Artist: Thelonious Monk

Aliases

The Thelonious Monk Quartet
The Thelonious Monk Quintet
The Thelonious Monk Trio
Thelonious Monk Quartet Plus Two
Thelonious Monk Quintet
Thelonious Monk Quintet Featuring Sonny Rollins
Thelonious Monk Quintet with Johnny Griffin
Thelonious Monk Septet
Thelonious Monk Sextet
Thelonious Monk Trio

Real name

Thelonious Sphere Monk

Born

October 17, 1917

Died

February 17, 1982

Country

United States

Comments

Legendary jazz pianist, composer, and one of the originators of bebop.

Family

Nellie Monk Spouse
T.S. Monk Son

Charlie Rouse

Performances

Originals

	Title	Performer	Release date	Covered by
1	Ask Me Now	Thelonious Monk Quintet	1951	(30 artists)
2	Ba-Lue Bolivar Blues-Are	Thelonious Monk	1957	(10 artists)
3	Bemsha Swing	Thelonious Monk Trio	1953	(22 artists)
4	Blue Monk	Thelonious Monk Trio	1954	(46 artists)
5	Blues Five Spot	The Thelonious Monk Quartet	1984	(2 artists)
6	Boo-Boo's Birthday	Thelonious Monk	1968	(5 artists)
7	Bright Mississippi	The Thelonious Monk Quartet	1961	(3 artists)
8	Brilliant Corners	Thelonious Monk	1957	(26 artists)
9	Bye-Ya	Thelonious Monk Trio	1953	(17 artists)
10	Coming on the Hudson	Thelonious Monk Quintet with Johnny Griffin	1958	(4 artists)
11	Crepuscule With Nellie	Thelonious Monk	1957	(12 artists)
12	Epistrophy	Thelonious Monk	1948	(26 artists)
13	Eronel	The Thelonious Monk Quartet	1951	(14 artists)
14	Evidence	Thelonious Monk	1948	(28 artists)
15	Four in One	Thelonious Monk	1952	(10 artists)
16	Friday the 13th	Thelonious Monk Quintet Featuring Sonny Rollins	1953	(6 artists)
17	Functional	Thelonious Monk	1957	Randy Weston
18	Green Chimneys	Thelonious Monk	1968	(6 artists)
19	Hackensack	Thelonious Monk Quintet	1954	(13 artists)
20	Hornin' In	Thelonious Monk	1956	Steve Lacy
21	Humph	Thelonious Monk	1949	Joshua Breakstone
22	In Walked Bud	Thelonious Monk	1948	(27 artists)
23	Introspection	Thelonious Monk	1956	(3 artists)
24	Jackie-ing	Thelonious Monk	1959	(6 artists)
25	Let's Call This	Thelonious Monk Quintet Featuring Sonny Rollins	1953	(12 artists)
26	Let's Cool One	Thelonious Monk	1956	(6 artists)
27	Light Blue	Thelonious Monk Quintet with Johnny Griffin	1958	(16 artists)
28	Little Rootie Tootie	Thelonious Monk Trio	1953	(11 artists)
29	Misterioso	Thelonious Monk	1949	(26 artists)
30	Monk's Dream	Thelonious Monk Trio	1953	(14 artists)
31	Monk's Mood	Thelonious Monk	1952	(31 artists)
32	North of the Sunset	Thelonious Monk	1965	Tommy Flanagan
33	Nutty	Thelonious Monk Trio	1954	(5 artists)
34	Pannonica	Thelonious Monk	1957	(26 artists)
35	Played Twice	Thelonious Monk	1959	(6 artists)
36	Reflections	Thelonious Monk Trio	1953	(29 artists)
37	Rhythm-a-ning	Gerry Mulligan and Thelonious Monk	1957	(21 artists)
38	Ruby, My Dear	Thelonious Monk	1948	(34 artists)
39	San Francisco Holiday (Worry Later)	Thelonious Monk Quartet Plus Two	1960	(3 artists)
40	Skippy	Thelonious Monk	1956	(6 artists)
41	Straight, No Chaser	Thelonious Monk	1952	(36 artists) Sampled by US3
42	Thelonious	Thelonious Monk	January 1948	(8 artists)
43	Think of One	Thelonious Monk Quintet	1954	(4 artists)
44	Trinkle, Tinkle	Thelonious Monk Trio	1953	(10 artists)
45	Ugly Beauty	Thelonious Monk	1968	(20 artists)
46	We See	Thelonious Monk Quintet	1954	(9 artists)
47	Well You Needn't	The Thelonious Monk Trio	1948	(44 artists)
48	Work	Thelonious Monk	1954	(7 artists)

Covers

	Title	Performer	Release date	Originally by
1	'Round About Midnight	The Thelonious Monk Quintet	1948	Cootie Williams and his Orchestra
2	'Round About Midnight	Gerry Mulligan and Thelonious Monk	1957	Cootie Williams and his Orchestra
3	Abide with Me	Thelonious Monk Septet	1957
4	All the Things You Are	Thelonious Monk	1948	Hiram Sherman, Frances Mercer, Hollis Shaw, Ralph Stuart
5	April in Paris	Thelonious Monk	1956	Evelyn Hoey
6	Black and Tan Fantasy	Thelonious Monk	1955	The Washingtonians
7	Body and Soul	Thelonious Monk	1984	Ambrose and His Orchestra
8	Caravan	Thelonious Monk	1955	Barney Bigard and His Jazzopators
9	Darn That Dream	Thelonious Monk	1956	Benny Goodman Sextet
10	Dinah	Thelonious Monk	1965	Eddie Cantor
11	Don't Blame Me	Thelonious Monk	1963	Walter Woolf King
12	Everything Happens to Me	Thelonious Monk	1959	Tommy Dorsey and His Orchestra
13	I Got It Bad (And That Ain't Good)	Thelonious Monk	1955	Ivie Anderson
14	I Let a Song Go Out of My Heart	Thelonious Monk	1955	Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
15	I Mean You	Gerry Mulligan and Thelonious Monk	1957	Coleman Hawkins
16	I Mean You	Thelonious Monk	1952	Coleman Hawkins
17	I Should Care	Thelonious Monk	1948	Bob Allen and the Tommy Dorsey Orchestra
18	I'm Confessin' (That I Love You)	Thelonious Monk	1965	Chester Gaylord
19	I'm Getting Sentimental Over You	Thelonious Monk	1957	The Dorsey Brothers Orchestra
20	In Walked Bud	Thelonious Monk With Jon Hendricks	1968	Thelonious Monk
21	It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing)	Thelonious Monk	1955	Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra
22	Liza	Thelonious Monk	1956	Nick Lucas and Ruby Keeler
23	Lulu's Back in Town	Thelonious Monk	1964	Dick Powell and Ted Fio Rito and His Orchestra
24	Memories of You	Thelonious Monk	1964	Minto Cato
25	Mood Indigo	Thelonious Monk	1955	The Jungle Band
26	Off Minor	Thelonious Monk	1948	Bud Powell Trio
27	Shuffle Boil	Thelonious Monk	1964	Gigi Gryce Quartet & Orchestra
28	Smoke Gets in Your Eyes	Thelonious Monk Quintet	1954	Tamara
29	Solitude	Thelonious Monk	1955	Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
30	Sophisticated Lady	Thelonious Monk	1955	Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
31	Straight, No Chaser	Gerry Mulligan and Thelonious Monk	1957	Thelonious Monk
32	Sweet and Lovely	Thelonious Monk Trio	1952	Gus Arnheim Coconut Grove Orchestra
33	Sweet and Lovely	Gerry Mulligan and Thelonious Monk	1957	Gus Arnheim Coconut Grove Orchestra
34	Tea For Two	Thelonious Monk	1963	Louise Groody & John Barker
35	These Foolish Things	Thelonious Monk Trio	1953	Dorothy Dickson

Songs written by

Original songs

	Title	Written by	Covered by
1	'Round Midnight	Thelonious Monk, Cootie Williams	(246 artists)
2	52nd Street Theme	Thelonious Monk	(18 artists)
3	Ask Me Now	Thelonious Monk	(30 artists)
4	Ba-Lue Bolivar Blues-Are	Thelonious Monk	(10 artists)
5	Bemsha Swing	Thelonious Monk, Denzil Best	(22 artists)
6	Blue Monk	Thelonious Monk	(46 artists)
7	Blues Five Spot	Thelonious Monk	(2 artists)
8	Brilliant Corners	Thelonious Monk	(26 artists)
9	Bye-Ya	Thelonious Monk	(17 artists)
10	Coming on the Hudson	Thelonious Monk	(4 artists)
11	Crepuscule With Nellie	Thelonious Monk	(12 artists)
12	Criss-Cross	Thelonious Monk	(5 artists)
13	Epistrophy	Thelonious Monk, Kenny Clarke	(26 artists)
14	Eronel	Thelonious Monk, Sadik Hakim, Idrees Sulieman	(14 artists)
15	Evidence	Thelonious Monk	(28 artists)
16	Four in One	Thelonious Monk	(10 artists)
17	Friday the 13th	Thelonious Monk	(6 artists)
18	Functional	Thelonious Monk	Randy Weston
19	Gallop's Gallop	Thelonious Monk	(3 artists)
20	Hackensack	Thelonious Monk	(13 artists)
21	Hornin' In	Thelonious Monk	Steve Lacy
22	Humph	Thelonious Monk	Joshua Breakstone
23	I Go to Work	Thelonious Monk, Geoff Wilkinson, Mel Simpson, Kobie Powell
24	I Mean You	Thelonious Monk, Coleman Hawkins	(23 artists)
25	In Walked Bud	Thelonious Monk	(27 artists)
26	Introspection	Thelonious Monk	(3 artists)
27	Jackie-ing	Thelonious Monk	(6 artists)
28	Let's Call This	Thelonious Monk	(12 artists)
29	Let's Cool One	Thelonious Monk	(6 artists)
30	Light Blue	Thelonious Monk	(16 artists)
31	Little Rootie Tootie	Thelonious Monk	(11 artists)
32	Misterioso	Thelonious Monk	(26 artists)
33	Monk's Dream	Thelonious Monk	(14 artists)
34	Monk's Mood	Thelonious Monk	(31 artists)
35	North of the Sunset	Thelonious Monk	Tommy Flanagan
36	Nutty	Thelonious Monk	(5 artists)
37	Off Minor	Thelonious Monk	(17 artists)
38	Pannonica	Thelonious Monk	(26 artists)
39	Played Twice	Thelonious Monk	(6 artists)
40	Reflections	Thelonious Monk	(29 artists)
41	Rhythm-a-ning	Thelonious Monk	(21 artists)
42	Ruby, My Dear	Thelonious Monk	(34 artists)
43	San Francisco Holiday (Worry Later)	Thelonious Monk	(3 artists)
44	Shuffle Boil	Thelonious Monk	(4 artists)
45	Skippy	Thelonious Monk	(6 artists)
46	Straight, No Chaser	Thelonious Monk	(36 artists)
47	Thelonious	Thelonious Monk	(8 artists)
48	Think of One	Thelonious Monk	(4 artists)
49	Trinkle, Tinkle	Thelonious Monk	(10 artists)
50	Ugly Beauty	Thelonious Monk	(20 artists)
51	We See	Thelonious Monk	(9 artists)
52	Well You Needn't	Thelonious Monk	(44 artists)
53	Work	Thelonious Monk	(7 artists)

Releases

Audio album

	Title	Performer	Release date	Label
1	5 by Monk by 5	Thelonious Monk	1959	Riverside
2	Blues Five Spot	Thelonious Monk	1984	Milestone
3	Brilliant Corners	Thelonious Monk	1957	Riverside
4	Criss-Cross	Thelonious Monk	1963	Columbia
5	Genius of Modern Music	Thelonious Monk	1952	Blue Note
6	Genius of Modern Music, Vol. 2	Thelonious Monk	1952	Blue Note
7	Genius of Modern Music, Volume One	Thelonious Monk	1956	Blue Note
8	Genius of Modern Music, Volume Two [12"]	Thelonious Monk	1956	Blue Note
9	It's Monk's Time	Thelonious Monk	1964	Columbia
10	Milt Jackson & The Thelonious Monk Quartet	Milt Jackson & The Thelonious Monk Quartet	1956	Blue Note
11	Monk's Music	Thelonious Monk Septet	1957	Riverside
12	Mulligan Meets Monk	Gerry Mulligan and Thelonious Monk	1957	Riverside
13	Solo Monk	Thelonious Monk	1965	Columbia
14	Thelonious Alone in San Francisco - Solo Piano by Thelonious Monk	Thelonious Monk	1959	Riverside
15	Thelonious Himself - Solo Piano by Thelonious Monk	Thelonious Monk	1957	Riverside
16	Thelonious in Action	Thelonious Monk Quintet with Johnny Griffin	1958	Riverside
17	Thelonious Monk Plays	Thelonious Monk	1954	Prestige
18	Thelonious Monk Plays the Music of Duke Ellington	Thelonious Monk	1955	Riverside
19	Thelonious Monk Quartet 1961 European Tour, Vol. 2	The Thelonious Monk Quartet	1961	Ingo
20	Thelonious Monk Quartet Plus Two at The Blackhawk	Thelonious Monk Quartet Plus Two	1960	Riverside
21	Thelonious Monk Quintet	Thelonious Monk Quintet	1954	Prestige
22	Thelonious Monk Quintet Blows for LP	Thelonious Monk Quintet Featuring Sonny Rollins	1953	Prestige
23	Thelonious Monk Trio	Thelonious Monk Trio	1953	Prestige
24	Underground	Thelonious Monk	1968	Columbia
25	The Unique Thelonious Monk	Thelonious Monk	1956	Riverside

Audio single

	Title	Performer	Release date	Label
1	All the Things You Are	Thelonious Monk	1948	Blue Note
2	Ask Me Now	Thelonious Monk Quintet	1951	Blue Note
3	Eronel	The Thelonious Monk Quartet	1951	Blue Note
4	Evonce	Thelonious Monk	1948	Blue Note
5	Humph	Thelonious Monk	1949	Blue Note
6	In Walked Bud	Thelonious Monk	1948	Blue Note
7	'Round About Midnight	The Thelonious Monk Quintet	1948	Blue Note
8	Ruby, My Dear	Thelonious Monk	1948	Blue Note
9	Sweet and Lovely	Thelonious Monk Trio	1952	Prestige
10	Thelonious	Thelonious Monk	January 1948	Blue Note

Tributes

	Title	Performer	Release date	Label
1	Reflections - Steve Lacy Plays Thelonious Monk	Steve Lacy	1958	New Jazz
2	School Days	The Steve Lacy-Roswell Rudd Quartet	1975	Emanem
3	Eronel	Steve Lacy	1979	Horo
4	Four in One	Sphere	1982	Elektra Musician
5	Memories of Thelonious Sphere Monk	Milt Jackson	1982	Pablo Live
6	Light Blue - Arthur Blythe Plays Thelonious Monk	Arthur Blythe	1983	Columbia
7	Thelonica	Tommy Flanagan	1983	Enja
8	That's the Way I Feel Now - A Tribute to Thelonious Monk	various artists	1984	A&M
9	Monk Suite - Kronos Quartet Plays the Music of Thelonious Monk	Kronos Quartet with Ron Carter	1985	Landmark Records
10	In Walked Thelonious	Walter Davis Jr.	1987	Mapleshade Records
11	Monk in Motian	Paul Motian	1988	JMT Productions
12	Reflections of Monk - The Final Frontier	The Gary Bartz Quartet	1989	SteepleChase
13	Rumba Para Monk	Jerry Gonzalez	1989	Sunnyside
14	Carmen Sings Monk	Carmen McRae	1990	Novus
15	The Music I Like to Play, Vol. 3 - Let's Call This	Tete Montoliu	1990	Soul Note
16	Portraits of Thelonious Monk	Randy Weston	1990	Verve
17	Blue Monk	Aki Takase, David Murray	1992	Enja
18	Interpretations of Monk	various artists	1994	DIW
19	The Fo'tet Plays Monk	The Ralph Peterson Fo'tet	1995	Evidence Music
20	Monk by 2	Steve Duke and Joe Pinzarrone	1995	Columbia
21	Panamonk	Danilo Pérez	1996	Impulse!
22	Let's Call This Monk!	Joshua Breakstone	February 27, 1997	Double-Time
23	Brilliant Corners - The Music of Thelonious Monk	The Bill Holman Band	1997	JVC
24	Monkiana - Tribute to Thelonious Monk	David Mengual	1997	Fresh Sound New Talent
25	Green Chimneys - The Music of Thelonious Monk	Andy Summers	May 18, 1999	RCA Victor
26	Marsalis Plays Monk - Standard Time Vol. 4	Wynton Marsalis	May 18, 1999	Columbia
27	Paul Motian and the EBBB Play Monk and Powell	Paul Motian & The Electric Bebop Band	September 1999	Winter & Winter
28	Impressions of Monk	George Graewe with Marcio Mattos and Michael Vatcher	1999	Nuscope Recordings
29	Monk's Moods - Music of Thelonious Monk	Anthony Brown's Asian American Orchestra with Steve Lacy	March 2001
30	Tony Kofi Quartet Plays Monk - All Is Know	Tony Kofi Quartet	2004	Specific Jazz
31	Monkinus	Dominic Duval & Jimmy Halperin	2006	Creative Improvised Music Project
32	Monk	Peter Bernstein Trio	2008	Xanadu Records
33	Mockingbird - A Tribute to Thelonious Monk & Duke Ellington	Jesse Stacken and Kirk Knuffke	September 29, 2009	SteepleChase

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