http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.5901&rws=%2Fthelonious-monk%2Ftop-tracks.rssThelonious Sphere Monk was an iconoclast of the jazz community, a brilliant composer/pianist whose relentlessly quirky music has been putting smiles on people's faces long after his death. While he played with many groups through the 1940s, it wasn't until '47 that Monk began his solo odyssey. Outside the Bebop mainstream, Monk was busy concocting his own brew of witty, angular melodies with unorthodox and difficult chord progressions, and deeply swinging, Stride-influenced rhythm. In larger combos, Monk was a brilliant, if erratic, accompanist. His approach was wildly diverse, encompassing harmonically dense riffing, startlingly dissonant counterpoint, and complete silence. He was even known to get up and dance around the piano during his bandmates' solos. Monk was also a master at choosing sidemen; on his 1957 recording <I>Monk's Music</I>, he placed the passionate Post Bop explorations of John Coltrane alongside the gruff proto-Swing of Coleman Hawkins. A genius of modern music, indeed. - Noah EnelowBopen720Wed, 23 Dec 2009 00:25:40 -0800 http://static.realone.com/rotw/images/logo_rhapsody_113x22.gif http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.5901&rws=%2Fthelonious-monk%2Ftop-tracks.rss Thelonious Sphere Monk was an iconoclast of the jazz community, a brilliant composer/pianist whose relentlessly quirky music has been putting smiles on people's faces long after his death. While he played with many groups through the 1940s, it wasn't until '47 that Monk began his solo odyssey. Outside the Bebop mainstream, Monk was busy concocting his own brew of witty, angular melodies with unorthodox and difficult chord progressions, and deeply swinging, Stride-influenced rhythm. In larger combos, Monk was a brilliant, if erratic, accompanist. His approach was wildly diverse, encompassing harmonically dense riffing, startlingly dissonant counterpoint, and complete silence. He was even known to get up and dance around the piano during his bandmates' solos. Monk was also a master at choosing sidemen; on his 1957 recording <I>Monk's Music</I>, he placed the passionate Post Bop explorations of John Coltrane alongside the gruff proto-Swing of Coleman Hawkins. A genius of modern music, indeed. - Noah Enelow http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.7562390&variant=play&rws=%2Fthelonious-monk%2Ftop-tracks.rss Bop Tue, 27 Sep 2005 00:00:00 -0700 Top Tracks by Thelonious Monk on Rhapsody Online 7562390 tra.7562390 Thelonious Monk art.5901 0.0 At Carnegie Hall alb.7548477 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/9/5/3/0/740359_170x170.jpg 2005-09-27 00:00:00.0 2005-09-27 00:00:00.0 true Monk's Mood tra.7562390 472000 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.7562390&variant=play&rws=%2Fthelonious-monk%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.7562390&variant=data&rws=%2Fthelonious-monk%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.7562393&variant=play&rws=%2Fthelonious-monk%2Ftop-tracks.rss Bop Tue, 27 Sep 2005 00:00:00 -0700 Top Tracks by Thelonious Monk on Rhapsody Online 7562393 tra.7562393 Thelonious Monk art.5901 0.99 At Carnegie Hall alb.7548477 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/9/5/3/0/740359_170x170.jpg 2005-09-27 00:00:00.0 2005-09-27 00:00:00.0 true Nutty tra.7562393 303000 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.7562393&variant=play&rws=%2Fthelonious-monk%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.7562393&variant=data&rws=%2Fthelonious-monk%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.1978000&variant=play&rws=%2Fthelonious-monk%2Ftop-tracks.rss Bop Wed, 1 Jan 1969 00:00:00 -0800 Top Tracks by Thelonious Monk on Rhapsody Online 1978000 tra.1978000 Thelonious Monk art.5901 0.99 Thelonious Monk's Greatest Hits alb.322106 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/5/2/9/4/1264925_170x170.jpg 1997-12-09 00:00:00.0 1969-01-01 00:00:00.0 true 'Round Midnight tra.1978000 231000 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.1978000&variant=play&rws=%2Fthelonious-monk%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.1978000&variant=data&rws=%2Fthelonious-monk%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.3329203&variant=play&rws=%2Fthelonious-monk%2Ftop-tracks.rss Bop Tue, 8 Apr 2003 00:00:00 -0700 Top Tracks by Thelonious Monk on Rhapsody Online 3329203 tra.3329203 Thelonious Monk art.5901 0.99 Jazz After Dark alb.271810 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/7/6/9/0/560967_170x170.jpg 2003-04-08 00:00:00.0 2003-04-08 00:00:00.0 true 'Round Midnight tra.3329203 399000 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.3329203&variant=play&rws=%2Fthelonious-monk%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.3329203&variant=data&rws=%2Fthelonious-monk%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.7562391&variant=play&rws=%2Fthelonious-monk%2Ftop-tracks.rss Bop Tue, 27 Sep 2005 00:00:00 -0700 Top Tracks by Thelonious Monk on Rhapsody Online 7562391 tra.7562391 Thelonious Monk art.5901 0.99 At Carnegie Hall alb.7548477 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/9/5/3/0/740359_170x170.jpg 2005-09-27 00:00:00.0 2005-09-27 00:00:00.0 true Evidence tra.7562391 281000 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.7562391&variant=play&rws=%2Fthelonious-monk%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.7562391&variant=data&rws=%2Fthelonious-monk%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.7562394&variant=play&rws=%2Fthelonious-monk%2Ftop-tracks.rss Bop Tue, 27 Sep 2005 00:00:00 -0700 Top Tracks by Thelonious Monk on Rhapsody Online 7562394 tra.7562394 Thelonious Monk art.5901 0.99 At Carnegie Hall alb.7548477 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/9/5/3/0/740359_170x170.jpg 2005-09-27 00:00:00.0 2005-09-27 00:00:00.0 true Epistrophy tra.7562394 269000 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.7562394&variant=play&rws=%2Fthelonious-monk%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.7562394&variant=data&rws=%2Fthelonious-monk%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.7562397&variant=play&rws=%2Fthelonious-monk%2Ftop-tracks.rss Bop Tue, 27 Sep 2005 00:00:00 -0700 Top Tracks by Thelonious Monk on Rhapsody Online 7562397 tra.7562397 Thelonious Monk art.5901 0.99 At Carnegie Hall alb.7548477 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/9/5/3/0/740359_170x170.jpg 2005-09-27 00:00:00.0 2005-09-27 00:00:00.0 true Blue Monk tra.7562397 390000 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.7562397&variant=play&rws=%2Fthelonious-monk%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.7562397&variant=data&rws=%2Fthelonious-monk%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.2454114&variant=play&rws=%2Fthelonious-monk%2Ftop-tracks.rss Bop Fri, 30 May 1952 00:00:00 -0700 Top Tracks by Thelonious Monk on Rhapsody Online 2454114 tra.2454114 Thelonious Monk art.5901 0.99 Best Of The Blue Note Years alb.212277 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/9/6/4/8/398469_170x170.jpg 1991-03-30 00:00:00.0 1952-05-30 00:00:00.0 true Ruby, My Dear tra.2454114 188000 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.2454114&variant=play&rws=%2Fthelonious-monk%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.2454114&variant=data&rws=%2Fthelonious-monk%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.7562392&variant=play&rws=%2Fthelonious-monk%2Ftop-tracks.rss Bop Tue, 27 Sep 2005 00:00:00 -0700 Top Tracks by Thelonious Monk on Rhapsody Online 7562392 tra.7562392 Thelonious Monk art.5901 0.99 At Carnegie Hall alb.7548477 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/9/5/3/0/740359_170x170.jpg 2005-09-27 00:00:00.0 2005-09-27 00:00:00.0 true Crepuscule with Nellie tra.7562392 268000 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.7562392&variant=play&rws=%2Fthelonious-monk%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.7562392&variant=data&rws=%2Fthelonious-monk%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.7562396&variant=play&rws=%2Fthelonious-monk%2Ftop-tracks.rss Bop Tue, 27 Sep 2005 00:00:00 -0700 Top Tracks by Thelonious Monk on Rhapsody Online 7562396 tra.7562396 Thelonious Monk art.5901 0.0 At Carnegie Hall alb.7548477 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/9/5/3/0/740359_170x170.jpg 2005-09-27 00:00:00.0 2005-09-27 00:00:00.0 true Sweet and Lonely tra.7562396 574000 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.7562396&variant=play&rws=%2Fthelonious-monk%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.7562396&variant=data&rws=%2Fthelonious-monk%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.18903764&variant=play&rws=%2Fthelonious-monk%2Ftop-tracks.rss Bop Tue, 4 Mar 2008 00:00:00 -0800 Top Tracks by Thelonious Monk on Rhapsody Online 18903764 tra.18903764 Thelonious Monk art.5901 0.0 Brilliant Corners [Keepnews Collection] alb.18896961 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/2/6/4/6/1196462_170x170.jpg 2008-03-04 00:00:00.0 2008-03-04 00:00:00.0 true Brilliant Corners tra.18903764 467000 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.18903764&variant=play&rws=%2Fthelonious-monk%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.18903764&variant=data&rws=%2Fthelonious-monk%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.428308&variant=play&rws=%2Fthelonious-monk%2Ftop-tracks.rss Bop Tue, 24 Mar 1998 00:00:00 -0800 Top Tracks by Thelonious Monk on Rhapsody Online 428308 tra.428308 Thelonious Monk art.5901 0.99 Jazz Profile alb.93865 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/5/0/0/7/397005_170x170.jpg 1998-03-24 00:00:00.0 1998-03-24 00:00:00.0 true In Walked Bud tra.428308 176000 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.428308&variant=play&rws=%2Fthelonious-monk%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.428308&variant=data&rws=%2Fthelonious-monk%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.968139&variant=play&rws=%2Fthelonious-monk%2Ftop-tracks.rss Bop Wed, 27 Jul 1955 00:00:00 -0700 Top Tracks by Thelonious Monk on Rhapsody Online 968139 tra.968139 Thelonious Monk art.5901 0.99 Plays Duke Ellington alb.318136 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/2/2/5/2/1182522_170x170.jpg 2007-03-27 00:00:00.0 1955-07-27 00:00:00.0 true Caravan tra.968139 356000 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.968139&variant=play&rws=%2Fthelonious-monk%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.968139&variant=data&rws=%2Fthelonious-monk%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.7562395&variant=play&rws=%2Fthelonious-monk%2Ftop-tracks.rss Bop Tue, 27 Sep 2005 00:00:00 -0700 Top Tracks by Thelonious Monk on Rhapsody Online 7562395 tra.7562395 Thelonious Monk art.5901 0.99 At Carnegie Hall alb.7548477 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/9/5/3/0/740359_170x170.jpg 2005-09-27 00:00:00.0 2005-09-27 00:00:00.0 true Bye-Ya tra.7562395 391000 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.7562395&variant=play&rws=%2Fthelonious-monk%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.7562395&variant=data&rws=%2Fthelonious-monk%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.16945639&variant=play&rws=%2Fthelonious-monk%2Ftop-tracks.rss Bop Sun, 2 Nov 2008 21:24:29 -0800 Top Tracks by Thelonious Monk on Rhapsody Online 16945639 tra.16945639 Thelonious Monk art.5901 0.99 Monk, Alone In Paris alb.16933967 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/8/8/2/4/1134288_170x170.jpg 2007-10-09 00:00:00.0 null true Well You Need'nt tra.16945639 206000 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.16945639&variant=play&rws=%2Fthelonious-monk%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.16945639&variant=data&rws=%2Fthelonious-monk%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.968474&variant=play&rws=%2Fthelonious-monk%2Ftop-tracks.rss Bop Sat, 31 Oct 1964 00:00:00 -0800 Top Tracks by Thelonious Monk on Rhapsody Online 968474 tra.968474 Thelonious Monk art.5901 0.0 Live At The It Club-Complete alb.117609 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/3/4/6/0/270643_170x170.jpg 1998-03-31 00:00:00.0 1964-10-31 00:00:00.0 true Straight, No Chaser (Presented For The First Time As Performed) tra.968474 435000 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.968474&variant=play&rws=%2Fthelonious-monk%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.968474&variant=data&rws=%2Fthelonious-monk%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.2454115&variant=play&rws=%2Fthelonious-monk%2Ftop-tracks.rss Bop Sat, 31 Oct 1964 00:00:00 -0800 Top Tracks by Thelonious Monk on Rhapsody Online 2454115 tra.2454115 Thelonious Monk art.5901 0.99 Solo Monk alb.284180 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/2/9/4/3/1413492_170x170.jpg 1992-04-21 00:00:00.0 1964-10-31 00:00:00.0 true Ruby, My Dear tra.2454115 337000 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.2454115&variant=play&rws=%2Fthelonious-monk%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.2454115&variant=data&rws=%2Fthelonious-monk%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.374894&variant=play&rws=%2Fthelonious-monk%2Ftop-tracks.rss Bop Mon, 1 Jan 1968 00:00:00 -0800 Top Tracks by Thelonious Monk on Rhapsody Online 374894 tra.374894 Thelonious Monk art.5901 0.99 Monk's Blues alb.128679 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/0/0/1/2/1292100_170x170.jpg 1994-01-25 00:00:00.0 1968-01-01 00:00:00.0 true Straight, No Chaser tra.374894 437000 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.374894&variant=play&rws=%2Fthelonious-monk%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.374894&variant=data&rws=%2Fthelonious-monk%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.7562398&variant=play&rws=%2Fthelonious-monk%2Ftop-tracks.rss Bop Tue, 27 Sep 2005 00:00:00 -0700 Top Tracks by Thelonious Monk on Rhapsody Online 7562398 tra.7562398 Thelonious Monk art.5901 0.99 At Carnegie Hall alb.7548477 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/9/5/3/0/740359_170x170.jpg 2005-09-27 00:00:00.0 2005-09-27 00:00:00.0 true Epistrophy (Incomplete) tra.7562398 144000 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.7562398&variant=play&rws=%2Fthelonious-monk%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.7562398&variant=data&rws=%2Fthelonious-monk%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.968493&variant=play&rws=%2Fthelonious-monk%2Ftop-tracks.rss Bop Sat, 31 Oct 1964 00:00:00 -0800 Top Tracks by Thelonious Monk on Rhapsody Online 968493 tra.968493 Thelonious Monk art.5901 0.99 Solo Monk alb.284180 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/2/9/4/3/1413492_170x170.jpg 1992-04-21 00:00:00.0 1964-10-31 00:00:00.0 true Dinah tra.968493 146000 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.968493&variant=play&rws=%2Fthelonious-monk%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.968493&variant=data&rws=%2Fthelonious-monk%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.968498&variant=play&rws=%2Fthelonious-monk%2Ftop-tracks.rss Bop Sat, 31 Oct 1964 00:00:00 -0800 Top Tracks by Thelonious Monk on Rhapsody Online 968498 tra.968498 Thelonious Monk art.5901 0.99 Solo Monk alb.284180 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/2/9/4/3/1413492_170x170.jpg 1992-04-21 00:00:00.0 1964-10-31 00:00:00.0 true Everything Happens To Me tra.968498 207000 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.968498&variant=play&rws=%2Fthelonious-monk%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.968498&variant=data&rws=%2Fthelonious-monk%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.1977997&variant=play&rws=%2Fthelonious-monk%2Ftop-tracks.rss Bop Wed, 1 Jan 1969 00:00:00 -0800 Top Tracks by Thelonious Monk on Rhapsody Online 1977997 tra.1977997 Thelonious Monk art.5901 0.99 Thelonious Monk's Greatest Hits alb.322106 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/5/2/9/4/1264925_170x170.jpg 1997-12-09 00:00:00.0 1969-01-01 00:00:00.0 true Well You Needn't tra.1977997 762000 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.1977997&variant=play&rws=%2Fthelonious-monk%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.1977997&variant=data&rws=%2Fthelonious-monk%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.2454125&variant=play&rws=%2Fthelonious-monk%2Ftop-tracks.rss Bop Sat, 31 Oct 1964 00:00:00 -0800 Top Tracks by Thelonious Monk on Rhapsody Online 2454125 tra.2454125 Thelonious Monk art.5901 0.99 Solo Monk alb.284180 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/2/9/4/3/1413492_170x170.jpg 1992-04-21 00:00:00.0 1964-10-31 00:00:00.0 true Monk's Point tra.2454125 135000 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.2454125&variant=play&rws=%2Fthelonious-monk%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.2454125&variant=data&rws=%2Fthelonious-monk%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.29930020&variant=play&rws=%2Fthelonious-monk%2Ftop-tracks.rss Bop Fri, 1 Jan 1954 00:00:00 -0800 Top Tracks by Thelonious Monk on Rhapsody Online 29930020 tra.29930020 Thelonious Monk art.5901 0.99 Monk alb.29923592 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/5/9/5/9/1789595_170x170.jpg 2009-09-08 00:00:00.0 1954-01-01 00:00:00.0 true Smoke Gets In Your Eyes (RVG Remaster) tra.29930020 269000 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.29930020&variant=play&rws=%2Fthelonious-monk%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.29930020&variant=data&rws=%2Fthelonious-monk%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.3656902&variant=play&rws=%2Fthelonious-monk%2Ftop-tracks.rss Bop Fri, 30 May 1952 00:00:00 -0700 Top Tracks by Thelonious Monk on Rhapsody Online 3656902 tra.3656902 Thelonious Monk art.5901 0.99 Best Of The Blue Note Years alb.212277 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/9/6/4/8/398469_170x170.jpg 1991-03-30 00:00:00.0 1952-05-30 00:00:00.0 true Straight No Chaser tra.3656902 177000 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.3656902&variant=play&rws=%2Fthelonious-monk%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.3656902&variant=data&rws=%2Fthelonious-monk%2Ftop-tracks.rss