[PRE-ORDER] Thelonious Monk - Monk Live in Paris, 1967 (Volume One) [Blue Vinyl] [Release Date: 04/24/2026]

Captured at the height of Monk's creative powers, this historic performance showcases the pianist and composer with his classic quartet: Charlie Rouse (tenor saxophone), Larry Gales (bass), and Ben Riley (drums).

For its first 70 years, the profound art of jazz made originality, singularity and unrestricted vision prime requisites of its expression — not just in musicality, but also in personality, image, style and demeanor. The unparalleled composer/pianist/visionary Thelonious Sphere Monk epitomized every aspect of this in exponential form. As a result, he occupies a unique position in the Jazz Pantheon.

Every aspect of this extraordinary man epitomizes jazz expression at its most compelling level. His visual presence — his headwear, his glasses, his sartorial style — matched with his remarkably profound verbal statements, the way he danced around the piano during other musicians' solos; and even more importantly, his brilliant compositions that are both starkly angular, yet gorgeously lyrical, and matched by his piano playing which made dissonance and fractured rhythms so utterly delightful, make Thelonious Monk stand out dynamically even amidst his other transcendent peers.

Format / LP
Released / 04/24/2026
Catalogue / TM-0001
Barcode / 736373969223
Artist / Thelonious Monk 
Label / Rhythm-A-Ning
Genre / Jazz