Thelonious Monk: The Best of the Blue Note Years
Genre: Jazz	Dates: 1947-1952

Pianist Monk was called the "High Priest of Bop," but what he played wasn't bebop—it was, well, Thelonious Monk music. He not only took "mistakes"—dissonances, long pauses, jarring juxtapositions of notes, to name just a few—and turned them into a style, but he made them catchy, as the listener will find after two listens to this compilation. If that weren't enough, he also carried the entire history of jazz in his head and fingers. A truly unique composer and player.

Playlist:

1. Thelonious
2. Ruby My Dear
3. Well You Needn't
4. April In Paris
5. Monk's Mood
6. In Walked Bud
7. Round Midnight
8. Evidence
9. Misterioso
10. Epistrophy
11. I Mean You
12. Four In One
13. Criss Cross
14. Straight No Chaser
15. Ask Me Now
16. Skippy