Genius Of Modern Music
by Thelonious Monk

Genius Of Modern Music by Thelonious Monk
(Compilation album)
Year: 1951
Overall rank: 2,553rd   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
77/100 (from 110 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Best album of 1951 (1st)
Award Top 100 albums of the 1950s (73rd)
Award Best albums of all time (2,553rd)

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Thelonious Monk bestography

Genius Of Modern Music is ranked 4th best out of 54 albums by Thelonious Monk on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by Thelonious Monk is Brilliant Corners which is ranked number 581 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 2,909.

Thelonious Monk album bestography « Higher ranked (2,212th)
Monk's Music
This album (2,553rd)
Genius Of Modern Music
Lower ranked (2,871st) »
Misterioso

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Genius Of Modern Music rankings

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Overall rank: 2,553rd | 1950s rank: 73rd | 1951 rank: 1st

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Average Rating: 
77/100 (from 110 votes)
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12/21/2025 08:26 Exist-en-ciel  Ratings distribution  8,05770/100
 
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This album is rated in the top 4% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 76.7/100, a mean average of 76.0/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 77.1/100. The standard deviation for this album is 14.4.

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90/100
From 05/17/2022 06:51 | #285430
Simply awesome and original. Nothing comes close.
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From 09/26/2020 19:04 | #258733
Brinca com as notas!
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From 09/13/2013 04:52 | #85841
Great collection of early Monk recordings. Elephants make better pianists than you might think.
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60/100
From 01/06/2013 19:16 | #60437
I like this, a good album.
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Straight up slick.
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From 09/03/2010 02:12 | #14860
With Monk jazz changed for ever. This strange and dear bear was another world himself. Without any doubt, the best composer (alongside with Ellington) of history of jazz. Listen anywhere of his tunes: "Blue Monk", "Round About Midnight", "Epistrophy", "Crepuscule with Nellie", "Bemsha Swing", "Ruby, My Dear", "Off Minor", "Well, You Needn't"...... Like Lubitsch said: Heaven can wait.
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Best Albums of 1951
1. Genius Of Modern Music by Thelonious Monk
2. Masterpieces By Ellington by Duke Ellington And His Orchestra
3. Hank Williams Sings by Hank Williams With His Drifting Cowboys
4. Afro-Cuban Jazz Suite by Machito
5. Ritual Of The Savage by Les Baxter
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10. Sonatas And Interludes For Prepared Piano By John Cage by Maro Ajemian
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13. Encores by Édith Piaf
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