Thelonious Monk Plays Duke Ellington
by Thelonious Monk

Thelonious Monk Plays Duke Ellington by Thelonious Monk
Year: 1955
Overall rank: 10,457th   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
75/100 (from 40 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1955 (21st)
Award Top albums of the 1950s (316th)
Award Best albums of all time (10,457th)

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Thelonious Monk bestography

Thelonious Monk Plays Duke Ellington is ranked 11th 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.

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Overall rank: 10,457th | 1950s rank: 316th | 1955 rank: 21st

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75/100 (from 40 votes)
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12/22/2025 19:12 Exist-en-ciel  Ratings distribution  8,13370/100
 
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From 06/06/2022 13:11 | #286035
Superb combination of ingenious playing and classic jazz music songs performed by a genius.
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A rousing effort to mainstream the "too Weird" Thelonious Monk, This Riverside re-packaged re-release of a 1955 effort, in 1958, was just the trick to begin to popularize the quirky composer. Monk's improvisational abilities are still heard hear, yet draped enough in traditional sounds to sit somewhat comfortable among the tried and true jazz fans of the day. The pianist is supported by two of the era's top rhythm players in Oscar Pettiford on bass and Kenny Clarke on drums.
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Best Albums of 1955
1. In The Wee Small Hours by Frank Sinatra
2. Sarah Vaughan by Sarah Vaughan
3. Rock Around The Clock by Bill Haley And His Comets
4. Julie Is Her Name by Julie London
5. Ramblin' Man by Hank Williams
6. Study In Brown by Clifford Brown & Max Roach
7. Concert By The Sea by Erroll Garner
8. Shake, Rattle And Roll by Bill Haley And His Comets
9. Dinah Jams by Dinah Washington
10. Satch Plays Fats by Louis Armstrong
11. Lullabies Of Birdland by Ella Fitzgerald
12. Blue Moods by Miles Davis
13. Diz And Getz by Stan Getz & Dizzy Gillespie
14. Lennie Tristano by Lennie Tristano
15. Helen Merrill by Helen Merrill
16. Les And Mary by Les Paul & Mary Ford
17. Sarah Vaughan In Hi-Fi by Sarah Vaughan
18. Lotte Lenya Sings Kurt Weill by Lotte Lenya
19. Hamp & Getz by Stan Getz / Lionel Hampton
20. Chet Atkins In Three Dimensions by Chet Atkins
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