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Thelonious Monk

BAND RANKINGS:

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All Time

of 150,013

788
Decades
- 1940s
  
  of 38
  
  2
- 1950s
  
  of 170
  
  107
- 1960s
  
  of 431
  
  277
- 1970s
  
  of 328
  
  0
- 1980s
  
  of 1,418
  
  0
- 1990s
  
  of 7,254
  
  5,230
- 2000s
  
  of 10,564
  
  5,709
Genres
- Jazz
  
  of 1,947
  
  870
- Miscellaneous
  
  of 2,544
  
  1,210
- Pop
  
  of 13,665
  
  5,863

CAREER SPAN:

Decade

Album Score

# Albums

1940s

3.1449

1950s

1.9517

1960s

1.9373

1970s

0.0000

1980s

0.0000

1990s

1.3778

2000s

1.0954

Ratings and rankings are based on all available critic reviews for each album.

Overall Band Score: Thelonious Monk is ranked overall as 2.5689 out of 4 stars

2.5689

Thelonious Monk Biography

Formed:

October 1917

Disbanded:

February 1982

Genres:

Jazz, Miscellaneous, New Age, Pop, R&B & Soul, Soundtracks

Labels:

Allegro Corporation, Allegro Distributed Lines, Black Lion/da Music, Blue Note, Blue Note Records, Cbs/epic/wtg Records, Century Vista Records, Collectables Records, Definitive Records (spain), Early Bird, Emi Gold, Emi Special Markets, Empire Music Group, Fantasy/milestone/prestige, Fruit Tree

History:

The most important jazz musicians are the ones who are successful in creating their own original world of music with its own rules, logic, and surprises. Thelonious Monk, who was criticized by observers who failed to listen to his music on its own terms, suffered through a decade of neglect before he was suddenly acclaimed as a genius; his music had not changed one bit in the interim. In fact, one of the more remarkable aspects of Monk's music was that it was fully formed by 1947 and he saw no ...more

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