Artist: Thelonious Monk

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
Related
Charlie Rouse
See also
Alone With Three Giants
Ben Riley
Sphere

Performances

Originals

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

Covers

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

Songs written by

Original songs

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

Releases

Audio album

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

Audio single

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

Tributes

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

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