. Notably, Monk is one of only five jazz musicians to be featured on the cover of Time magazine.

Thelonious Monk passed away on February 17, 1982 at the age of 64 in Weehawken, New Jersey. He leaves behind a remarkable legacy as an artist who pushed boundaries and redefined jazz music through his groundbreaking compositions and performances.

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few composers or improvisers can match the originality of pianist thelonious monk. quirky yet rigorously logical, monk's playful but always purposeful choice of skewed melodies and interrupted rhythm patterns gave the bebop movement, and jazz in total, a new sound that was totally modern. although he created a surprisingly limited body of compositions, his impact on the vocabulary and canon of jazz is second to none, including such prolific giants as duke ellington. brilliant corners is a triumph of both performance and conception: the two small-group sessions, anchored by monk, drummer max roach, and the bass work of either oscar pettiford or paul chambers, feature superb front-line performances by saxophonists sonny rollins and the tragically under-recorded ernie henry, as well as trumpeter clark terry. the title track, which centers the collection, is one of monk's most unconventional pieces, skirting whole-tone, chromatic and lydian scales; a version of "pannonica" finds monk doubling on celeste, while the band stretches out on "bemsha swing" and the blues "ba-lue bolivar ba-lues-are." includes three bonus tracks recorded in 1954

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