Thelonious Monk discography explained
| Artist: | Thelonious Monk |
| Image Caption: | Thelonious Monk at Minton's Playhouse, NYC, ca. Sept. 1947 |
The following is a discography of American jazz pianist and composer Thelonious Monk (1917 – 1982).
Discography
Studio albums
| Year | Title | Label | Catalog number | Date recorded | Notes |
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| 10-inch LPs |
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| 1947 – 1952: Blue Note years |
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| 1951 | Genius of Modern Music, Vol. 1 | Blue Note | Blue Note LP 5002 | | |
| 1951 | Genius of Modern Music, Vol. 2 | Blue Note | Blue Note LP 5009 | | |
| 1952 – 1954: Prestige years |
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| 1953 | Thelonious | Prestige | PRLP 142 | 1952-10-15, -12-18 | |
| 1954 | Thelonious Monk Quintet Blows for LP | Prestige | PRLP 166 | 1953-11-13 | |
| 1954 | Thelonious Monk Quintet | Prestige | PRLP 180 | 1954-05-11 | |
| 1954 | Thelonious Monk Plays | Prestige | PRLP 189 | 1954-09-22 | |
| 1954 | Sonny Rollins and Thelonious Monk | Prestige | PRLP 190 | 1954-10-25 | |
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| 1954 | Piano Solo | Disques Vogue | | 1954-06-04 | |
| 12-inch LPs |
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| 1955 – 1959: Riverside years |
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| 1956 | Thelonious Monk Plays the Music of Duke Ellington | Riverside | RLP 12-201 | 1955-07-21, -22 | |
| 1956 | The Unique Thelonious Monk | Riverside | RLP 12-209 | 1956-03-17, -04-03 | |
| 1957 | Brilliant Corners | Riverside | RLP 12-226 | 1956-10-15, -12-07 | |
| 1957 | Thelonious Himself | Riverside | RLP 12-235 | 1957-04-12, -16 | |
| 1957 | Monk's Music | Riverside | RLP 12-242 | 1957-06-26 | |
| 1957 | Mulligan Meets Monk | Riverside | RLP 12-247 | 1957-08-12, -13 | with Gerry Mulligan |
| 1959 | 5 by Monk by 5 | Riverside | RLP 12-305 | 1959-06-01, -02, -04 | |
| 1959 | Thelonious Alone in San Francisco | Riverside | RLP 12-312 | 1959-10-21, -22 | recorded in Fugazi Hall |
| 1961 | Thelonious Monk with John Coltrane | Jazzland | JLP-46 | 1957 | with John Coltrane |
| 1962 – 1968: Columbia years |
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| 1963 | Monk's Dream | Columbia | | | |
| 1963 | Criss-Cross | Columbia | | | |
| 1964 | It's Monk's Time | Columbia | | | |
| 1965 | Monk | Columbia | | | |
| 1965 | Solo Monk | Columbia | | | |
| 1967 | Straight, No Chaser | Columbia | | | |
| 1968 | Underground | Columbia | | | |
| 1968 | Monk's Blues | Columbia | | | |
| 1971: Black Lion session |
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| 1972 | Something in Blue | Black Lion | BLP 30119 | 1971-11-15 | |
| 1973 | The Man I Love | Black Lion | BLP 30141 | 1971-11-15 | | |
Live albums
Compilations
On other labels
- Blue Sphere (Black Lion, ?) – recorded on November 15, 1971, AKA Nice Work in London
- 1959: Les Liaisons Dangereuses 1960 (Sam, 2017) – recorded on July 27, 1959
Box sets
Singles
!Year!A-side!B-side!Label!Catalog number!Notes| 1947 – 1952: Blue Note years |
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| 10-inch shellac, 78 RPM |
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| "Thelonious" | "Suburban Eyes" | Blue Note | BN 542 | [4] |
| "'Round About Midnight" | "Well, You Needn't" | Blue Note | BN 543 | |
| "Evonce" | "Off Minor" | Blue Note | BN 547 | |
| "In Walked Bud" | "Epistrophy" | Blue Note | BN 548 | |
| "Ruby, My Dear" | "Evidence" | Blue Note | BN 549 | |
| "Humph" | "Misterioso" | Blue Note | BN 560 | |
| "I Should Care" | "All the Things You Are" | Blue Note | BN 1201 | |
| "I Mean You" | "Symphonette" | Blue Note | BN 1564 | "Symphonette" not recorded by Monk; Tadd Dameron performance |
| "Who Knows" | "Monk's Mood" | Blue Note | BN 1565 | |
| "April in Paris" | "Nice Work If You Can Get It" | Blue Note | BN 1575 | |
| "Four in One" | "Straight, No Chaser" | Blue Note | BN 1589 | |
| "Criss Cross" | "Eronel" | Blue Note | BN 1590 | |
| 1952 | "Ask Me Now" | "Willow Weep for Me" | Blue Note | BN 1591 | "Willow Weep for Me" credited to Milt Jackson |
| "Skippy" | "Let's Cool One" | Blue Note | BN 1602 | |
| "Hornin' In" | "Carolina Moon" | Blue Note | BN 1603 | |
| 7-inch, 45 RPM |
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| "Lillie" | "Willow Weep for Me" | Blue Note | BN 45-1646 | credited to Milt Jackson |
| "'Round About Midnight" | "In Walked Bud" | Blue Note | BN 45-1664 | | |
As sideman
- Summitt Sessions (Columbia, 1970) – 1 track
- Bean and the Boys (Prestige, 1972) – recorded in 1944. 4 tracks only.
External links
Notes and References
- Stone, Sam, "Epistrophy: Unreleased Thelonious Monk 'Palo Alto' Concert Arrives in July", theseconddisc.com, June 19, 2020.
- King, Noel, and Nate Chinen, "A Previously Unreleased Thelonious Monk Concert Is Coming Next Month", NPR, June 19, 2020.
- Web site: Out-Of-Print Limited Edition Jazz Collections . 2021-07-21 . Mosaic Records - Home for Jazz fans! . en-US.
- Web site: Blue Note Records Catalog: 78 RPM series .
