A Timeline of all Monks Recordings
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Thelonious Sphere Monk[2] (October 10, 1917[3] – February 17, 1982) was an American jazz pianist and composer considered "one of the giants of American music".[4] Monk had a unique improvisational style and made numerous contributions to the standard jazz repertoire, including "Epistrophy", "'Round Midnight", "Blue Monk", "Straight, No Chaser" and "Well, You Needn't". Monk is the second most recorded jazz composer after Duke Ellington, which is particularly remarkable as Ellington composed over 1,000 songs while Monk wrote about 70.[5]
Often regarded as a founder of bebop, Monk's playing later evolved away from that style. His compositions and improvisations are full of dissonant harmonies and angular melodic twists, and are consistent with Monk's unorthodox approach to the piano, which combined a highly percussive attack with abrupt, dramatic use of silences and hesitations.
Monk's manner was idiosyncratic. Visually, he was renowned for his distinctive style in suits, hats and sunglasses. He was also noted for the fact that at times, while the other musicians in the band continued playing, he would stop, stand up from the keyboard and dance for a few moments before returning to the piano. One of his regular dances consisted of continuously turning clockwise, which has drawn comparisons[by whom?] to ring-shout and Sufi whirling.
He is one[6] of five jazz musicians to have been featured on the cover of Time (the other four being Louis Armstrong, Duke Ellington, Wynton Marsalis, and Dave Brubeck) as of 2010.[7]
Contents [hide]
1 Early life
2 Early recordings (1944–1954)
3 Riverside Records (1955–1961)
4 Columbia Records (1962–1970)
5 Later life
6 Tributes
7 Discography
7.1 Blue Note Records (1948–1952)
7.2 Prestige Records (1952–1954)
7.3 Riverside Records (1955–1961)
7.4 Columbia Records (1962–1968)
7.5 Other labels
7.6 As sideman
7.7 Compilations
8 References
9 External links
[edit]Early life
Thelonious Monk was born October 10, 1917 in Rocky Mount, North Carolina, the son of Thelonious and Barbara Monk, two years after his sister Marion. A brother, Thomas, was born in January 1920.[8] In 1922, the family moved to 243 West 63rd Street, in Manhattan, New York City. Monk started playing the piano at the age of six. Although he had some formal training and eavesdropped on his sister's piano lessons, he was largely self-taught. Monk attended Stuyvesant High School, but did not graduate. He toured with an evangelist in his teens, playing the church organ, and in his late teens he began to find work playing jazz.
In the early to mid 1940s, Monk was the house pianist at Minton's Playhouse, a Manhattan nightclub. Much of Monk's style was developed during his time at Minton's, when he participated in after-hours "cutting competitions" which featured many leading jazz soloists of the time. The Minton's scene was crucial in the formulation of bebop and it brought Monk into close contact with other leading exponents of the emerging idiom, including Dizzy Gillespie, Charlie Christian, Kenny Clarke, Charlie Parker and later, Miles Davis. Monk is believed to be the pianist featured on recordings Jerry Newman made around 1941 at the club. Monk's style at this time was later described as "hard-swinging," with the addition of runs in the style of Art Tatum. Monk's stated influences included Duke Ellington, James P. Johnson, and other early stride pianists. In the documentary Thelonious Monk: Straight, No Chaser, it is stated that Monk lived in the same neighborhood in New York City as Johnson and knew him as a teenager.
Mary Lou Williams, among others, spoke of Monk's rich inventiveness in this period, and how such invention was vital for musicians since at the time it was common for fellow musicians to incorporate overheard musical ideas into their own works without giving due credit. "So, the boppers worked out a music that was hard to steal. I'll say this for the `leeches', though: they tried. I've seen them in Minton's busily writing on their shirt cuffs or scribbling on the tablecloth. And even our own guys, I'm afraid, did not give Monk the credit he had coming. Why, they even stole his idea of the beret and bop glasses."[9]
[edit]Early recordings (1944–1954)
(From left) Thelonious Monk, Howard McGhee, Roy Eldridge, and Teddy Hill, Minton's Playhouse, New York, N.Y., ca. Sept. 1947
In 1944 Monk made his first studio recordings with the Coleman Hawkins Quartet. Hawkins was among the first prominent jazz musicians to promote Monk, and Monk later returned the favor by inviting Hawkins to join him on the 1957 session with John Coltrane. Monk made his first recordings as leader for Blue Note in 1947 (later anthologised on Genius of Modern Music, Vol. 1) which showcased his talents as a composer of original melodies for improvisation. Monk married Nellie Smith the same year, and in 1949 the couple had a son, T. S. Monk, who is a jazz drummer. A daughter, Barbara (affectionately known as Boo-Boo), was born in 1953.
In August 1951, New York City police searched a parked car occupied by Monk and friend Bud Powell. The police found narcotics in the car, presumed to have belonged to Powell. Monk refused to testify against his friend, so the police confiscated his New York City Cabaret Card. Without the all-important cabaret card he was unable to play in any New York venue where liquor was served, and this severely restricted his ability to perform for several crucial years. Monk spent most of the early and mid-1950s composing, recording, and performing at theaters and out-of-town gigs.
After his cycle of intermittent recording sessions for Blue Note during 1947–1952, he was under contract to Prestige Records for the following two years. With Prestige he cut several highly significant, but at the time under-recognized, albums, including collaborations with saxophonist Sonny Rollins and drummers Art Blakey and Max Roach. In 1954, Monk participated in a Christmas Eve session which produced most of the albums Bags' Groove and Miles Davis and the Modern Jazz Giants by Miles Davis. Davis found Monk's idiosyncratic accompaniment style difficult to improvise over and asked him to lay out (not accompany), which almost brought them to blows. However, in Miles Davis' autobiography Miles, Davis claims that the anger and tension between Monk and himself never took place and that the claims of blows being exchanged were "rumors" and a "misunderstanding".[10]
In 1954, Monk paid his first visit to Europe, performing and recording in Paris. Backstage Mary Lou Williams introduced him to Baroness Pannonica "Nica" de Koenigswarter, a member of the Rothschild family and a patroness of several New York City jazz musicians. She would be a close friend for the rest of Monk's life, including taking responsibility for him when she and Monk were charged with marijuana possession.
[edit]Riverside Records (1955–1961)
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At the time of his signing to Riverside, Monk was highly regarded by his peers and by some critics, but his records did not sell in significant numbers, and his music was still regarded as too "difficult" for mass-market acceptance. Indeed, with Monk's consent, Riverside had managed to buy out his previous Prestige contract for a mere $108.24. He willingly recorded two albums of jazz standards as a means of increasing his profile. The first of these, Thelonious Monk Plays the Music of Duke Ellington, featuring bass innovator Oscar Pettiford and drummer Kenny Clarke, included Ellington pieces "Caravan" and "It Don't Mean A Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing)".
On the 1956 LP Brilliant Corners, Monk recorded his own music. The complex title track, which featured tenor saxophonist Sonny Rollins, was so difficult to play that the final version had to be edited together from multiple takes. The album, however, was largely regarded as the first success for Monk; according to Orrin Keepnews, "It was the first that made a real splash."[citation needed]
After having his cabaret card restored, Monk relaunched his New York career with a landmark six-month residency at the Five Spot Cafe in New York beginning in June 1957, leading a quartet with John Coltrane on tenor saxophone, Wilbur Ware on bass, and Shadow Wilson on drums. Unfortunately little of this group's music was documented due to contractual problems, Coltrane being signed to Prestige at the time. One short studio session was made for Riverside (only released later by its subsidiary Jazzland in 1961) and a larger group recording featuring Coltrane was split between that album and Monk's Music; an amateur tape from the Five Spot (not the original residency, but a later September 1958 reunion with Coltrane sitting in for Johnny Griffin) was issued on Blue Note in 1993; and a recording of the quartet performing at a Carnegie Hall concert on November 29, previously "rumoured to exist",[11] was recorded in high fidelity by Voice of America, rediscovered in the collection of the Library of Congress in 2005 and released by Blue Note.
"Crepuscule With Nellie", recorded in 1957, "was Monk's only, what's called through-composed composition, meaning that there is no improvising. It is Monk's concerto, if you will, and in some ways it speaks for itself. But he wrote it very, very carefully and very deliberately and really struggled to make it sound the way it sounds. [... I]t was his love song for Nellie," said biographer Kelley in an interview.[12]
The Five Spot residency ended Christmas 1957, Coltrane left to rejoin Miles Davis's seminal sextet, and the band was effectively disbanded. Monk did not form another long-term band until June 1958, when he began a second residency at the Five Spot, again with a quartet, this time with Griffin (and later Charlie Rouse) on tenor, Ahmed Abdul-Malik on bass, and Roy Haynes on drums.
On October 15, 1958, the residency having ended and en route to a week-long engagement for the quartet at the Comedy Club in Baltimore, Maryland, Monk and de Koenigswarter were detained by police in Wilmington, Delaware. When Monk refused to answer the policemen's questions or cooperate with them, they beat him with a blackjack. Though the police were authorized to search the vehicle and found narcotics in suitcases held in the trunk of the Baroness's car, Judge Christie of the Delaware Superior Court ruled that the unlawful detention of the pair, and the beating of Monk, rendered the consent to the search void as given under duress.[13] Monk was represented by Theophilus Nix, the second African-American member of the Delaware Bar Association.
[edit]Columbia Records (1962–1970)
After extended negotiations, Monk signed in 1962 to Columbia Records, one of the big four American record labels of the day along with RCA Victor, Capitol, and Decca. Monk's relationship with Riverside had soured over disagreements concerning royalty payments and had concluded with a brace of European live albums; he had not recorded a studio album since 5 by Monk by 5 in June 1959.
Working with producer Teo Macero on his debut for the label,[14] the sessions in the first week of November had a stable line-up that had been with him for two years, tenor saxophonist Charlie Rouse (who worked with Monk from 1959 to 1970), bassist John Ore, and drummer Frankie Dunlop. Monk's Dream, his earliest Columbia album, was released in 1963.
Columbia's resources allowed Monk to be promoted more widely than earlier in his career. Monk's Dream would remain the best-selling LP of his lifetime,[15] and on February 28, 1964, Monk appeared on the cover of Time magazine, being featured in the article, "The Loneliest Monk".[16] He continued to record a number of well-reviewed studio albums, particularly Criss Cross, also from 1963, and Underground, from 1968. But by the Columbia years his compositional output was limited, and only his final Columbia studio record Underground featured a substantial number of new tunes, including his only waltz time piece, "Ugly Beauty".
As had been the case with Riverside, his period with Columbia Records contains many live albums, including Miles and Monk at Newport (1963), Live at the It Club and Live at the Jazz Workshop, both recorded in 1964, the latter not being released until 1982. After the departure of Ore and Dunlop, the remainder of the rhythm section in Monk's quartet during the bulk of his Columbia period was Larry Gales on bass and Ben Riley on drums, both of whom joined in 1964, Along with Rouse, they remained with Monk for over four years, his longest-serving band.
According to biographer Kelley, the 1964 Time appearance came because "Barry Farrell, who wrote the cover story, wanted to write about a jazz musician and almost by default Monk was chosen, because they thought Ray Charles and Miles Davis were too controversial. ... [Monk] wasn't so political. [...O]f course, I challenge that [in the biography]," said Kelley.[12]
[edit]Later life
Monk had disappeared from the scene by the mid-1970s, and made only a small number of appearances during the final decade of his life. His last studio recordings as a leader were made in November 1971 for the English Black Lion label, near the end of a worldwide tour with "The Giants of Jazz," a group which included Dizzy Gillespie, Kai Winding, Sonny Stitt, Al McKibbon and Art Blakey. Bassist Al McKibbon, who had known Monk for over twenty years and played on his final tour in 1971, later said: "On that tour Monk said about two words. I mean literally maybe two words. He didn't say 'Good morning', 'Goodnight', 'What time?' Nothing. Why, I don't know. He sent word back after the tour was over that the reason he couldn't communicate or play was that Art Blakey and I were so ugly."[17] A different side of Monk is revealed in Lewis Porter's biography, John Coltrane: His Life and Music; Coltrane states: "Monk is exactly the opposite of Miles [Davis]: he talks about music all the time, and he wants so much for you to understand that if, by chance, you ask him something, he'll spend hours if necessary to explain it to you."[18]
The documentary film Thelonious Monk: Straight, No Chaser (1988) attributes Monk's quirky behaviour to mental illness. In the film, Monk's son, T. S. Monk, says that his father sometimes did not recognize him, and he reports that Monk was hospitalized on several occasions due to an unspecified mental illness that worsened in the late 1960s. No reports or diagnoses were ever publicized, but Monk would often become excited for two or three days, pace for days after that, after which he would withdraw and stop speaking. Physicians recommended electroconvulsive therapy as a treatment option for Monk's illness, but his family would not allow it; antipsychotics and lithium were prescribed instead.[19][20] Other theories abound: Leslie Gourse, author of the book Straight, No Chaser: The Life and Genius of Thelonious Monk (1997), reported that at least one of Monk's psychiatrists failed to find evidence of manic depression or schizophrenia. Another physician maintains that Monk was misdiagnosed and prescribed drugs during his hospital stay that may have caused brain damage.[19]
As his health declined, Monk's last six years were spent as a guest in the New Jersey home of his long-standing patron and friend, Baroness Pannonica de Koenigswarter, who had also nursed Charlie Parker during his final illness. Monk didn't play the piano during this time, even though one was present in his room, and he spoke to few visitors. He died of a stroke on February 17, 1982, and was buried in Ferncliff Cemetery in Hartsdale, New York. In 1993, he was posthumously awarded the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award,[21] and in 2006, Monk was posthumously awarded a Pulitzer Prize Special Citation.[22]
Art Blakey reports that Monk was excellent at both chess and checkers (draughts).[23]
[edit]Tributes
Soprano saxophonist Steve Lacy performed as Monk's accompanist in 1960. Monk's tunes became a permanent part of his repertoire in concert and on albums. Lacy released several albums entirely focussed on Monk's compositions including:
Reflections (Prestige, 1959)
School Days (Emanem, 1963 - first released in 1975)
Epistrophy (BYG, 1969)
Eronel (Horo, 1979)
Only Monk (Soul Note, 1986)
More Monk (Soul Note, 1989)
Gunther Schuller wrote the work "Variants" on a Theme of Thelonious Monk (1960, for 13 instruments) for Monk. It was later performed and recorded by other artists, including Ornette Coleman, Eric Dolphy, and Bill Evans.
Anthony Braxton recorded Six Monk's Compositions (1987) in 1987.
Pianist Ran Blake recorded Epistrophy in 1991.
Round Midnight Variations is a collection of variations on the song " 'Round Midnight ", composed by Roberto Andreoni, Milton Babbitt, Alberto Barbero, Carlo Boccadoro, William Bolcom, David Crumb. George Crumb, Michael Daugherty, Filippo Del Corno, John Harbison, Joel Hoffman, Aaron Jay Kernis, Gerald Levinson, Tobias Picker, Matthew Quayle, Frederic Rzewski, Augusta Read Thomas and Michael Torke.[24]
In the 2005 film Dave Chappelle's Block Party, drummer Questlove shares the information that of the two songs which Dave Chappelle can play on the piano, one is Monk's "'Round Midnight". Chappelle plays two versions of the song during this revelation.
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Thelonious Monk Quartet
Paul Jeffrey (ts) Thelonious Monk (p) Larry Ridley (b) T.S. Monk (d)
"Newport Jazz Festival In New York", Lincoln Center, NYC, July 3, 1975
Announcement Rare Live Recordings RLR 88643-2
I Mean You -
Ba-Lue Bolivar Ba-Lues-Are -
We See -
Misterioso -
'Round Midnight -
* Thelonious Monk - The Last Concerts (Rare Live Recordings RLR 88643-2)
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Thelonious Monk Quartet Paul Jeffrey (ts) Thelonious Monk (p) Dave Holland (b) T.S. Monk (d) "Village Vanguard", NYC, June 15, 1972 Straight, No Chaser Rare Live Recordings RLR 88643-2 Off Minor - 'Round Midnight - Hackensack - Epistrophy (theme) - Evidence - Blue Monk - Rhythm-A-Ning - Bright Mississippi - Epistrophy (theme) - * Thelonious Monk - The Last Concerts (Rare Live Recordings RLR 88643-2)
Thelonious Monk Solo/Trio Thelonious Monk (p) Chappell Studios, London, England, November 15, 1971 Trinkle, Tinkle (take 3) Black Lion (G) BLM 51501, (E) BLCD 760101; Mosaic MR4-112 Crepuscule With Nellie (take 2) - Darn That Dream - Little Rootie Tootie Black Lion (E) BL 197, (G) BLM 51501, (E) BLCD 760101; Mosaic MR4-112 Meet Me Tonight In Dreamland Black Lion (E) BLCD 760101; Mosaic MR4-112 Nice Work If You Can Get It Black Lion (E) BL 152, (G) BLM 51501, (E) BLCD 760101; Mosaic MR4-112 My Melancholy Baby Black Lion (G) BLM 51501, (E) BLCD 760101; Mosaic MR4-112 Jackie-Ing Black Lion (E) BL 152, (G) BLM 51501, (E) BLCD 760101; Mosaic MR4-112 Lover Man Black Lion (E) BLCD 760101; Mosaic MR4-112 Blue Sphere Black Lion (E) BL 152, (G) BLM 51501, (E) BLCD 760101; Mosaic MR4-112 * Thelonious Monk - Blue Sphere (Black Lion (G) BLM 51501) = Thelonious Monk - Nice Work In London (Freedom (G) FLP 42202) * The Complete Black Lion And Vogue Recordings Of Thelonious Monk (Mosaic MR4-112, MD3-112) * Thelonious Monk - The Man I Love (Black Lion (E) BL 197, BLP 30141) * Thelonious Monk - Something In Blue (Black Lion (E) BL 152, BLP 30119) * Thelonious Monk - The London Collection: Volume One (Black Lion (E) BLCD 760101) = Thelonious Monk - The Complete London Collection (Black Lion (E) BLCD 76012) Thelonious Monk (p) Al McKibbon (b) Art Blakey (d) same location, date Evidence (take 2) Black Lion (E) BL 152, BLCD 760116; Mosaic MR4-112 Misterioso Black Lion (E) BL 197, BLCD 760116; Mosaic MR4-112 Crepuscule With Nellie (take 4) - I Mean You - Criss Cross Black Lion (E) BL 152, BLCD 760116; Mosaic MR4-112 Ruby, My Dear Black Lion (E) BL 197, BLCD 760116; Mosaic MR4-112 Nutty (take 2) Black Lion (E) BL 152, BLCD 760116; Mosaic MR4-112 Hackensack (take 2) - * Thelonious Monk - Something In Blue (Black Lion (E) BL 152, BLP 30119) * The Complete Black Lion And Vogue Recordings Of Thelonious Monk (Mosaic MR4-112, MD3-112) * Thelonious Monk - The Man I Love (Black Lion (E) BL 197, BLP 30141) * Thelonious Monk - The London Collection: Volume Two (Black Lion (E) BLCD 760116) = Thelonious Monk - The Complete London Collection (Black Lion (E) BLCD 76012) Thelonious Monk (p) Al McKibbon (b -6/10,12) Art Blakey (d -6/10,12) same location, date 1. Trinkle, Tinkle (take 2) Black Lion (E) BL 197, BLCD 760142; Mosaic MR4-112 2. The Man I Love - 3. Something In Blue Black Lion (E) BL 152, BLCD 760142; Mosaic MR4-112 4. Introspection (take 1) Black Lion (E) BLCD 760142; Mosaic MR4-112 5. Trinkle, Tinkle (take 1) - 6. Crepuscule With Nellie (take 3) Black Lion (E) BLCD 760142 7. Nutty (take 1) - 8. Introspection (take 3) - 9. Hackensack (take 1) Black Lion (E) BLCD 760142; Mosaic MR4-112 10. Evidence (take 1) - 11. Chordially - 12. Introspection (take 2) Mosaic MR4-112 * Thelonious Monk - The Man I Love (Black Lion (E) BL 197, BLP 30141) * The Complete Black Lion And Vogue Recordings Of Thelonious Monk (Mosaic MR4-112, MD3-112) * Thelonious Monk - Something In Blue (Black Lion (E) BL 152, BLP 30119) * Thelonious Monk - The London Collection: Volume Three (Black Lion (E) BLCD 760142) = Thelonious Monk - The Complete London Collection (Black Lion (E) BLCD 76012)
Giants Of Jazz same personnel "Victoria Theatre", London, England, 1st concert, November 14, 1971 24072 'Round Midnight unissued 24073 Tour De Force - 24074 Lover Man - 24075 Tin Tin Deo Atlantic SD 2-905 24076 The Bebop Tune unissued 24077 Woody'n You Atlantic SD 2-905 24078 I Can't Get Started unissued 24079 Blue Monk - 24080 A Night In Tunisia Atlantic SD 2-905 * The Giants Of Jazz (Atlantic SD 2-905) Giants Of Jazz same personnel "Victoria Theatre", London, England, 2nd concert, November 14, 1971 24081 Blue 'N' Boogie Atlantic SD 2-905 24082 'Round Midnight - 24083 Tour De Force - 24084 Lover Man (Dizzy's Rap) - 24085 Tin Tin Deo unissued 24086 Allen's Alley (The Bebop Tune) Atlantic SD 2-905 24087 Woody'n You unissued 24088 Everything Happens To Me Atlantic SD 2-905 24089 Blue Monk - 24090 A Night In Tunisia - * The Giants Of Jazz (Atlantic SD 2-905)
Giants Of Jazz same personnel Berne or Zurich, Switzerland, Straight, No Chaser Concord Jazz GW 3004 Thelonious - Epistrophy - Don't Blame Me - I'll Wait For You - Sweet And Lovely - * Giants Of Jazz (Concord Jazz GW 3004)
Giants Of Jazz same personnel "Philharmonie", Berlin, West Germany, November 5, 1971 Blue 'N' Boogie EmArcy (J) EJD 3018 'Round Midnight - Tour De Force - Lover Man - Tin Tin Deo - Everything Happens To Me - A Night In Tunisia - * Giants Of Jazz In Berlin '71 (EmArcy (J) EJD 3018)
Giants Of Jazz Dizzy Gillespie (tp, p) Kai Winding (tb) Sonny Stitt (as, ts) Thelonious Monk (p) Al McKibbon (b) Art Blakey (d) "T.N.P.", Paris, France, October 22, 1971 I Mean You Lotus (It) ORL 8252 'Round Midnight - Tour De Force - Tin Tin Deo - * Giants Of Jazz - Bop Fathers, Vol. 1 (Lotus (It) ORL 8252)
Thelonious Monk Quartet Paul Jeffrey (ts -1,3/5) Thelonious Monk (p) Larry Ridley (b -1,3/5) Lenny McBrowne (d -1,3/5) Toshiyuki Miyama And His New Herd Orchestra (-4,5) "Shinjuku Koseinenkin Kaikan", Tokyo, Japan, October 4, 1970 1. Straight, No Chaser Express (J) ETJ 60006 2. Don't Blame Me - 3. Evidence - 4. 'Round Midnight - 5. Blue Monk - * Thelonious Monk In Tokyo (Express (J) ETJ 60006)
Stars Of Bop Dizzy Gillespie (tp) Kai Winding (tb) Sonny Stitt (as, ts) Thelonious Monk (p) Alex Cafa (g) Al McKibbon (b) Art Blakey (d) Paris, France, 1969 Woody'n You Moon (It) MCD 006-2 Groovin' High - Don't Blame Me - I Can't Get Started - Lover Man - Cush - * Stars Of Bop - Tour De Force (Moon (It) MCD 006-2)
Thelonious Monk Solo same personnel television broadcast, Paris, France, December 25, 1969 Coming On The Hudson Heart Note (Swd) HN 003 Crepuscule With Nellie - * Thelonious Monk - In Europe (Heart Note (Swd) HN 003)
Caravan
Crepuscule with Nellie
Solitude
Satin Doll
Sophisticated lady
Blues for Duke
Thelonious Monk Solo Thelonious Monk (p) television broadcast, Paris, France, November 6, 1969 Sophisticated Lady Heart Note (Swd) HN 003 Caravan - Solitude - * Thelonious Monk - In Europe (Heart Note (Swd) HN 003)
Thelonious Monk Orchestra Bobby Bryant, Conte Candoli, Freddie Hill (tp) Lou Blackburn, Bob Bralinger, Billy Byers, Mike Wimberley (tb) Ernie Small (bars) Gene Cipriano, Buddy Collette, Tom Scott (Homer Scott) (reeds) Thelonious Monk (p) Howard Roberts (g) Larry Gales (b) John Guerin, Ben Riley (d) Oliver Nelson (arr) Hollywood, CA, November 19, 1968 HCO97832 Little Rootie Tootie Columbia CS 9806 HCO97833 Let's Cool One - HCO97834 Blue Monk Columbia/Legacy CK 53581 HCO97835 'Round Midnight Columbia CS 9775; Columbia/Legacy CK 53581 HCO97836 Straight, No Chaser Columbia CS 9806 HCO97837 Reflections - HCO97838 Monk's Point - * Thelonious Monk - Monk's Blues (Columbia CS 9806) * Thelonious Monk - Greatest Hits (Columbia CS 9775) * Thelonious Monk - Monk's Blues (Columbia/Legacy CK 53581) Thelonious Monk Orchestra same personnel Hollywood, CA, November 20, 1968 HCO97839 Just A Glance At Love Columbia CS 9806 HCO97840 Trinkle, Tinkle - HCO97841 Brilliant Corners - HCO97842 Consecutive Seconds - * Thelonious Monk - Monk's Blues (Columbia CS 9806)
Thelonious Monk Trio Thelonious Monk (p) Larry Gales (b) Ben Riley (d) Jon Hendricks (vo -2) NYC, February 14, 1968 1. CO92969 Easy Street (edited version) Columbia CS 9632 2. CO92970 In Walked Bud - 3. CO92971 Raise Four - 4. CO92972 Thelonious - 5. Easy Street Columbia JG 35720 * Thelonious Monk - Underground (Columbia CS 9632) * Thelonious Monk - Always Know (Columbia JG 35720)
Thelonious Monk Trio Thelonious Monk (p) Larry Gales (b -1) Ben Riley (d -1) Nica De Koenigswarter, Thelonious Monk Jr. (comments -1) "Village Vanguard", NYC, circa early 1968 1. 'Round Midnight Columbia/Legacy CJ 45358 2. Sweetheart Of All My Dreams - * Thelonious Monk - Straight, No Chaser (Soundtrack) (Columbia/Legacy CJ 45358, CK 45358)
Thelonious Monk Quartet same personnel NYC, December 21, 1967 CO98171 Boo Boo's Birthday Columbia CS 9632 * Thelonious Monk - Underground (Columbia CS 9632)
Thelonious Monk Quartet Charlie Rouse (ts) Thelonious Monk (p) Larry Gales (b) Ben Riley (d) NYC, December 14, 1967 CO98161 Ugly Beauty Columbia CS 9632 CO98162 Green Chimneys - Ugly Beauty (rehearsal) Columbia/Legacy CJ 45358 * Thelonious Monk - Underground (Columbia CS 9632) * Thelonious Monk - Straight, No Chaser (Soundtrack) (Columbia/Legacy CJ 45358, CK 45358)
Thelonious Monk Octet Ray Copeland (tp) Jimmy Cleveland (tb) Phil Woods (as) Johnny Griffin, Charlie Rouse (ts) Thelonious Monk (p) Larry Gales (b) Ben Riley (d) live in Mainz, West Germany, November, 1967 I Mean You (rehearsal and performance) Columbia/Legacy CJ 45358 * Thelonious Monk - Straight, No Chaser (Soundtrack) (Columbia/Legacy CJ 45358, CK 45358)
Thelonious Monk Octet Ray Copeland (tp) Clark Terry (flh -2) Phil Woods (as) Johnny Griffin, Charlie Rouse (ts) Thelonious Monk (p) Larry Gales (b) Ben Riley (d) live in Berlin, West Germany, November 4, 1967 1. Evidence Heart Note (Swd) HN 003 2. Blue Monk - * Thelonious Monk - In Europe (Heart Note (Swd) HN 003)
Thelonious Monk Nonet Ray Copeland (tp) Clark Terry (flh) Jimmy Cleveland (tb) Phil Woods (as) Johnny Griffin, Charlie Rouse (ts) Thelonious Monk (p) Larry Gales (b) Ben Riley (d) "Salle Pleyel", Paris, France, November 3, 1967 Ruby, My Dear Esoldun (F) FC 113 Wee See - Epistrophy - Oska T - Evidence - Blue Monk - Epistrophy - * Thelonious Monk Nonet Live In Paris 1967 (Esoldun (F) FC 113)
Thelonious Monk Nonet Ray Copeland (tp -1/3) Clark Terry (flh -1,2) Jimmy Cleveland (tb -1,2) Phil Woods (as -1,2) Charlie Rouse (ts) Johnny Griffin (ts -1,2) Thelonious Monk (p) Larry Gales (b) Ben Riley (d) "De Doelen", Rotterdam, Holland, October 28, 1967 1. Blue Monk Unique Jazz UJ 12 2. Hackensack - 3. Wee See - 4. Hackensack - 5. Ruby, My Dear - * Thelonious Monk Quartet And Octet In Europe (Unique Jazz UJ 12) Thelonious Monk Nonet Ray Copeland (tp -1/4,6) Clark Terry (flh -4) Jimmy Cleveland (tb -1,3,4) Phil Woods (as -1,3,4) Charlie Rouse (ts) Johnny Griffin (ts -1,3,4) Thelonious Monk (p) Larry Gales (b) Ben Riley (d) live in Rotterdam, Holland or Berlin, West Germany, October 28 or November 4, 1967 1. Oska T Affinity (E) AFFD 192 2. Epistrophy - 3. Evidence - 4. Blue Monk - 5. Monk's Mood - 6. Wee See - * Thelonious Monk - On Tour In Europe (Affinity (E) AFFD 192)
Thelonious Monk Solo Thelonious Monk (p) live in Atlanta, GA, circa autumn 1967 Don't Blame Me Columbia/Legacy CJ 45358 * Thelonious Monk - Straight, No Chaser (Soundtrack) (Columbia/Legacy CJ 45358, CK 45358) Thelonious Monk Octet Ray Copeland (tp) Jimmy Cleveland (tb) Phil Woods (as) Johnny Griffin, Charlie Rouse (ts) Thelonious Monk (p) Larry Gales (b) Ben Riley (d) live in Stockholm, Sweden, October 11, 1967 Epistrophy Columbia/Legacy CJ 45358 Evidence - * Thelonious Monk - Straight, No Chaser (Soundtrack) (Columbia/Legacy CJ 45358, CK 45358)
Thelonious Monk Quartet With Dave Brubeck Charlie Rouse (ts -1,3) Thelonious Monk (p) Dave Brubeck (p -4) Larry Gales (b -1,3,4) Ben Riley (d -1,3,4) "Puebla Arts Festival", "Auditoria De La Reforma", Puebla, Mexico, May 12, 1967 1. Green Chimneys unissued 2. Don't Blame Me - 3. Evidence - 4. C Jam Blues Columbia C 30522 * Dave Brubeck - Summit Sessions (Columbia C 30522, (E) S 64377)
Thelonious Monk Quartet Charlie Rouse (ts -1,2,4) Thelonious Monk (p) Larry Gales (b -1,2,4) Ben Riley (d -1,2,4) NYC, January 10, 1967 1. CO92056 Straight, No Chaser Columbia CL 2651 2. CO92057 Japanese Folk Song (Koujou No Tsuki) - 3. CO92058 Between The Devil And The Deep Blue Sea - 4. CO92059 Wee See - * Thelonious Monk - Straight, No Chaser (Columbia CL 2651, CS 9451)
Thelonious Monk Quartet Charlie Rouse (ts -2/4) Thelonious Monk (p) Larry Gales (b -2/4) Ben Riley (d -2/4) NYC, November 14, 1966 1. CO91315 This Is My Story, This Is My Song Columbia JG 35720 2. CO92018-1 I Didn't Know About You (alt. take) unissued 3. CO92018-4 I Didn't Know About You (mst. take) Columbia CL 2651 4. CO92019 Green Chimneys unissued * Thelonious Monk - Always Know (Columbia JG 35720) * Thelonious Monk - Straight, No Chaser (Columbia CL 2651, CS 9451) Thelonious Monk Quartet same personnel NYC, November 15, 1966 CO92020 Locomotive Columbia CL 2651 * Thelonious Monk - Straight, No Chaser (Columbia CL 2651, CS 9451)
Thelonious Monk Quartet same personnel "Newport Jazz Festival", Newport, RI, July 2, 1966 Light Blue Black Lion (J) 32JDB 137 Evidence - Blue Monk - Hackensack - * Thelonious Monk - Blue Monk (Black Lion (J) 32JDB 137)
Thelonious Monk Quartet same personnel "Free Trade Hall", Manchester, England, April 29, 1966 Lulu's Back In Town Tempo Di Jazz (It) CDTJ 706 Blue Monk - Light Blue (Epistrophy) - Rhythm-A-Ning - Evidence - April In Paris - * Thelonious Monk - Tempo Di Jazz (Tempo Di Jazz (It) CDTJ 706)
Thelonious Monk Quartet same personnel "Victoria Hall", Geneve, Switzerland, March 27, 1966 Lulu's Back In Town Jazz Helvet (F) JH 06 Light Blue - Blue Monk - Off Minor - Epistrophy (theme) - Straight, No Chaser - I'm Getting Sentimental Over You - 'Round Midnight - Evidence - Crepuscule With Nellie - Epistrophy (theme) - * Thelonious Monk 4tet Switzerland 1966 (Jazz Helvet (F) JH 06)
Thelonious Monk Quartet same personnel live in Amiens, France, March 23, 1966 Blue Monk Rare Live Recordings RLR 88643-2 Crepuscule With Nellie - Rhythm-A-Ning - * Thelonious Monk - The Last Concerts (Rare Live Recordings RLR 88643-2)
Thelonious Monk Quartet Charlie Rouse (ts -2/16) Thelonious Monk (p) Larry Gales (b -2/16) Ben Riley (d -2/16) live in Paris, France, March 18 or 20, 1966 1. I Love You (Sweetheart Of All My Dreams) BYG (J) YX 4005/06; Affinity (E) AFF 20 2. Lulu's Back In Town BYG (J) YX 4005/06; Affinity (E) AFF 20, CD Charly 74 3. Just A Gigolo - 4. I'm Getting Sentimental Over You - 5. Sweet And Lovely BYG (J) YX 4005/06; Affinity (E) AFF 26, CD Charly 74 6. Off Minor - 7. Crepuscule With Nellie - 8. Epistrophy - 9. Crepuscule With Nellie BYG (J) YX 2029 10. Lulu's Back In Town - 11. Blue Monk - 12. Ruby, My Dear - 13. Hackensack BYG (J) YX 2030 14. Evidence - 15. Straight, No Chaser - 16. 'Round Midnight - * Thelonious Monk (BYG (J) YX 4005/06) * Thelonious Monk - Sphere (Affinity (E) AFF 20) * Thelonious Monk - Epistrophy (Affinity (E) AFF 26) * Best Moments Of Thelonious Monk, Pt. 1 (BYG (J) YX 2029) * Best Moments Of Thelonious Monk, Pt. 2 (BYG (J) YX 2030) * Thelonious Monk - The Paris Concert (Affinity (E) CD Charly 74)
Thelonious Monk Quartet Charlie Rouse (ts) Thelonious Monk (p) Larry Gales (b) Ben Riley (d) "Palais De La Mutualite", Paris, France, March 18, 1966 'Round Midnight Esoldun (F) FC 105 * Thelonious Monk - Evidence (Esoldun (F) FC 105)
Thelonious Monk Quartet same personnel "Place Des Arts", Montreal, Quebec, Canada, August 21, 1965 Light Blue Can-Am (Ca) CA 1100 Blue Monk - Straight, No Chaser - Hackensack - April In Paris - Evidence - Epistrophy - * Thelonious Monk - The Canadian Concert (Can-Am (Ca) CA 1100)
Thelonious Monk Quartet same personnel "L'Olympia", Paris, France, 1st set, May 23, 1965 Jackie-Ing Bandstand (J) TKCB 30143 Ruby, My Dear - Evidence - I'm Getting Sentimental Over You - April In Paris - Straight, No Chaser - * Thelonious Monk - April In Paris (Bandstand (J) TKCB 30143) Thelonious Monk Quartet same personnel "L'Olympia", Paris, France, 2nd set, May 23, 1965 Blue Monk Trema (F) TR 710377/378 Epistrophy - Evidence - Four In One - Rhythm-A-Ning - Sweet And Lovely - * Thelonious Monk And His Quartet En Concert Avec Europe 1 (Trema (F) TR 710377/378) Thelonious Monk Quartet same personnel "L'Olympia", Paris, France, 3rd set, May 23, 1965 Bright Mississippi Trema (F) TR 710377/378 Epistrophy - I'm Getting Sentimental Over You - Teo - Well, You Needn't - * Thelonious Monk And His Quartet En Concert Avec Europe 1 (Trema (F) TR 710377/378)
Thelonious Monk Quartet Charlie Rouse (ts) Thelonious Monk (p) Larry Gales (b) Ben Riley (d) television broadcast, "Jazz 625", Channel BBC 2, "The Marquee Club", London, England, March 14, 1965 Straight, No Chaser Jazz Up (It) JU 302 Hackensack - Rhythm-A-Ning - Epistrophy - Criss Cross unissued Well, You Needn't - Nutty - * J.J. Johnson/Thelonious Monk - The Be Bop Legends (Jazz Up (It) JU 302; Moon (It) MCD 072-2)
Thelonious Monk Trio Thelonious Monk (p) Larry Gales (b -1) Ben Riley (d -1) NYC, March 2, 1965 1. CO85595 Honeysuckle Rose Columbia CL 2416 2. CO85596-1 Ruby, My Dear unissued 3. CO85596-3 - Columbia CL 2349 4. CO85597-3 Introspection unissued 5. CO85597-4 - Columbia JG 35720 6. CO85598 Darn That Dream - * Thelonious Monk - Misterioso (Columbia CL 2416, CS 9216) * Thelonious Monk - Solo Monk (Columbia CL 2349, CS 9149) * Thelonious Monk - Always Know (Columbia JG 35720)
Thelonious Monk Quartet Charlie Rouse (ts) Thelonious Monk (p) Larry Gales (b) Ben Riley (d) "Brandeis University", Waltham, MA, February 27, 1965 CO87201 Well, You Needn't Columbia CL 2416 * Thelonious Monk - Misterioso (Columbia CL 2416, CS 9216)
Thelonious Monk Solo Thelonious Monk (p) NYC, February 23, 1965 CO85578-2 Ask Me Now Columbia CL 2349 CO85578-3 - unissued CO85579 Everything Happens To Me - * Thelonious Monk - Solo Monk (Columbia CL 2349, CS 9149)
Thelonious Monk Quartet same personnel "The Jazz Workshop", San Francisco, CA, November 4, 1964 CO85097 Bemsha Swing Columbia CL 2416, C2 38269 CO85098 I'm Getting Sentimental Over You unissued CO85099 Ba-Lue Bolivar Ba-Lues-Are - CO85100 Epistrophy Columbia C2 38269 CO85101 'Round Midnight unissued CO85102 Nutty - CO85103 Straight, No Chaser - CO85104 Bright Mississippi Columbia C2 38269 CO85108 Blue Monk - CO85109 Well, You Needn't unissued CO85110 Thelonious - CO85111 Hackensack Columbia C2 38269 CO85112 Evidence unissued CO85113 Misterioso Columbia C2 38269 * Thelonious Monk - Misterioso (Columbia CL 2416, CS 9216) * Thelonious Monk Live At The Jazz Workshop (Columbia C2 38269)
Thelonious Monk Quartet Charlie Rouse (ts) Thelonious Monk (p) Larry Gales (b) Ben Riley (d) "The Jazz Workshop", San Francisco, CA, November 3, 1964 Don't Blame Me (incomplete) Columbia C2 38269 Ba-Lue Bolivar Ba-Lues-Are - Well, You Needn't - Evidence / Rhythm-A-Ning - Epistrophy (theme) unissued 'Round Midnight Columbia C2 38269 I'm Getting Sentimental Over You - Just You, Just Me unissued Rhythm-A-Ning (incomplete) - Hackensack - Bright Mississippi - Evidence - Epistrophy (theme) - CO85105 Memories Of You (incomplete) Columbia C2 38269 CO85106 Just You, Just Me - CO85107 Honeysuckle Rose (incomplete) Columbia JG 35720 * Thelonious Monk Live At The Jazz Workshop (Columbia C2 38269) * Thelonious Monk - Always Know (Columbia JG 35720)
Thelonious Monk Solo Thelonious Monk (p) Los Angeles, CA, November 2, 1964 HCO72128-3 These Foolish Things Columbia CL 2349 HCO72129-2 I Hadn't Anyone Till You unissued HCO72129-4 - Columbia CL 2349 HCO72130-1 Dinah unissued HCO72130-2 - Columbia CL 2349 HCO72131-1 I'm Confessin' unissued HCO72131-2 - Columbia CL 2349 HCO72132-1 Monk's Point - * Thelonious Monk - Solo Monk (Columbia CL 2349, CS 9149)
Thelonious Monk Quartet same personnel "The It Club", Los Angeles, CA, November 1, 1964 CO85121 Teo Columbia/Legacy C2K 65288 CO85122 I'm Getting Sentimental Over You Columbia CL 2416; Columbia/Legacy C2K 65288 CO85119 Misterioso Columbia C2 38030 CO85120 Gallop's Gallop - CO85118 Ba-Lue Bolivar Ba-Lues-Are - CO85117 Bright Mississippi Columbia/Legacy C2K 65288 CO85114 Just You, Just Me - CO85115 All The Things You Are Columbia CL 2416; Columbia/Legacy C2K 65288 CO85116 Epistrophy (theme) Columbia/Legacy C2K 65288 * Thelonious Monk - Misterioso (Columbia CL 2416, CS 9216) * Thelonious Monk Live At The It Club (Columbia C2 38030) = Thelonious Monk Live At The It Club: Complete (Columbia/Legacy C2K 65288)
Thelonious Monk Quartet Charlie Rouse (ts) Thelonious Monk (p) Larry Gales (b) Ben Riley (d) "The It Club", Los Angeles, CA, October 31, 1964 Blue Monk Columbia C2 38030 Well, You Needn't - 'Round Midnight - Rhythm-A-Ning - CO85128 Blues Five Spot - CO85127 Bemsha Swing - CO85123 Evidence - CO85125 Nutty - Epistrophy (theme) Columbia/Legacy C2K 65288 CO85126 Straight, No Chaser Columbia C2 38030 CO85124 Sweet And Lovely Columbia unissued * Thelonious Monk Live At The It Club (Columbia C2 38030) = Thelonious Monk Live At The It Club: Complete (Columbia/Legacy C2K 65288)
Thelonious Monk Solo Thelonious Monk (p) Los Angeles, CA, October 31, 1964 HCO72123-1 I Surrender, Dear Columbia CL 2349 HCO72124-1 Sweet And Lovely unissued HCO72124-2 - Columbia CL 2349 HCO72125-1 Everything Happens To Me unissued HCO72125-2 - - HCO72125-3 - Columbia CL 2349 HCO72126-1 I Should Care - HCO72127-1 North Of The Sunset - * Thelonious Monk - Solo Monk (Columbia CL 2349, CS 9149)
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