Great Lives: Thelonious Monk
Hannah Rothschild looks back at the life of jazz musician Thelonious Monk.
Hannah Rothschild champions the life of the jazz musician Thelonious Monk.
Brilliant, eccentric and one of the true giants of jazz, Monk was an incredible pianist, the composer of jazz standards such as 'Round Midnight', the co-creator of bebop and a close friend of Hannah's great-aunt, the Jazz Baroness Nica Rothschild.
Matthew Parris chairs as Hannah and music writer Richard Williams chart Monk's progress through the jazz clubs and recording studios of mid-twentieth century New York.
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Thelonious Monk on BBC Music
Songs, playlists and videos.
Music Played
Timings (where shown) are from the start of the programme in hours and minutes
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00:00Thelonious Monk
Abide With Me
- Complete Riverside Recordings.
- Riverside.
- 9.
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00:00Thelonious Monk
Blue Monk
Performer: Charlie Rouse. Performer: Pee Wee Russell. Performer: Butch Warren. Performer: Frankie Dunlop. Performer: Thelonious Monk. Performer: Pee Wee Russell.- Thelonious Monk.
- Prestige.
- 1.
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00:13Thelonious Monk
Evidence
- Thelonious Monk Quartet Live.
- Blue Note.
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00:17Thelonious Monk
Crepuscule with Nellie
- At Carnegie Hall - Thelonious Monk Quartet with John Coltrane.
- Blue Note.
- 3.
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00:25Thelonious Monk
April In Paris
- Monk.
- Columbia.
- 2.
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00:27Thelonious Monk
'Round Midnight
- Complete Blue Note Recordings.
- Blue Note.
- 20.
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