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THELONIOUS MONK

DISCOGRAPHY

 

 

 

 

The most important recordings that Thelonious Monk made were for Blue Note, Prestige, Riverside and Columbia, but we must also highlight recordings he made for Vogue, Savoy, Verve, Atlantic, Jazzland or Black Lion.

*The albums indicated as CD have never been released in LP format

 

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                   BLUE NOTE:

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  • Thelonious Monk - Genius Of Modern Music, Volume One (Blue Note BLP 1510) 1956

  • Thelonious Monk - Genius Of Modern Music, Volume Two (Blue Note BLP 1511) 1956

  • Milt Jackson And The Thelonious Monk Quintet (Blue Note BLP 1509) 1956

  • Sonny Rollins - Vol. 2 (Blue Note BLP 1558) 1957

 

                  Every take recorded by Monk for Blue Note can be found in:

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  • Thelonious Monk - The Complete Blue Note Recordings Of Thelonious Monk (Mosaic MR4-101) 1983

                 

                  Later releases:

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  • The Thelonious Monk Quartet - Live At The Five Spot Discovery! (Blue Note CDP 0777 799786 2 5) CD 1993

  • Thelonious Monk - Paris 1969 (Blue Note 0602537460526) 2013

  • Thelonious Monk Quartet With John Coltrane At Carnegie Hall (Blue Note 602557938715) 2017

 

                  *All albums have been released on CD

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                   PRESTIGE:

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  • Thelonious Monk - Thelonious Monk Trio (Prestige PRLP 7027) 1956

  • Thelonious Monk - Monk (Prestige PRLP 7053) 1956

  • Thelonious Monk And Sonny Rollins (Prestige PRLP 7075) 1956

  • Sonny Rollins - Moving Out (Prestige LP 7058) 1956

  • Miles Davis - Bags' Groove (Prestige PRLP 7109) 1957

  • Miles Davis And The Modern Jazz Giants (Prestige PRLP 7150) 1959 

  • Coleman Hawkins - Bean And The Boys (Prestige PR 7824) 1970

 

                  *All albums have been released on CD

                  Every track recorded by Monk for Prestige can be found in:

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  • Thelonious Monk - The Complete Prestige Recordings (Prestige - 3PRCD-4428-2) CD 2000

 

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                   RIVERSIDE:

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  • Thelonious Monk - Plays The Music Of Duke Ellington (Riverside RLP 12-201) 1956 

  • Thelonious Monk - The Unique Thelonious Monk (Riverside RLP 12-209) 1956

  • Thelonious Monk - Brilliant Corners (Riverside RLP12-226) 1957

  • Thelonious Monk - Thelonious Himself  (Riverside RLP 12-235) 1957

  • Thelonious Monk Septet - Monk's Music (Riverside RLP 12-242) 1957

  • Thelonious Monk And Gerry Mulligan - Mulligan Meets Monk (Riverside RLP 12-247) 1957

  • Thelonious Monk - Thelonious In Action (Riverside RLP 12-262) 1958               

  • Clark Terry Quartet With Thelonious Monk - In Orbit (Riverside RLP 12-271) 1958

  • Thelonious Monk - Misterioso (Riverside RLP 12-279) 1958

  • The Thelonious Monk Orchestra - At Town Hall (Riverside RLP 12-300) 1959

  • Thelonious Monk - 5 By Monk By 5 (Riverside RLP 12-305) 1959

  • Thelonious Monk - Thelonious Alone In San Francisco (Riverside RLP 12-312) 1959

  • Thelonious Monk Quartet Plus Two - At The Blackhawk (Riverside RLP 12-323) 1960

  • Thelonious Monk - In Italy (Riverside RS 9443) 1963

  • Thelonious Monk - Monk In France (Riverside RS 9491) 1965

 

                  Every take recorded by Monk for Riverside can be found in:

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  • Thelonious Monk - The Complete Riverside Recordings (Riverside RCD-022-2) 1986

                 

                  Every take recorded by Monk and Coltrane for Riverside can be found in:

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  • Thelonious Monk With John Coltrane ‎- The Complete 1957 Riverside Recordings (Riverside CR00001) 2017

 

                  *All albums have been released on CD
 

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                                   COLUMBIA:

 

  • The Thelonious Monk Quartet - Monk's Dream (Columbia CL 1965) 1963

  • Thelonious Monk - Criss-Cross (Columbia CL 2038) 1963

  • Thelonious Monk - Big Band And Quartet In Concert (Columbia CL 2164) 1964 

  • The Miles Davis Sextet, The Thelonious Monk Quartet - Miles & Monk At Newport (Columbia CL 2178) 1964

  • Thelonious Monk - It's Monk's Time (Columbia CL 2184) 1964

  • Thelonious Monk - Monk (Columbia CL 2291) 1965

  • Thelonious Monk - Solo Monk (Columbia CL 2349) 1965

  • Thelonious Monk - Misterioso (Recorded On Tour) (Columbia CL 2416) 1965

  • Thelonious Monk - Straight, No Chaser (Columbia CL 2651) 1967

  • Thelonious Monk - Underground (Columbia CS 9632) 1968

  • Thelonious Monk -  Monk's Greatest Hits (Columbia CS 9775) 1969

  • Thelonious Sphere Monk - Monk's Blues (Columbia CS 9806) 1969

 

                  *All albums have been released on CD with bonus tracks

                  Later releases:

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  • Dave Brubeck - Summit Sessions (Columbia C 30522) 1971

  • Thelonious Monk - Always Know (Columbia JG 35720) 1979

  • Thelonious Monk - Live At The It Club (Columbia C2 38030) 1982 (Reissued with bonus tracks (Thelonious Monk - Live At The It Club - Complete (Columbia - C2K 65288) CD 1998) and Reissued with complete performances (The Complete Thelonious Monk At The It Club (Mosaic Records MRLP-3001) 2009)

  • Thelonious Monk - Live At The Jazz Workshop (Columbia C2 38269) 1982  (Reissued with complete performances (Thelonious Monk - Live At The Jazz Workshop Complete (Columbia ‎C2K 65189) CD 2001)

  • Thelonious Monk - Straight, No Chaser (Soundtrack) (Columbia SC 45358) 1989

  • Thelonious Monk ‎- Monk Alone: The Complete Columbia Solo Studio Recordings 1962-1968 (Columbia ‎ C2K 65495) CD 1998

  • Thelonious Monk - The Columbia Years | '62-'68 (Columbia - COL 503046 2) CD 2001

  • Thelonious Monk ‎- At Newport 1963 & 1965 (Columbia ‎C2K 63905) CD 2002

 

                  *All albums have been released on CD (except Dave Brubeck - Summit Sessions)

 

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      VOGUE:

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  • Thelonious Monk - Piano solo (Swing 88985472351) 1954

 

                  *reissued on CD with bonus tracks (Sony Music - 889854723422) CD 2017

 

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       SAVOY:

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  • The Orchestra and The Quartet of Gigi Gryce - Nica's Tempo (Savoy MG 12137) 1955

                 

                  *reissued on CD

 

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      VERVE: 

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  • Charlie Parker And Dizzy Gillespie ‎- Bird And Diz (Verve MGV-8006) 1956

                 

                  *CD reissues with bonus tracks:

              

                   - Charlie Parker And Dizzy Gillespie ‎- Bird And Diz (Verve 521 436-2) CD 1997

                   - Charlie Parker - Unheard Bird: The Unissued Takes (Verve 00602547846587) CD 2016

 

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                   ATLANTIC:

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  • Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers With Thelonious Monk (Atlantic LP 1278) 1958

 

                  *reissued with bonus tracks: (Atlantic 8122 73607-2) CD 2002

                                                                        (Atlantic R1 670841) 2022

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  • The Giants Of Jazz - The Giants Of Jazz (Atlantic SD 2-905) 1972

 

                  *reissued on CD

  

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                    JAZZLAND:

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  • Thelonious Monk With John Coltrane (Jazzland JLP 46) 1961 

             

                  *reissued on CD

 

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                    BLACK LION:

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  • Thelonious Monk - The Man I Love (Black Lion ‎BLP 30141) 1971

  • Thelonious Monk - Something In Blue (Black Lion ‎BLP 30119) 1972

  • Thelonious Monk - Blue Sphere (Black Lion ‎BLM 51501) 1977

 

                  Every take recorded by Monk for Black Lion can be found in:

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  • Thelonious Monk - The Complete Black Lion And Vogue Recordings (Mosaic MR4-112) 1985

  • Thelonious Monk - The London Collection Volume 1 (Black Lion ‎ORGM 1052) 1988

  • Thelonious Monk ‎- The London Collection Volume 2 (Black Lion ORGM 1054) 1988

  • Thelonious Monk - The London Collection Volume 3 (Black Lion ‎ORGM 1056) 1988

 

                  *All albums have been released on CD

 

 

                    OTHER LABELS:

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  • Charlie Christian, Dizzy Gillespie - After Hours (Esoteric ES-548) 1957

  • Thelonious Monk - In Tokyo (Far East ETJ-60006) 1971

  • Don Byas - Midnight At Minton's (Onyx ORI-208) 1973

  • Hot Lips Page - After Hours In Harlem (Onyx ORI 207) 1973

  • Thelonious Monk - Pure Monk (Milestone MSP-47004) 1973

  • Joe Guy, Billie Holiday - Harlem Odyssey (Xanadu 112) 1975

  • Joe Guy, Hot Lips Page - Trumpet Battle At Minton's (Xanadu 107) 1975  

  • Thelonious Monk - Best Moments Of Thelonious Monk, Part 1 (BYG Records YX-2029) 1975

  • Thelonious Monk - Best Moments Of Thelonious Monk, Part 2 (BYG Records YX-2030) 1975

  • Thelonious Monk - Brilliance (Milestone M-47023) 1975

  • Harry Edison, Hot Lips Page - Sweets, Lips And Lots Of Jazz (Xanadu 123) 1976

  • Thelonious Monk - In Person (Milestone M-47033) 1976

  • Bop Fathers - In Paris (Joker ULS 141) 1977

  • Bop Fathers - In Paris (Lotus ‎ORL 8252) 1978

  • Dizzy Gillespie '46 Live At The Spotlite (Hi-Fly H 01) 1978 

  • Various ‎- Cool Whalin' - Be Bop Vocals, Rare And Unissued Material (Spotlite SPJ135) 1979

  • Thelonious Monk ‎- Epistrophy (Affinity ‎L6-AF 11) 1980

  • Thelonious Monk Quartet - Sphere (Affinity ‎L6-AF104) 1980

  • Thelonious Monk / Gerry Mulligan ‎- 'Round Midnight (Milestone  M-47067) 1982

  • Thelonious Monk ‎- 'Round Midnight (WaxTime ‎772245) 1983

  • Thelonious Monk - The Canadian Concert (Can-Am CA 1100) 1983

  • Thelonious Monk ‎- Tokyo Concerts (CBS 88627) 1983

  • Thelonious Monk - Evidence (Milestone M-9115) 1983

  • The Giants Of Jazz - Giants Of Jazz (Concord Jazz ‎GW-3004) 1984

  • Thelonious Monk ‎- Thelonious Monk 1963 In Japan (Eastwind E WIND 702) 1984

  • Thelonious Monk ‎- Blues Five Spot (Milestone M-9124) 1984

  • Thelonious Monk - Live At The Village Gate (Xanadu 202) 1985

  • Various - The Real Sound Of Jazz (Pumpkin Productions 116) 1985

  • Thelonious Monk - Evidence (France's Concert ‎ FC 105) 1987

  • Thelonious Monk - In Europe (Heart Note HN 003) 1987

  • Thelonious Monk - Live In Stockholm 1961 (Dragon DRLP 151/52) 1987 

  • Giants Of Jazz - In Berlin '71 (EmArcy 20PJ-10108) 1988 

  • J.J. Johnson, Thelonious Monk - The Be Bop Legends (Jazz Up JU 302) CD 1988

  • Thelonious Monk - On Tour In Europe (Affinity AFFD 192) 1988

  • Thelonious Monk Nonet - Live In Paris 1967 (France's Concert FC 113) 1988  

  • Thelonious Monk - Live In Paris 1964 (France's Concert FC 132) 1989

  • Thelonious Monk - Live In Paris 1964, Alhambra, Vol. 1 (France's Concert FC 135) 1989

  • Thelonious Monk Trio & Quartet - Unissued Live at Newport, 1958-1959 (Gambit 69299) CD 1989 

  • Charlie Parker - The Complete Dean Benedetti Recordings (Mosaic MR10-129) 1990

  • Thelonious Monk - Monk's Mood - Live In Paris, 1967 - Vol. 1 (Jazz & Jazz ‎JJ-622) 1990

  • Thelonious Monk - Round About Midnight - Live In Paris, 1967 - Vol. 2 (Jazz & Jazz JJ-623) 1990

  • Thelonious Monk - Tempo Di Jazz (Tempo Di Jazz CDTJ 706) CD 1991

  • Thelonious Monk Quartet And Octet In Europe (Unique Jazz UJ 12) 1992

  • Thelonious Monk - Live At Monterey Jazz Festival 1963 (Jazz Unlimited JUCD 2045/46) CD 1993

  • The Giants Of Jazz And Dizzy Gillespie Quintet - Live (Jazz Door JD 1277) CD 1994

  • Thelonious Monk Quartet And With The Giants Of Jazz - 1966-1971 (The "Jazz" Collection ‎JCD 06) CD 1995

  • The Thelonious Monk Quartet ‎- Monk In Copenhagen (Storyville STCD 8283) CD 1996 

  • The Thelonious Monk Quartet ‎- Olympia - Mar. 6th, 1965 (LaserLight Digital ‎36150) CD 2002

  • Thelonious Monk ‎- Live In New York Vol. 1&2 (Thelonious Records TR-1012) CD 2002

  • Thelonious Monk - Stockholm "Live" (Thelonious Records ‎TR-1008) CD 2002

  • Thelonious Monk - The Transformer (Thelonious Records ‎TR-1014) CD 2002

  • Charlie Parker ‎- Complete Onyx Recordings (Definitive Records DRCD 11229) CD 2003

  • Thelonious Monk -  Monk In Paris: Live At The Olympia (Thelonious Records ‎TMF 9316) CD + DVD 2003

  • Thelonious Monk ‎- The Nonet - Live! (Get Back ‎GET 2018) 2003  

  • Thelonious Monk - Monk 'Round The World (Thelonious Records TMF 9323) CD + DVD 2004  

  • Thelonious Monk ‎- In Philadelphia 1960 With Steve Lacy (RLR Records ‎ RLR 88623) CD 2006

  • Thelonious Monk With John Coltrane - Complete Live At The Five Spot (Gambit 69241) CD 2006 

  • Thelonious Monk - Live At The 1964 Monterey Jazz Festival (Monterey Jazz Festival Records ‎0888072303126) CD 2007

  • Thelonious Monk ‎- Live In New York Vol. 1 (Explore Records ‎EXP0030) CD 2007

  • Art Blakey And The Giants Of Jazz - Live At The 1972 Monterey Jazz Festival (Monterey Jazz Festival Records 0888072308824) CD 2008

  • Dizzy Gillespie And Thelonious Monk With The Giants Of Jazz - Unissued In Europe 1971 (Gambit  69301) CD 2008

  • Dizzy Gillespie Big Band ‎- Showtime At The Spotlite, 52nd Street, New York City, June 1946 (Uptown Records UPCD 27.53 & 27.54) CD 2008

  • Thelonious Monk - The Last Concerts (Rare Live Recordings RLR 88643) CD 2009 

  • Thelonious Monk Quartet - Live In Köln 1969 (Nice Life Music 22013) CD 2012

  • Thelonious Monk Quartet / Martial Solal Trio - Live In Berlin 1961/Live In Essen 1959 (Jazzline ‎N 78 008) 2012

  • The Thelonious Monk Quartet ‎- The complete 1966 Geneva concert (Solar Records 4569953) CD 2014

  • Thelonious Monk - Jackie-ing: Live In Amsterdam May 1961 (Nederlands Jazz Archief NJA 1401) CD 2014

  • Thelonious Monk - Scandinavian Blue 1966 (SSJ ‎XQAM-1631) CD 2014

  • Thelonious Monk Quartet ‎- The Complete 1961 Amsterdam Concert (Solar Records 4569944) CD 2014

  • Timme Rosenkrantz - Timme's Treasures (Storyville ‎101 8439) CD 2015 

  • Thelonious Monk - Monk In France - The Complete Concert (Pan Am Records ‎9152276) 2016

  • Thelonious Monk - 18 Avril 1961 (Frémeaux & Associés-FA 5653) CD 2016

  • Thelonious Monk ‎- Les Liaisons Dangereuses 1960 (Sam Records SRS-1-LE) 2017 

  • Thelonious Monk - Live At Rotterdam 1967: The Lost Recordings (Fondamenta FON-1704029) 2017

  • Thelonious Monk ‎- Mønk (Gearbox Records GB1541X) 2018

  • Thelonious Monk - Plays Duke Ellington (American Jazz Classics 90269) CD 2019

  • Miles Davis & Lester Young -  Live in Europe 1956 (Matchball Records 48032) CD 2020

  • Thelonious Monk - Palais Des Beaux-Arts 1963 (Tidal Waves Music TWM55) 2020 

  • Thelonious Monk - Palo Alto (Impulse! 00602507112844) 2020

  • Thelonious Monk Quartet - Live In Amsterdam (Naked Lunch ND009) 2020

  • Art Tatum/Thelonious Monk - The Vibes Are On (Chazzer 2002) ¿?

  • Thelonious Monk ‎- Here Is Thelonious Monk At His Rare Of All Rarest Performances Vol. 1 (Kings Of Jazz ‎ KLJ-20012) ¿?

  • Thelonious Monk Quartet - 1961 European Tour, Vol. 1 (Ingo five) ¿?

  • Thelonious Monk Quartet - 1961 European Tour, Vol. 2 (Ingo eight) ¿?

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