List of compositions by Thelonious Monk

Thelonious Monk, Minton's Playhouse, New York, N.Y., ca. Sept. 1947

This is a list of compositions by jazz musician Thelonious Monk, grouped by label and album.[1]

Blue Note Records

Recorded in 1947

Recorded in 1948

Recorded in 1951

Recorded in 1952

  • "Hornin' In"
  • "Skippy"
  • "Sixteen"
  • "Let's Cool One"

Prestige Records

Recorded in 1952

  • "Bemsha Swing"
  • "Reflections"
  • "Little Rootie Tootie"
  • "Bye-Ya"
  • "Monk's Dream"
  • "Trinkle, Tinkle"

Recorded in 1953

  • "Let's Call This"
  • "Think Of One"
  • "Friday The 13th"

Recorded in 1954

  • "We See"
  • "Locomotive"
  • "Hackensack"
  • "Work"
  • "Nutty"
  • "Blue Monk"
  • "'Round About Midnight" (“‘Round Midnight”)
  • "Well You Needn't"
  • "Portrait Of An Ermite" (“Reflections”)
  • "Manganése" (“We See”)
  • "Eronel"
  • "Off Minor"

Savoy Records

Recorded in 1955 for Gigi Gryce's Nica's Tempo

  • "Brake's Sake"
  • "Shuffle Boil"
  • "Gallop's Gallop"

Riverside Records

Recorded in 1956 for Brilliant Corners

  • "Brilliant Corners"
  • "Ba-Lue Bolivar Ba-Lues Are" (also known as "Blue Bolivar Blues")
  • "Pannonica"

Recorded in 1957 for Thelonious Himself

  • "Functional"

Recorded in 1957 for Monk's Music

  • "Crepuscule With Nellie"

Recorded in 1957 for Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers with Thelonious Monk

Recorded in 1958 for Thelonious in Action

  • "Light Blue"
  • "Coming On The Hudson"

Recorded in 1959 for 5 by Monk by 5

  • "Played Twice"
  • "Jackie-Ing"

Recorded in 1959 for Thelonious Alone in San Francisco

  • "Bluehawk"
  • "Round Lights"

Recorded in 1960 for Thelonious Monk at the Blackhawk

  • "San Francisco Holiday (Worry Later)"

Columbia Records

Recorded in 1962 for Monk's Dream

  • "Bright Mississippi"

Recorded in 1963 for Big Band and Quartet in Concert

  • "Oska T."

Recorded in 1964 for It's Monk's Time

  • "Stuffy Turkey"

Recorded in 1964 for Monk

  • "Teo"
  • "Children's Song (That Old Man)"

Recorded in 1964 for Solo Monk

  • "Monk's Point"
  • "North of the Sunset"

Recorded in 1967 for Straight, No Chaser

  • "Green Chimneys"

Recorded in 1967 and 1968 for Underground

  • "Ugly Beauty"
  • "Raise Four"
  • "Boo Boo's Birthday"

Black Lion Records

Recorded in 1971 for Something in Blue

  • "Chordially"
  • "Blue Sphere"
  • "Something in Blue"

Compositions not recorded by Monk

References

  1. ↑ Kelley, Robin D. G. (2009). Thelonious Monk: The Life and Times of an American Original. Free Press. pp. 563–569. ISBN 978-0-684-83190-9. Retrieved May 5, 2014.
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