Was there some sort of jazz explosion in the late 50s? I am not sure I can handle much more of the chaos. I am struggling with my own head at the moment without all the chaos of another jazz artist. But I started this and I am that person that will usually finish what I start. So welcome to the Brilliant Corners of Thelonious Monk.
As I listen to each album on this list I also read a little about the artist and the album I am listening to at the moment. Sadly, he suffered from mental illness. It seems that a lot of talented people in the music business suffer from depression. I believe it is the depression that leads the person to create the art. I think it is the only way to get someone who does not understand what you are suffering through to understand it. Personally, when I have had a little bit of a reprieve from sadness I do not do anything creative. If I do, then I think it is all crap.
I really do not have much more to say about the album. It has a unique improvisational style which does sound like someone who is living in a chaotic, depressed world and wants others to hear what they are going through. As with all the jazz I have heard on this list I think it is better to listen to live. You have to really love jazz to purposely sit through it. One critic compared Monk as “the elephant on the keyboard” which at times I thought as I listened.
Does anyone listen to jazz at home? What are some artist you recommend?
hey it's osh 
I do listen to Jazz sometimes in the morning while I drink my coffee at home. I mainly listen to Instrumental songs (I find it a very nice background sound) and although I like the hole feeling it brings to my morning, I have never noted any of the Artists. I think this is because all those Instumental songs seem the same to me. I also, like you, cannot create when I am content. I neet a note of sadness or restlessness in my life to give me the “extra push”
I feel a little less alone in my thoughts.