Album: Underground by Thelonious Monk (1968)
Genre: Jazz
Format: Album

Description: Underground is an album by Thelonious Monk. It features Monk on piano, Larry Gales on bass, Charlie Rouse on tenor sax, and Ben Riley on drums. This is the last Monk album featuring the Thelonious Monk Quartet.

Its cover image depicts Monk as a French Resistance fighter in the Second World War. It won the Grammy Award for Best Album Cover.

Artist Background: Thelonious Sphere Monk (October 10, 1917 - February 17, 1982) was an American jazz pianist and composer considered one of the giants of American music. Monk had a unique improvisational style and made numerous contributions to the standard jazz repertoire, including "Epistrophy", "'Round Midnight", "Blue Monk", "Straight, No Chaser" and "Well, You Needn't". Monk is the second-most recorded jazz composer after Duke Ellington, which is particularly remarkable as Ellington composed over 1,000 so... Part of the North Carolina, USA music scene. Associated with Jazz movement.

Music Scene: Part of the North Carolina, USA music scene. Associated with Jazz movement.

Tags: Jazz, 1960s, Album

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Underground is an album by Thelonious Monk. It features Monk on piano, Larry Gales on bass, Charlie Rouse on tenor sax, and Ben Riley on drums. This is the last Monk album featuring the Thelonious Monk Quartet.

Its cover image depicts Monk as a French Resistance fighter in the Second World War. It won the Grammy Award for Best Album Cover.

Underground

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