Genius of Modern Music, Volume One

by Thelonious Monk

Genius of Modern Music, Volume One cover art
  • Type: Compilation
  • Released: May 1956
  • Label: Blue Note
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 36:41
  • Community rating: 4.39/5 from 4 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Reissued and resequenced as a 12-inch LP, this volume presents some of his earliest and most influential Blue Note recordings from 1947. These trio and quintet sessions are foundational texts for understanding his unique harmonic architecture and percussive piano style.

Genres

Descriptors: instrumental, progressive, rhythmic, improvisation, classic

Tracklist

  1. 'Round Midnight (3:09)
  2. Off Minor (2:59)
  3. Ruby My Dear (3:06)
  4. I Mean You (2:45)
  5. April In Paris (3:20)
  6. In Walked Bud (2:54)
  7. Thelonious (2:58)
  8. Epistrophy (3:07)
  9. Misterioso (3:20)
  10. Well You Needn't (2:57)
  11. Introspection (3:10)
  12. Humph (2:50)

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