AOTY 2023

Brilliant Corners

Thelonious Monk - Brilliant Corners
Critic Score
Based on 2 reviews
1957 Ratings: #3 / 20
User Score
Based on 265 ratings
1957 Ratings: #4
Liked by 39 people
April 4, 1957 / Release Date
LP / Format
Riverside / Label
Hard Bop / Genre
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Fjuan
80

Bro doing mitosis

waffles
89

Favorite Tracks: Brilliant Corners, Ba-Lue Bolivar Ba-Lues-Are, Pannonica, I Surrender Dear, Bemsha Swing

ChazzaMaate
82

What a nice album. It may not be the best of the genre, but it's got plenty of personality and you can't really go wrong with Sonny Rollins. Still a really good album that was the defining moment in a great artists career.

waffles
89

Favorite Tracks: Brilliant Corners, Ba-Lue Bolivar Ba-Lues-Are, Pannonica, I Surrender Dear, Bemsha Swing

adrixn
86

Monk uses the hardbop that was beginning to emerge at that time and goes through different tempos and moods to offer us, along with other greats like Sonny Rollins, Max Roach, Paul Chambers and Clark Terry, another great work of jazz. It doesn't offer us anything extremely new, but it offers us an exceptional production and a very well composed, structured and performed album.

Vespertwink
88

I can't unhear Cruella De Vil is theme(from the OG Movie) on Ba-Lue Bolivar Ba-Lues-Are, and neither will you once you listen to both now

Well, going more directly to the point, like ogres : this has many layers and it's a delight to attempt to describe them thru this analysis!
Well, this was a really enjoyable and groovy section of Jazz! Personally, I feel that if some songs in here were better, this could've been called as a immaculate piece easily, I mean, the highs are just wonderful and ... read more

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Track List

1Brilliant Corners
7:42
92
2Ba-Lue Bolivar Ba-Lues-Are
13:24
83
3Pannonica
8:50
82
4I Surrender, Dear
5:25
77
5Bemsha Swing
7:42
81
Total Length: 43 minutes
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Added on: August 7, 2014