Thelonious Monk / discography

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This discography is an overview of the records published by the jazz musician Thelonious Monk (1917–1982). In (section 1) it includes his albums (on the 12-inch vinyl record) under his own name. The shellac records released by Monk on Blue Note Records are listed under Genius of Modern Music # Singles of the Blue Note era , the five 10-inch LPs released by Prestige in the early 1950s are listed under Thelonious Monk Trio # Appendix: The Prestige 10 inch albums and EPs listed. The following sections of the discography include compilations and box sets (section 2), his involvement in collaborative band projects such as the Giants of Jazz (Section 3) and his involvement as a musician in other productions (Section 4) . According to the discographer Tom Lord , he was involved in 193 recording sessions between 1941 and 1975.

Official albums

Compilations and box sets (selection)

  • 1962 - Greatest Hits (Riverside RLP 421)
  • 1964 - The Thelonious Monk Story (Philips P 14701L, series: TWEN 25; recordings 1956-59)
  • 1966 - The Thelonious Monk Story (Riverside RLP 483/484)
  • 1967 - Monk Plays Monk (CBS YS-753-C Series: Select Library of the Modern Jazz - Vol. 3 )
  • 1969 - Monk's Greatest Hits (Columbia CS 9775)
  • 1974 - Who's Afraid of the Big Band Monk? (Columbia KG 32892)
  • 1977 - At the Five Spot (Milestone M-47043, rec 1958; Re-release of the albums Thelonious in Action (Riverside 262) and Misterioso (Riverside 279))
  • 1983 - The Complete Blue Note Recordings of Thelonious Monk ( Mosaic Records MR4-101, CDP 7243 5 30363 26 (CD, 1994), recordings 1947-52)
  • 1986 - The Complete Riverside recordings (Riverside VIJ-5102-23, Riv 15RCD-022-2)
  • 1985 - The Complete Black Lion and Vogue Recordings Of Thelonious Monk (Mosaic MR4-112)
  • 1988 - The Composer (Columbia CK 44297)
  • 1988 - The London Collection: Volume One (Black Lion BLP60101)
  • 1988 - The London Collection: Volume Two (Black Lion BLP 60116)
  • 1989 - Standards (Columbia 188.045 / 1-465681)
  • 1989 - The London Collection: Volume Three (Black Lion (G) BLCD 760142)
  • 1991 - The Best of Thelonious Monk (Blue Note CDP 7 95636 2, recordings 1947-52)
  • 1992 - San Francisco Holiday (Milestone MCD-9199-2, recordings 1958-61)
  • 1994 - The Complete Blue Note Recordings of Thelonious Monk (Blue Note)
  • 1998 - Monk Alone: ​​The Complete Columbia Solo Studio Recordings 1962-1968 (Columbia, C2K 65495)
  • 1999 - Les Absolus (Columbia COL 496680 2, contains Columbia albums Monk , Undergrund and Straight, No Chaser )
  • 2000 - Ken Burns Jazz Collection: The Definitive Thelonious Monk (Columbia CK 61449)
  • 2001 - The Columbia Years '62 -'68 (3-CD-Set, COL 503046 2)
  • 2009 - Thelonious Monk Quartet - The Last Concerts (Lincoln Center 1975 · Village Vanguard 1972) (RLR Records RLR 88643)
  • 2010 - All Monk - The Riverside Albums (Riverside Records 060075320660; box set with 16 CDs)
  • 2014 - 'Round Midnight: The Complete Blue Note Singles (1947-1952) (Blue Note - B0021693-02)
  • 2015 - The Complete Columbia Live Albums Collection (Sony Music - 88697995802, Columbia - 88697995802, Legacy - 88697995802)
  • 2017 - The Complete Prestige 10-inch LP Collection

Collaborative projects

  • Timme Rosenkrantz : Timme's Treasures (Storyville 101-8439, ed. 2015), with Don Byas / Thelonious Monk Quintet ("Variation on Rockin 'in Rhythm", Monk (Solo): "These Foolish Things", "' Round Midnight", rec. 1944)
  • Miles Davis and the Modern Jazz Giants (1955, Prestige 7109/7150)
  • Art Blakey, Dizzy Gillespie, Al McKibbon, Thelonious Monk, Sonny Stitt, Kai Winding: The Giants of Jazz (Atlantic, 1972)
  • Giants of Jazz - In Berlin '71 (EmArcy (J) 20PJ-10108, ed. 1988)
  • Giants of Jazz (Concord GW 3004 EmArcy (J) 32JD-10090, ed. 19 ??, rec. Bern 1972)
  • Art Blakey and The Giants of Jazz: Live at the 1972 Monterey Jazz Festival (Monterey Jazz Festival Records - 0888072308824, ed. 2008)
  • Dizzy Gillespie and Thelonious Monk with The Giants of Jazz: Unissued in Europe 1971 (Live in Warsaw, Böblingen & Milan) (Domino Records 891240)

Albums as a sideman

  • Don Byas : Midnight at Minton's (Onyx Records, rec. 1941, ed. 1973 - ORI 208)
  • Joe Guy & Hot Lips Page : Trumpet Battle at Minton's (rec. 1941, ed. 1975, Xanadu 107)
  • Joe Guy, Tab Smith, Willie Smith, Jack Teagarden, Charlie Teagarden, Billie Holiday, Art Tatum: Harlem Odyssey (Original 1940-41 Recordings) (rec. 1941, Xanadu Records 112)
  • Dizzy Gillespie Big Band : Showtime at the Spotlite, 52nd Street, New York City, June 1946 (rec. 1946, ed. 2008, Uptown UPCD 27.53 / 27.54)
  • Charlie Parker / Dizzy Gillespie : Bird and Diz (Verve, 1950)
  • Miles Davis : Bags' Groove (Prestige, rec. 1954, ed. 1957)
  • Miles Davis with The Modern Jazz Quartet & Lester Young : European Tour '56 with The Modern Jazz Quartet & Lester Young (Definitive Records DRCD11294, ed. 2006) Monk 1955 with Miles Davis, Zoot Sims , Percy Heath , Connie Kay , Newport, RI , July 17, 1955
  • Milt Jackson with John Lewis, Percy Heath, Kenny Clarke, Lou Donaldson and the Thelonious Monk Quintet (Blue Note BLP 1509)
  • Sonny Rollins: Sonny Rollins Volume Two (1957, Blue Note BLP 1558)
  • Thelonious Monk with the Gigi Gryce Quartet / Herbie Nichols : Thelonious Monk and Herbie Nichols (Savoy, ed. 1965)
  • Clark Terry with Thelonious Monk: In Orbit (Riverside Records RLP 12-271)

Web links / sources

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Tom Lord : The Jazz Discography (online, accessed March 2, 2020)