His fruitful period with the Riverside label saw 1956's Brilliant Corners, though he is better known for his six session with Blue Note, which marketed him as the "Genius of Modern Music".
This musician's collaborations with Miles Davis include an appearance on the title track in Bags' Groove, which was composed by Milt Jackson, with whom he would collaborate on "Misterioso" and Miles Davis and the Modern Giants. His fruitful period with the Riverside label saw 1956's Brilliant Corners, though he is better known for his six session with Blue Note, which marketed him as the "Genius of Modern Music". Compositions by him include "Ruby, My Dear", "Well, You Needn't", and "Straight, No Chaser" but he is most famous for a song that is the most recorded standard ever written by a jazz musician. For 10 points, who is pianist and composer of ‘Round Midnight?
This musician's collaborations with Miles Davis include an appearance on the title track in Bags' Groove, which was composed by Milt Jackson, with whom he would collaborate on "Misterioso" and Miles Davis and the Modern Giants.
Thelonious {Monk}