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Title: Thelonious Monk Round Midnight
Year/Genre/Sub-Genre/City: 1957, Jazz, Bebop, New York City
Condition: New

Cultural Facts:

1. Media Narrative: Riverside marketed Monk as a discoverable genius, reframing him from a scene insider into a public-facing artist after years of being misunderstood.

2. Legal Trouble: A past drug bust cost Monk his cabaret card, limiting NYC club work for yearsstudio albums became a survival route when live gigs got blocked.

3. Scene Ecology: This era documents Monk as a bandleader shaping the next generationsidemen rotated through his groups and left with a new rhythmic language.