Thelonious Monk worked to convince his record label Riverside to sign Johnny Griffin but lost out to the sentinels of modern jazz, Blue Note Records (Monk's own first label.) One of the pioneers of bebop, Thelonious Monk started recording as a bandleader in 1947 and releasing several singles that Blue Note Records eventually compiled into his 1951 debut album Genius of Modern Music.
Here is the discography surrounding Thelonious Monk's debut album:
Evonce (1948 single with his Sextet and Trio)
In Walked Bud (1948 single with his Quintet and Quartet)
'Round About Midnight (1948 single with his Quintet and Trio)
Thelonious (1948 single with his Sextet)
Who Knows (1948 single with his Quintet)
Humph (1949 single with his Sextet and Quartet)
Ruby My Dear (1949 single with his Trio and Quartet)
April in Paris (1950 single with his Trio)
Genius of Modern Music
Genius of Modern Music, Volume 1 (1956 expanded album re-release)
"Epistrophy" by the Thelonious Monk Quartet
"In Walked Bud" by the Thelonious Monk Quintet
"Thelonious" by the Thelonious Monk Sextet
Pass the Headphones!!
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