Home / Music / Thelonious Monk's Brilliant Corners landed in the National Recording RegistryMusic linernotes album music thelonious-monkThelonious Monk's Brilliant Corners landed in the National Recording RegistryIn 2003, the Library of Congress selected Brilliant Corners for the National Recording Registry. DownBeat called it the most critically acclaimed jazz album of 1957. Search Amazon As an Amazon Associate, Work Notes may earn.Related NotesMonk's Music captures a legendary 1957 — the same year Monk recorded with Coltrane at the Five SpotMonk's Music came out on Riverside Records in 1957A Monastic Trio was recorded at John Coltrane's home in 1968Thelonious Monk's Brilliant Corners was recorded over three sessions in 1956Sonny Rollins played on Thelonious Monk's Brilliant CornersExploreYusef Lateef called his music 'autophysiopsychic'Beethoven's Ninth sets Schiller's 'Ode to Joy'The Blue Hour sets Carolyn Forché's 'On Earth' to musicBurial called Rival Dealer 'anti-bullying tunes'IDLES' Joy as an Act of Resistance takes on toxic masculinity and BrexitPrevious Thelonious Monk's Brilliant Corners was recorded over three sessions in 1956Next Thelonious Monk and Horace Silver each played piano on different sessions of Bags' Groove.