Thelonious Monk

Style: Jazz

Origin: USA ( Rocky Mount, North Carolina )

Years Active: 1940 - 1989

Last line-up:

Thelonious Monk - piano R.I.P.

Larry Gales - bass R.I.P.

Charlie Rouse - saxophone R.I.P.

Ben Riley - drums R.I.P.

Past members:

Butch Warren - bass R.I.P.

John Ore - bass R.I.P.

Sam Jones - bass R.I.P.

Wilbur Ware - bass R.I.P.

Oscar Pettiford - bass R.I.P.

Percy Heath - bass R.I.P. ( ex-Modern Jazz Quartet, ex-Heath Brothers, ex-Albert Heath )

Gary Mapp - bass R.I.P.

Thad Jones - cornet R.I.P.

Ray Copeland - trumpet R.I.P.

John Coltrane - saxophone R.I.P. ( ex-John Coltrane )

Frankie Dunlop - drums R.I.P.

Art Taylor - drums R.I.P. ( ex-John Coltrane )

Shadow Wilson - drums R.I.P.

Kenny Clarke - drums R.I.P.

Art Blakey - drums R.I.P.

Max Roach - drums R.I.P.

Main discography:

[ 1954 ] Thelonious Monk Trio

[ 1954 ] Monk

[ 1954 ] Thelonious Monk and Sonny Rollins

[ 1955 ] Thelonious Monk Plays Duke Ellington

[ 1956 ] The Unique Thelonious Monk

[ 1957 ] Brilliant Corners

[ 1957 ] Thelonious Himself

[ 1957 ] Monk's Music

[ 1957 ] Mulligan Meets Monk

[ 1959 ] 5 By Monk By 5

[ 1963 ] Monk's Dream

[ 1963 ] Criss-Cross

[ 1964 ] It's Monk Time

[ 1964 ] Monk II

[ 1965 ] Solo Monk

[ 1967 ] Straight, No Chaser

[ 1968 ] Underground

[ 1968 ] Monk's Blues