Genius of Modern Music, Vol. 2 (1947-52) BF077 having escaped an assassination attempt

having escaped an assassination attempt in Jamaica

Centered around a tracklist aligned by the player’s actual jersey numbers

contradictions

Now reissued as part of the Original Jazz Classics Series

clocking in at a brisk (for him) 86 minutes

Genius of Modern Music, Vol. 2 (1947-52) BF077 having escaped an assassination attemptJazz icon Thelonious Monk first recorded as a leader for Blue Note in 1947, beginning a five year run of sessions produced by Alfred Lion that documented the emergence of his singular musical voice. Recorded across a range of small group settings, these performances capture Monk at his most inventive, reshaping harmony, rhythm and melodic form with a style that stood apart from anything else in jazz at the time. Originally issued in 1956, Genius of