Monk, Thelonious: Genius Of Modern Music, Vol. 2 (Vinyl LP)Thelonious Monk was a little known figure on the New York City bebop scene when Blue Note founder Alfred Lion discovered and fell in love with the pianists utterly unique music and offered Monk his first opportunity to record as a leader in 1947. Over the next five years Lion recorded Monk in a variety of different settings performing his singular compositions. In 1956, Blue Note transitioned from the 10 to the 12 LP and began the 1500 Series