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| Genius of Modern Music (Volume One) | 1951 | 1 | 14 | 484 | 
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| Genius of Modern Music, Vol. 2 | 1952 | 1 | 31 | 838 |
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| Thelonious Monk Trio | 1953 | 3 | 108 | 2002 | 
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| Brilliant Corners | 1957 | 3 | 15 | 528 |
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| Thelonious Himself | 1957 | 32 | 173 | 2905 |
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| Monk's Music | 1958 | 17 | 65 | 1429 |
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| Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers with Thelonious Monk | 1958 | 26 | 102 | 1874 |
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| Misterioso | 1958 | 31 | 133 | 2308 |
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| Thelonious in Action: Recorded at the Five Spot Cafe, New York City | 1958 | 30 | 128 | 2293 |
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| The Thelonious Monk Orchestra at Town Hall | 1959 | 26 | 137 | 2349 |
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| Thelonious Alone in San Francisco | 1960 | 21 | 359 | 2400 |
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| Thelonious Monk with John Coltrane | 1961 | 8 | 132 | 835 |
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| Thelonious Monk & Sonny Rollins |
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| At the Blackhawk | 1960 |
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| Monk's Dream |
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| Live at the It Club | 1982 |
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| Thelonious Monk Quartet with John Coltrane at Carnegie Hall | 2005 |
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'Round Midnight | 1946 | 1 | 5 | 390 |
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