THELONIOUS MONK
FILMOGRAPHY
*I have listed what has been released on DVD. On the Internet you can find some other performances.
Various - Jazz Masters Vintage Collection 1958 - 1961 (Warner Music 2564 60058-2) DVD
Recorded December 8, 1957 - “Sound of Jazz” Broadcast - CBS Studio 58, New York City
Thelonious Monk Trio:
Thelonious Monk: Piano
Ahmed Abdul-Malik: Double Bass
Osie Johnson: Drums
1. Blue Monk
Various - Jazz On A Summer's Day (Charly Records SDVD001) DVD
Recorded July 6, 1958 - VOA Broadcast - Newport Jazz festival, Freebody Park
Thelonious Monk Trio:
Thelonious Monk: Piano
Henry Grimes: Double Bass
Roy Haynes: Drums
1. Blue Monk
Thelonious Monk Quartet - Live (Euroarts Jazz Legends 2064928) DVD
Recorded March 10, 1963 - Palais des Beaux Arts, Brussels
Thelonious Monk Quartet:
Thelonious Monk: Piano Charlie Rouse: Tenor Sax
John Ore: Double Bass Frankie Dunlop: Drums
1. Evidence
2. Ruby My Dear
3. Bright Mississippi
4. Monk’s Dream
5. Drum Solo
6. Criss-Cross
7. Epistrophy
8. Rythm-A-Ning
Thelonious Monk - Solo Piano In Berlin '69 (JazzShots 2869099) DVD
Recorded May 23, 1963 - TBS-TV recording, Tokyo Broadcasting Service, Tokyo
Thelonious Monk Quartet:
Thelonious Monk: Piano Charlie Rouse: Tenor Sax
Butch Warren: Double Bass Frankie Dunlop: Drums
1. Evidence
2. Blue Monk
3. Just a Gigolo (piano solo)
4. Ba-Lue Bolivar Ba-Lues-Are
5. Epistrophy
Recorded November 6, 1969 - TV recording, “Piano For Duke” concert, Philharmonie, Berlin
Thelonious Monk: Piano
1. Satin Doll
2. Sophisticated Lady
3. Caravan
4. Solitude
5. Crepuscule With Nellie
6. Blues For Duke
Joe Turner (Piano), Hans Rettenbacher (Double Bass), and Stu Martin (Drums) are with Monk in "Blues For Duke."
The Tokyo concert appears as Bonus Tracks in the DVD.
Thelonious Monk Quartet - Complete Live In London 1965 ( JazzShots - 2869084) DVD
Thelonious Monk - Monk 'Round The World (Thelonious Records TMF 9323) CD + DVD
Recorded March 14, 1965 - BBC-TV “Jazz 625” recordins, The Marquee Club, London
Thelonious Monk Quartet:
Thelonious Monk: Piano Charlie Rouse: Tenor Sax
Larry Gales: Double Bass Ben Riley: Drums
1. Epistrophy (Theme & Introduction) JazzShots - 2869084
2. Criss-Cross JazzShots - 2869084, Thelonious Records TMF 9323
3. Well You Needn`t JazzShots - 2869084
4. Nutty JazzShots - 2869084, Thelonious Records TMF 9323
5. Epistrophy (Closing Theme) JazzShots - 2869084
6. Epistrophy (Theme & Introduction) JazzShots - 2869084
7. Straight No Chaser JazzShots - 2869084
8. Hackensack JazzShots - 2869084
9. Rhythm-a-ning JazzShots - 2869084, Thelonious Records TMF 9323
10. Epistrophy (Closing Theme) JazzShots - 2869084
The three tracks in Monk 'Round The World appear in the DVD that accompanies the CD.
The entire performance was recorded for the BBC2 program "Jazz 625", which broadcast it in two parts, one on April 21, 1965 and the other on January 5, 1966. The entire performance was released on DVD Thelonious Monk Quartet - Complete Live In London 1965.
Thelonious Monk - Live In '66 (TDK DVWW-JITM) DVD
Thelonious Monk - Monk In Paris: Live At The Olympia (Thelonious Records TMF 9316) CD + DVD
Recorded April 15, 1966 - NRK-TV “Tema Med Variasjoner”, University Aula, Oslo
Thelonious Monk Quartet:
Thelonious Monk: Piano Charlie Rouse: Tenor Sax
Larry Gales: Double Bass Ben Riley: Drums
1. Lulu’s Back In Town
2. Blue Monk
3. 'Round Midnight
Recorded April 18, 1966 - DR-TV recording, Byen, Copenhagen
Thelonious Monk Quartet:
Thelonious Monk: Piano Charlie Rouse: Tenor Sax
Larry Gales: Double Bass Ben Riley: Drums
1. Lulu’s Back in Town
2. Don't Blame Me (piano solo)
3. Epistrophy
Thelonious Monk - Monk In Paris: Live At The Olympia (Thelonious Records TMF 9316) brings a DVD with images of the performance in Oslo (not the Copenhagen one), the CD is the audio of another performance in Paris.
Thelonious Monk - Paris 1969 (Blue Note 0602537460519) CD + DVD
Recorded December 15, 1969 - Salle Pleyel, Paris
Thelonious Monk Quartet:
Thelonious Monk: Piano Charlie Rouse: Tenor Sax
Nate Hygelund: Double Bass Paris Wright: Drums
1. I Mean You
2. Ruby My Dear
3. Straight, No Chaser
4. Bright Mississippi
5. Light Blue
6. Epistrophy
7. Don't Blame Me (piano solo)
8. I Love You Sweetheart Of All My Dreams (piano solo)
9. Crepuscule With Nellie (piano solo)
10. Bright Mississippi (Reprise)
11. Nutty
12. Blue Monk
Thelonious Monk - Live In France 1969 (Jazz Icons MDVD-2002) DVD
Recorded December 17, 1969 - “Jazz Portrait” TV recording, Paris
Thelonious Monk: Piano
1. Dreamland (rehearsal)
2. Monk's Mood
3. Thelonious
4. Reflections
5. Epistrophy
6. 'Round Midnight
7. Crepuscule With Nellie
8. Ugly Beauty
9. Monk's Mood
10. Don't Blame Me
11. Comin’ On the Hudson
12. Nice Work If You Can Get It
The Giants Of Jazz - Live In Prague 1971 (Impro-Jazz IJ512) DVD
Recorded October 30, 1971 - Lucerna Hall, Prague
Minton’s Playhouse Jazz Giants (The Giants of Jazz):
Thelonious Monk: Piano Dizzy Gillespie: Trumpet
Kai Winding: Trombone Sonny Stitt: Alto/Tenor Sax
Al McKibbon: Double Bass Art Blakey: Drums
1. 'Round Midnight
2. Tour De Force
3. Everything Happens To Me
4. Woody'n You
5. Lover Man
6. Tin Tin Deo
7. A Night In Tunisia
Thelonious Monk, Dizzy Gillespie - Giants Of Jazz: Copenhagen (Standing Oh!vation Oh! 44649) DVD
Recorded November 9, 1971 - Tivoli Gardens, Copenhagen
The Giants of Jazz:
Thelonious Monk: Piano Dizzy Gillespie: Trumpet
Kai Winding: Trombone Sonny Stitt: Alto/Tenor Sax
Al McKibbon: Double Bass Art Blakey: Drums
1. 'Round Midnight
2. Tour de Force
3. Lover Man
4. Tin Tin Deo
5. Everything Happens to Me
6. A Night In Tunisia
Thelonious Monk: Straight, No Chaser (Warner Bros - 1189695) DVD
Thelonious Monk: Straight, No Chaser is a 1988 American documentary film about Thelonious Monk. Directed by Charlotte Zwerin, it features live performances by Monk and his group, and interviews with friends and family.
Thelonious Monk: American Composer (Medici Arts - 2057118) DVD
Documentary about Thelonious Monk. Directed by Matthew Seig.
Thelonious Monk: Monk (Michael Blackwood productions) DVD
Thelonious Monk: Monk In Europe (Michael Blackwood productions) DVD
A portrait of Monk directed by Michael Blackwood and Christian Blackwood during 1968. Part of the footage was later used in the Straight No Chaser documentary.