Piano Solo
by Thelonious Monk
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Thelonious Monk bestography
Piano Solo is ranked 16th best out of 54 albums by Thelonious Monk on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Thelonious Monk is Brilliant Corners which is ranked number 580 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 2,926.
(N.B. Bestographies include all albums by an artist (and their variations), but do not include albums ranked outside the top 100,000).
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Piano Solo track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 78 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Piano Solo rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 5 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Olli | Top 65 Music Albums of 1954 | 12/65 | 4 |
| 2026 |  Tamthebam | Top 60 Music Albums of 1954 | 25/60 | 3 |
| 2025 | martintho | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1950s | 86/100 | 3 |
| 2025 |  StefanR10 | Top 98 Music Albums of 1954 | 23/98 | 4 |
| 2025 |  Fischman | Top 37 Music Albums of 1954 | 22/37 | 2 |
| 2025 | TodFitz | Top 30 Music Albums of 1954 | 22/30 | 2 |
| 2025 | ReelBigToph | Top 99 Music Albums of 1954 | 8/99 | 5 |
| 2025 |  Norman Bates | Top 47 Music Albums of the 1950s | 15/47 | 14 |
| 2025 |  Igtonumama | Top 100 Music Albums of 1954 | 23/100 | 4 |
| 2025 | PapaShiz86 | Top 10 Music Albums of 1954 | 10/10 | 1 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 23 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 75 | |||
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Piano Solo ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ! | 09/13/2025 10:44 | Tamthebam | 23,300 | 69/100 |
| ! | 06/22/2025 18:19 | TonySayers61 | 25,755 | 64/100 |
| ! | 02/08/2025 22:21 | Igtonumama | 10,784 | 63/100 |
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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 73.3/100, a mean average of 73.7/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 73.7/100. The standard deviation for this album is 10.9.
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Norman Bates 04/11/2017 16:16 in New to jazzPiano Solo comments
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Jboy56 05/30/2022 07:10 | #285809
Monk is the man. His playing is so original. He sounds like a beginner in some respects.... Cool things
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