Thelonious Monk: Genius Of Modern Music Vol. 2 (Blue Note Classic Vinyl Series) 1LP ETJS-133.1 Chicago Blues

Chicago Blues

Jimmy Garrison and Elvin Jones and recorded at the end of a two week run at Birdland

1961 at Hibiya Public Hall

Following his trial-by-fire tenure in the Charlie Parker Quintet in the mid-1940s

Thelonious Monk: Genius Of Modern Music Vol. 2 (Blue Note Classic Vinyl Series) 1LP ETJS-133.1 Chicago BluesBlue Note, 1952 Thelonious Monk was a little known figure on the New York City bebop scene when Blue Note founder Alfred Lion discovered and fell in love with the pianists utterly unique music and offered Monk his first opportunity to record as a leader in 1947. Over the next five years Lion recorded Monk in a variety of different settings performing his singular compositions. In 1956, Blue Note transitioned from the 10 to the 12 LP and began the 1500