"Bebop & Beyond plays Thelonious Monk"
Blue Moon CD R2 79154
San Francisco Holiday - 7'10; Brilliant Corners - 7'00; Think Of One - 7'30; Crepescule with Nellie - 4'39; Misterioso - 10'41; Criss Cross - 5'00; Gallop's Gallop - 6'32; Ugly Beauty - 4'00; Who Knows - 5'16; (February 1990, Berkeley CA.)
Mel Martin - tenor, soprano & flute; Warren Gale - trumpet & flugelhorn; Joe Henderson - tenor; Howard Johnson - baritone & tuba; Randy Vincent - guitar; George Cables - piano; Jeff Chambers - bass; Donald Bailey or Eddie Marshall - drums.

CD liner notes by Scott Yanow, Benny Carter and Howard Johnson.

"Blue Monk" - Blue Note plays Monk's Music
Blue Note 8-35471-2
Bemsha Swing - Ralph Peterson Trio featuring Geri Allen
Rocky Mount (by Stan Tracey) - Stan Tracey Octet
Monk's Dream - Larry Young
Monk in Wonderland (by Grachan Moncur) - Grachan Moncur
Blue Monk - McCoy Tyner & Bobby Hutcherson
Round Midnight - Gil Evans
Round About Midnight - Babs Gonzales with Jimmy Smith
Epistrophy - Art Taylor
Straight, No Chaser - The Three Sounds
Well, You Needn't - Gonzalo Rubalcaba
Hat & Beard (by Eric Dolphy) - Eric Dolphy

CD liner notes.

Anthony Braxton - "Six Monk's Compositions"
Black Saint 120 116-2
Brilliant Corners (9'19); Reflections (4'54); Played Twice (6'47); Four In One (9'37); Ask Me Now (6'32); Skippy (6'44);
(recorded in Milan - 1987)
Anthony Braxton - alto, Mal Waldron - piano, Buell Neidlinger - bass, Bill Osborne - drums.

CD liner notes by Art Lange.

"Chick Corea: Trio Music" ECM-2-1232 (double LP)
Record 1 Trio Improvisations
Record 2 The Music of Thelonious Monk
Rhythm-a-ning - 5'05; 'Round Midnight - 5'12; Eronel - 4'35; Think of One - 4'22; Little Rootie Tootie - 4'45; Reflections - 6'43; Hackensack - 6'12; (November 1981, Los Angeles)
Chick Corea (piano), Miroslav Vitous (bass), Roy Haynes (drums).

"In Walked Thelonious" - Walter Davis Jr.
Jazz Heritage MHS 512631H
Green Chimneys - 5'48; Crepuscule With Nellie - 2'45; Gallop's Gallop - 2'10; Ask Me Now - 3'13; Round Midnight - 4'53; Trinkle Tinkle - 2'17; Ruby, My Dear - 3'45; Monk's Mood - 3'00; Off Minor - 1'57; Pannonica - 2'08; Bye-Ya - 1'34; Ugly Beauty - 2'44; Criss Cross - 2'34; Portrait of an Eremite (aka Reflections) 2'00; Round Midnight - 5'28;
Walter Davis Jr - Piano. April and May 1987.

CD liner notes by Pierre M Sprey.

"Bill Evans: Conversations with Myself"
Verve 521-409-2
'Round Midnight - 6'33; Blue Monk - 4'32; Bemsha Swing - 2'54; (February 1963, NYC)
Bill Evans (piano) (overdubbed)
The album contains seven more tracks - not composed by Monk - but this is the closest there is to a "Bill Evans' tribute to Monk" album.

Sonny Fortune - "Four in One"
BlueNote CDP 7243-8-28243-2-9
Four in One - 6'02; Criss Cross - 5'03; Monk's Dream - 8'19; Hornin' In - 7'00; Coming on the Hudson - 4'38; Trinkle Tinkle - 5'36; Hackensack - 7'17; (January 1994, New Jersey)
Sonny Fortune (alto), Kirk Lightsey (piano), Buster Williams (bass), Billy Hart (drums)
Reflections - 6'44; (January 1994, New Jersey)
Sonny Fortune (alto), Kirk Lightsey (piano)
Pannonica - 4'12; Ask Me Now - 7'27; (January 1994, New Jersey)
Sonny Fortune (flute & alto), Santi Debriano (bass), Ronnie Burrage (drums)

"for Monk" - a tribute to the music of Thelonious Monk
BMG Jazz Club D116733
Monk's Dream - 6'04 - T.S.Monk - 1993
Well You Needn't - 6'28 - Herbie Hancock Quartet - 1982
Evidence - 4'56 - Joey DeFrancesco - 1992
Crepuscule With Nellie - 4'19 - Branford Marsalis - 1987
Let's Cool One - 4'54 - Clark Terry Quartet (with Thelonious Monk) - 1958
Straight, No Chaser - 2'24 - Quincy Jones & Orchestra - 1961
Monk's Mood - 3'37 - Marcus Roberts - 1990
Blue Monk - 6'10 - Ron Carter - 1977
Bright Mississippi - 5'38 - Danilo Perez - 1996
Trinkle Tinkle - 7'02 - Joshua Redman - 1992
Ruby My Dear - 4'56 - Max Roach Quartet - 1982
Hackensack - 6'56 - Benny Carter - 1990
Friday The 13th - 3'50 - Tommy Flanagan - 1978
'Round Midnight - 3'09 - Thelonious Monk - 1947

"For the Love of Monk" - 32-JAZZ 32008
Round Midnight - 3'33 - Charles Brown
Bemsha Swing - 5'23 - Ron Carter & Houston Person
Nutty - 6'58 - Charlie Rouse
Ruby, My Dear - 3'51 - Hank Jones
Well You Needn't - 6'37 - Johnny Lytle
I Mean You - 5'42 - James Spaulding
Rhythm-a-ning - 6'29 - Cedar Walton
Hackensack - 5'45 - Richard 'Groove' Holmes
Blue Monk/Round Midnight/Blue Monk - 4'57 - Thelonious Monk/Kronos Quartet/Thelonious Monk.

Liner notes by Joel Dorn.

"Thelonica" - Enja CD 4052-14
North of the Sunset - 4'22; Light Blue - 5'28; Off Minor - 5'28; Pannonica - 6'59; Ask Me Now - 4'10; Thelonious - 4'10; Reflections - 7'30; Ugly Beauty - 5'03; Thelonica - 5'11 (by Tommy Flanagan; (1982 - N.Y.)
Tommy Flanagan - piano, George Mraz - bass; Art Taylor - drums.

"Lookin' at Monk" - Jazzland JLP 939S
In Walked Bud - 4'34; Well, You Needn't - 5'31; Ruby, My Dear - 4'39; Rhythm-a-ning - 3'53; Epistrophy - 8'36; 'Round Midnight - 5'22; Stickball (I Mean You) - 5'55; (February 7, 1961 - N.Y.)
Johnny Griffin - tenor, Eddie 'Lockjaw' Davis - tenor, Junior Mance - piano, Larry Gales - bass, Ben Riley - drums.

Chris Albertson's LP liner notes.

"Fred Hersch plays Thelonious Monk"
Nonesuch CD 79456-2
'Round Midnight - 3'44; In Walked Bud - 4'48; Crepuscule with Nellie/Reflections - 4'51; Think Of One - 3'11; Ask Me Now - 5'30; Evidence - 3'31; Five views of Misterioso - 7'01; Let's Cool One - 4'50; Bemsha Swing - 3'16; Light Blue/Pannonica - 6'07; I Mean You - 4'17; 'Round Midnight reprise - 1'40; (1997 Stamford CT)
Fred Hersch - piano.

A review by George Kanzler.

"Brilliant Corners - The Music of Thelonious Monk" - The Bill Holman Band.
JVC Classics CD 2066
Straight, No Chaser; Bemsha Swing; Thelonious; 'Round Midnight; Bye Ya; Misterioso; Friday the 13th; Rhythm-a-ning; Ruby, My Dear; Brilliant Corners; (February 1997, Hollywood CA)
Bill Holman - conductor. Bill Perkins - alto & soprano saxes, flute. Lanny Morgan - alto & flute. Pete Christlieb - tenor & soprano sax, flute. Ray Herrmann - tenor & soprano. Bob Efford - baritone & bass clarinet. Carl Saunders, Frank Szabo, Ron Stout, Bob Summers - trumpet, flugelhorns. Jack Redmond, Andy Martin - trombone. Bob Enevoldsen - valve trombone. Kenny Shroyer - bass trombone. Rich Eames - piano. Dave Carpenter - bass. Bob Leatherbarrow - drums.

CD liner notes by Doug Ramsey.

"Hommage a Thelonious Monk" - Round Midnight
Columbia COL 481331
Round Midnight - 5'48 - Sarah Vaughan - 1973
52nd Street Theme - 3'17 - Tommy Flanagan - 1976
Misterioso - 6'36 - J. J. Johnson - 1958
Straight, No Chaser - 10'44 - Miles Davis - 1958
Ruby, My Dear - 8'43 - Dexter Gordon - 1978
Monk's Mood - 7'18 - Bud Powell - 1961
Light Blue - 2'31 - Barry Harris - 1977
Well You Needn't - 6'29 - Herbie Hancock - 1982
Crepuscule with Nellie - 2'46 - Thelonious Monk - 1963

"It's Monk's Tune" - JazzFest 3-2203-2
Round Midnight - 6'44 - Jessica Williams
Well, You Needn't - 6'24 - Chet Baker
Green Chimneys - 6'59 - Elvin Jones
Monk's Mood - 5'59 - John Scofield
In Walked Bud - 5'25 - Brian Trainer
Pannonica - 4'42 - Kevin Mahogany
Pannonica - 6'32 - Horace Parlan
Trinkle Tinkle - 5'48 - Kenny Barron
Ruby, My Dear - 8'27 - Larry Gales
Evidence - 5'05 - Fred Hersch
Blue Monk - 6'35 - Abbey Lincoln
Blue Monk - 3'12 - Aki Takase & David Murray

"Interpretations of Monk" - Volume 1
KOCH-Jazz - KOC CD-7838
Disc 1 - Muhal Richard Abrams set.
Crepuscule With Nellie (piano solo) - 3'39; I Mean You - 8'25; Ask Me Now - 8'02; Gallop's Gallop (Steve Lacy solo) - 3'41; Blue Monk - 7'32; Four In One - 10'16; (November 1, 1981 - N.Y.)
Muhal Richard Abrams - piano, Don Cherry trumpet, Steve Lacy - soprano, Charlie Rouse - tenor, Roswell Rudd - trombone, Richard Davis - bass, Ben Riley - drums.
Disc 2 - Barry Harris set.
Ruby My Dear (piano solo) - 4'16; Light Blue - 7'24; Eronel - 9'14; Bye-Ya - 8'14; Pannonica - 5'35; Off Minor - 6'46; Epistrophy - 10'33; (November 1, 1981 - N.Y.)
Barry Harris - piano, Don Cherry trumpet, Steve Lacy - soprano, Charlie Rouse - tenor, Roswell Rudd - trombone, Richard Davis - bass, Ed Blackwell - drums.

CD liner notes by Roswell Rudd, Steve Lacy and others.

"Interpretations of Monk" - Volume 2
KOCH-Jazz - KOC CD-7839
Disc 1 - Anthony Davis set.
Monk's Mood; Evidence; Ba-lue Bolivar Ba-lues-are; Thelonious; Well, You Needn't; (November 1, 1981 - N.Y.)
Anthony Davis - piano, Don Cherry trumpet, Steve Lacy - soprano, Charlie Rouse - tenor, Roswell Rudd - trombone, Richard Davis - bass, Ben Riley - drums.
Disc 2 - Mal Waldron set.
'Round About Midnight; Let's Call This; Reflections; Friday the 13th; Rhythm-a-ning; Epistrophy; (November 1, 1981 - N.Y.)
Mal Waldron - piano, Don Cherry trumpet, Steve Lacy - soprano, Charlie Rouse - tenor, Roswell Rudd - trombone, Richard Davis - bass, Ed Blackwell - drums.

CD liner notes by Anthony Davis, Mal Waldron and Joel Forrester.

"Interpretations of Monk" is also available as a 4-CD set, DIW 395/398.

Milt Jackson "Memories of Thelonious Sphere Monk" - Pablo OJCCD 851-2 (2308-235)
Straight, No Chaser - 2'54; Blue Monk - 4'44; 'Round Midnight - 4'30; In Walked Bud - 4'02; plus three more; (1982 - London)
Milt Jackson - vibes; Monty Alexander - organ; Ray Brown - bass; Mickey Roker - drums.

CD liner notes by Norman Granz.

"Jazz Abstractions." Atlantic 587043
'Variants on a Theme of Thelonious Monk' (Criss Cross);
By Gunther Schuller.
Ornette Coleman - alto; Eric Dolphy - flute, Bass clarinet & alto; Robert DiDomenica - flute; Jim Hall - guitar; Eddie Costa - vibes; Bill Evans - piano; Scott LaFaro - bass; George Duvivier - bass, Sticks Evans - drums; & the Contemporary String Quartet.

The record also includes Gunther Schuller's 'Variants on a Theme of John Lewis (Django)' and 'Piece for Guitar & Strings' by Jim Hall.

Gunther Schuller's LP liner notes.

"Monk Suite." - Kronos Quartet plays music of Thelonious Monk.
Landmark CD LLP-1505
Monk Suite - (Well, You Needn't - 4'58; Rhythm-a-ning - 3'04; Crepuscule with Nellie - 2'39; Off Minor/Epistrophy - 8'10;) 'Round Midnight - 4'33; Misterioso - 4'00; Monk plays Ellington - (It Don't mean a Thing [if it ain't got that Swing] - 4'03; Black & Tan Fantasy - 3'42;) Brilliant Corners - 5'04; (1984 - Berkeley CA)
Kronos Quartet. (with Ron Carter - bass on 'Monk Suite' and Chuck Israels - bass and Eddie Marshall - drums on 'Monk plays Ellington').

Orrin Keepnews' liner notes.

"Monk Moods" - ODIN NJ 4051-2
Functional - 4'16; 'Round Midnight - 5'08; (November 1993) - Knut Kristiansen - piano,
Think of One - 7'23; (November 1993) - Knut Kristiansen - piano, Zoltan Vincze jr. - tenor, Sigurd Ulveseth jr, - bass, Frank Jakobsen - drums
Introspection - 4'47; (November 1993) - Tore Brunborg - soprano, Olav Dale - alto, Vidar Johansen - tenor, John Pål Inderberg - baritone,
Ruby, My Dear - 3'03; Coming on the Hudson - 3'41; (November 1993) - Knut Kristiansen - piano, Vidar Johansen - soprano.
Trinkle Tinkle - 4'14; Played Twice - 3'31 & 1'24 (two versions); (June 1994) - Knut Kristiansen - piano, Birger Sulsbruck - congas, Lars Storck - Doun-doun.
Jackie-ing - 6'34; (June 1994) - Knut Kristiansen - piano and kalimba, Birger Sulsbruck - Caixa/surdu and berimbau, Lars Storck - Djembes and shekere.
Brilliant Corners - 7'10; I Mean You - 5'26; Bolivar Blues - 6'12; (February 1995) - Knut Kristiansen - piano, Tore Brunborg - soprano, Olav Dale - alto, Vidar Johansen - tenor, John Pål Inderberg - baritone, Nils Petter Molvær & Per Jørgensen - trumpets, Øyvind Brække - trombone, Kåre Garnes - bass, Trond Sverre Hansen - drums.

CD liner notes.

"Monks Mood" - The Dave Liebman Trio - Double Time Records #154
Monk's Mood; Teo; Pannonica; Nutty; Reflections; Gallop's Gallop; Ugly Beauty; Monk's Dream; Introspection; Skippy; Monk's Mood; (1999)
David Liebman (soprano and tenor saxophones); Eddie Gomez (bass); Adam Nussbaum (drums).

"We See" - Steve Lacy
Hat Hut Records, Hat Art CD 6127 (CD)
We See - 6'56; Shuffle Boil - 4'31; Evidence - 6'07; Reflections - 3'28; Ruby My Dear - 4'43; Eronel - 3'52; Monk's Mood - 5'31; Misterioso - 7'55; Well You Needn't - 7'33; Hanky-Panky (by Steve Lacy) - 8'02; (Willisau, Switzerland - September 1992)
Steve Lacy - soprano, Steve Potts - alto & soprano, Hans Kennel - trumpet & flugelhorn, Sonhando Estwick - vibes, Jean-Jacques Avenel - bass, John Betsch - drums

"Only Monk" - Steve Lacy - Soul Note SN 1160
Evidence - 3'42; Humph - 3'29; Eronel - 4'38; Pannonica - 5'48; Little Rootie-Tootie - 4'23; Misterioso - 5'49; Work - 7'16; Light Blue - 4'18; Who Knows? - 5'07; (July 1985, Milan)
Steve Lacy - soprano.

Max Harrison's liner notes.

"More Monk" - Steve Lacy - Soul Note 121210
Shuffle Boil - 4'42; Straight No Chaser - 4'31; Off Minor - 5'20; Ruby My Dear - 6'32; In Walked Bud - 4'16; Trinkle Tinkle - 5'00; Comin' On The Hudson - 6'27; Introspection - 6'10; Jackie-ing - 4'10; Crepuscule With Nellie - 4'00; Bye-ya - 4'32; (April 1989, Milan)
Steve Lacy - soprano.

Chris Sheridan's liner notes.

Steve Lacy and Mal Waldron "I Remember Thelonious"
Nel Jazz NLJ0959-2
Monks Dream - 6'23; Reflections - 7'13; Epistrophy - 6'15; Mysterioso - 7'08; Let's Call This - 6'35; Round Midnight - 9'19; Evidence - 4'50; Well You Needn't - 3'09; I'll Keep Loving You (Bud Powell) - 9'10;
Steve Lacy - soprano sax, Mal Waldron - piano.
the Jazz in'It Festival, Vignola, Italy - 28 June 1992.

Steve Lacy plays Thelonious Monk - "Reflections"
OJC CD-063-2
Four In One - 6'06; Reflections - 4'08; Hornin' In - 5'17; Bye-Ya - 4'42; Let's Call This - 7'15; Ask Me Now - 4'54; Skippy - 4'21; (October 17, 1958 - N.J.)
Steve Lacy - soprano, Mal Waldron - piano, Buell Neidlinger - bass, Elvin Jones - drums.

CD liner notes by Ira Gitler.

"Steve Lacy plays Monk" - Affinity AFF 43
Thelonious - 7'00 ; Ruby My Dear - 4'20; Light Blue - 6'00; Epistrophy - 2'14; Epistrophy - 7'50; Misterioso - 4'50; Friday The Thirteenth - 5'37; (Paris, September 23, 1969)
Steve Lacy - soprano, Michel Graillier - piano, Jean-Francois Jenny-Clark - bass, Aldo Romano - drums.

"Evidence" - Steve Lacy with Don Cherry - Prestige MPP-2505
The Mystery Song - 5'30 (by Duke Ellington); Evidence - 5'00; Let's Cool One - 6'35; San Francisco Holiday - 5'15; Something to Live For - 5'50 (by Billy Strayhorn); Who Knows - 5:20; (1961)
Steve Lacy (soprano), Don Cherry (trumpet), Carl Brown (bass), Billy Higgins(drums)

"School Days" - Steve Lacy,
Emanem 3316, Hat Hut Records - ART CD 6140
Bye-Ya - 9'00; Brilliant Corners - 9'45; Monk's Dream - 7'15; Monk's Mood - 8'10; Ba-Lue Bolivar Ba-Lues-Are - 10'25; Skippy - 6'15; Pannonica - 3'25; (NY, March 1963)
Steve Lacy - soprano, Roswell Rudd - trombone, Henry Grimes - bass, Dennis Charles - drums.

T.S.Monk - "Monk on Monk" - N2KE-10017
Little Rootie Tootie - 7'34; Crepuscule with Nellie - 5'59; Boo Boo's Birthday - 5'25; Dear Ruby - 4'38; Two Timer - 6'27; Bright Mississippi - 4'42; Suddenly - 5'29; Ugly Beauty - 6'12; Jackie-ing - 6'09; (1997 - N.J.)
Musicians include - Willie Williams - tenor & soprano; Bobby Watson - alto; Bobby Porcelli - alto & baritone; Roger Rosenberg - baritone; Howard Johnson - baritone & tuba; Jimmy Heath - tenor; Wayne Shorter - soprano & tenor; Grover Washington Jr. - tenor; Arturo Sandoval - trumpet; Clark Terry - trumpet; Wallace Roney - trumpet; Don Sickler - trumpet; Virgil Jones - trumpet; Laurie Frink - trumpet; Eddie Bert - trombone; Roy Hargrove - flugelhorn; David Amram - french horn; John Clark - french horn; Herbie Hancock - piano; Danilo Perez - piano; Geri Allen - piano; Ronnie Mathews - piano; Dave Holland - bass; Ron Carter - bass; Christian McBride - bass; Gary Wang - bass; T.S.Monk - drums; and vocalists Kevin Mahogany, Dianne Reeves and Nnenna Freelon.

Tete Montoliu - "The Music I Like to Play Vol. 3 - Let's Call This"
Soul Note 121230-2 (CD)
Straight no Chaser - 4'56; Reflections - 7'02; In Walked Bud - 3'31; Misterioso - 4'32; Well, You Needn't - 3'31; April in Paris - 4'38; Let's Call This - 3'58; Sweet and Lovely - 5'01; Blues Five Spot - 3'27; Monk's Mood - 3'54; Rhythm-a-ning - 2'44; (January 1990, Milan, Italy)
Tete Montoliu (piano)

Carmen McRae - "Carmen sings Monk"
RCA/Novus - 3086-2
Get It Straight (Straight, No Chaser) - 3'55; Suddenly (In Walked Bud) - 3'36; (January/February 1988 - S.F.)
Carmen McRae - vocals, Charlie Rouse - tenor, Larry Willis - piano, George Mraz - bass, Al Foster - drums.
Dear Ruby (Ruby My Dear) - 5'55; It's Over Now (Well, You Needn't) - 5'24; Monkery's The Blues (Blue Monk) - 4'51; You Know Who (I Mean You) - 3'26; Little Butterfly (Pannonica) - 5'12; Listen To Monk (Rhythm-a-ning) - 3'03; How I Wish (Ask Me Now) - 4'42; Man, That Was A Dream (Monk's Dream) - 2'51; 'Round Midnight - 6'27; Still We dream (Ugly Beauty) - 3'23; Looking Back (Reflections) - 5'31; Suddenly (In Walked Bud) - 3'08; Get It Straight (Straight, No Chaser) - 3'28; (April 1988 - N.Y.)
Carmen McRae - vocals, Clifford Jordan - tenor, Eric Gunnison - piano, George Mraz - bass, Al Foster - drums.

There's a review of this recording at the "Ink Blot" website

CD liner notes.

Miya Masaoka - "Monk's Japanese Folk Song"
dizim records 4104
Japanese Folk Song (Rentaro Taki) - 6'11; Monk's Mood - 6'14; Aubade (Cyrille) - 5'17; Evidence - 3'04; A Shinto "Midnight" - 6'55; Snow Capped Hats (Masaoka) - 6'26; Epistrophy - 5'41; 'Round Midnight - 5'14; Monk's Sigh In July (Masaoka) - 7'36;
(New York, 1997)
Miya Masaoka - koto, Reggie Workman - bass/saw, Andrew Cyrille drums/percussion.

Wynton Marsalis "Marsalis Plays Monk" Standard Time Vol.4
Columbia CK67503
Thelonious - 4'51; Evidence - 4'26; We See - 3'20; Monk's Mood - 3'02; Worry Later - 6'15; Reflections - 6'15; In Walked Monk (Marsalis) - 4'23; Hackensack - 3'04; Let's Cool One - 4'11; Brilliant Corners - 4'50; Brake's Sake - 6'59; Ugly Beauty - 2'38; Green Chimneys - 4'42; - September 1993 and October 1994.
Wynton Marsalis - trumpet; Walter Blanding / Victor Goines - tenor; Wessell Anderson - alto; Wycliffe Gordon - trombone; Eric Reed - piano; Ben Wolfe / Reginald Veal - bass; Herlin Riley - drums;

CD liner notes by Stanley Crouch.

Mike Melillo Trio - Bopcentric
Red Records - RR123279
Monking Business (Melillo) - 7'53; Criss Cross - 5'34; We See - 5'34; Played Twice - 3'56; Introspection - 5'13; Four in One - 4'02; Crepuscule with Nellie - 4'00; (+6 more tracks, all written by Herbie Nicholls) - Rome, May 1998
Mike Melillo - piano, Massimo Moriconi - Bass, Giampaolo Ascolese - drums.

"Panamonk" - Impulse CD IMPD-190
Monk's Mood - 0'42; PanaMonk (By Danilo Perez) - 4'21; Bright Mississippi - 5'39; Think of One - 4'17; Reflections - 5'54; 'Round Midnight - 5'25; Evidence/Four In One - 4'44; Monk's Mood - 0'43; (plus 4 other tracks) (1996 - N.Y.)
Danilo Perez - piano, Terry Lyne Carrington - drums, Avishai Cohen - bass, Jeff Watts - drums.

CD liner notes by Stanley Crouch.

Bud Powell - "A Portrait of Thelonious"
Columbia CK 65187
Off Minor - 5'20; Ruby My Dear - 5'46; Thelonious - 3'46; Monk's Mood - 7'06; (plus 4 other songs) (December 17, 1961 - Paris)
Bud Powell - piano, Pierre Michelot - bass, Kenny Clarke - drums.

Original liner notes from Dan Morgenstern

Orrin Keepnews' producer's notes for the reissue.

" 'Round Midnight" - Milestone-M9144
'Round Midnight;
Thelonious Monk - piano solo (April 5, 1957)

In addition to the Monk solo, there are six other versions of 'Round Midnight by the Miles Davis Quintet; Stan Getz; the Wes Montgomery Trio; the Bill Evans Trio; the Ron Carter Quartet; and Art Pepper Plus Eleven.

Full personnel information, as well as Orrin Keepnews' liner notes

"Mostly Monk" - Riverside Reunion Band.
Milestone MCD-9216-2
Bemsha Swing - 5'12; 'Round Midnight - 6'02; Well, You Needn't - 5'51; Ruby, My Dear - 4'42; In Walked Bud - 6'31; and four more (Berkeley - September 1993)
Nat Adderley - cornet, Jimmy Heath - tenor, Buddy Montgomery - vibes, Barry Harris - piano, Ron Carter - bass, Albert 'Tootie' Heath - drums.

CD liner notes by Orrin Keepnews.

Marcus Roberts - "Alone with Three Giants"
BMG 3109-4-N
Trinkle Tinkle - 4'58; Misterioso - 4'28; Pannonica - 4'14; Monk's Mood - 5'36; In Walked Bud - 4'14; Crepuscule with Nellie - 3'02 (June 1990, New Orleans)
Marcus Roberts (piano)
Other compositions on this CD are by Jelly Roll Morton and Duke Ellington.

"Epistrophy" - Charlie Rouse.
32 Jazz CD-32029
Some words about Monk - 3'11; Nutty - 6'55; Ruby, My Dear - 7'46; Blue Monk - 9'11; In Walked Bud - 9'27; 'Round Midnight - 16'16; Epistrophy - 11'03; (San Francisco - October 10, 1988)
Charlie Rouse - tenor, Don Cherry - trumpet, Buddy Montgomery - vibes, George Cable or Jessica Williams - piano, Jeff Chambers - bass, Ralph Penland - drums.

Sphere - "Four in One"
Elektra Musician 7599-60166-1 (LP)
Four in One - 6'51; Light Blue - 3'36; Monk's Dream - 5'57; Evidence - 5'59; Reflections - 5'57; Eronel - 6'53; (February 17, 1982, New Jersey)
Charlie Rouse (tenor), Kenny Barron (piano), Buster Williams (bass), Ben Riley (drums)
Note: Thelonious Monk died the same day these recordings were made.

Esbjörn Svensson Trio - "EST Plays Monk"
ACT 9010-2
I Mean You 6'43; Criss Cross 5'48; 'Round Midnight 6'11; Bemsha Swing 7'19; Rhythm-A-Ning 4'01; In Walked Bud 6'37; Little Rootie Tootie 4'06; Eronel 4'56; Evidence 5'03; Crepuscule With Nellie 6'40; (Recorded at Swedish Radio - January 1966)
Esbjörn Svensson - piano, Dan Berglund - bass, Magnus Öström - drums.
plus strings on I Mean You and 'Round Midnight

CD liner notes by Rolf Ericson.

"Green Chimneys" - Andy Summers - RCA Victor-63472
Green Chimneys (5:57); Hackensack (4:36); Brilliant Corners (3:30); Monk's Dream (3:55); 'Round Midnight (5:42); Bemsha Swing (4:58); Shuffle Boil (5:32); Boo Boo's Birthday (3:19); Evidence (4:15); Ugly Beauty (5:16); Think Of One (4:09); Light Blue / Rhythm-a-ning (3:18); Ruby My Dear (2:51); (California & Italy, Sept-Nov 1998)
Andy Summers - Guitar, Banjo, Dobro; Dave Carpenter - Upright, Electric Basses; Peter Erskine - Drums; Sting - Vocal on "'Round Midnight"; Hank Roberts - Cello; Joey De Francesco - Hammond B-3 Organ; Steve Tavaglione - Soprano & Tenor Saxophones, Clarinet; Walt Fowler - Trumpet; Bernie Dresel - Drums on "Boo Boo's Birthday" and "Rhythm-a-ning"

CD liner notes by Andy Summers.

Andy Summers has a website here

Steve Slagle Plays Monk
Steeplechase SCCD 31446
Think of One - 6:42; Worry Later - 11:18; Ugly Beauty - 7:09; Criss Cross - 5:20; Jackie-ing - 7:55; Monk (by Steve Slagle) - 4:49; Light Blue - 4:30; Bemsha Swing - 5:59; Epistrophy - 6:34 (September 1997)
Steve Slagle - alto sax (alto clarinet on Jackie-ing); Dave Stryker - guitar; Jay Anderson - bass; Adam Nussbaum - drums.

Alexander von Schlippenbach plays Monk - "Light Blue"
enja CD 9104-2
Bye-Ya [4:13]; Locomotive [2:05]; Skippy [4:29]; Off Minor [4:02]; Let's Cool One [3:38]; Pannonica [1:17]; Evidence [4:36]; Coming on the Hudson [3:52]; Work [7:15]; Ruby My Dear [5:04]; Trinkle Tinkle [6:25]; Round About Midnight [6:06]; Bolivar Blues [4:20]; Light Blue [4:49]
Alexander von Schlippenbach - piano, Ino Nobuyoshi - bass, Sunny Murray - drums.

Woody Shaw - "Bemsha Swing" Blue Note 7243-8-29029-2-8
Bemsha Swing - 10'29; Well you needn't - 14'34; Nutty - 13'08; Theloniously Speaking (by Roy Brooks) - 9'30 (February 1986, Baker's Keyboard Lounge, Detroit)
Woody Shaw (trumpet), Geri Allen (piano), Robert Hurst (bass), Roy Brooks (drums)
This is a double CD with five more tracks: Ginseng People; Eric; United; In a Capricornian Way; Star Eyes.

"That's The Way I Feel Now - A Tribute to Thelonious Monk"
A & M SP-6600 (2 LP set) and CS-6600 (cassette)
Side One.
Thelonious, Bruce Fowler & Phil Teele - tmbs, Tom Fowler - bass, Chester Thompson - drums.
Little Rootie Tootie, NRBQ and the Whole Wheat Horns
Reflections, Steve Kahn - guitars & Donald Fagen - synthesizers.
Blue Monk, Dr John - piano
Misterioso, The Carla Bley Band with special guest Johnny Griffin.
Side Two.
Pannonica, Barry Harris - tack piano.
Ba-lue-Bolivar-Ba-lues-are, Was (Not Was)
Brilliant Corners, Mark Bingham, Brenden Harkein & John Scofield - guitars, Steve Swallow - bass, Joey Barron - drums.
Ask Me Now, Steve Lacy - soprano, Charlie Rouse - tenor.
Monk's Mood, Sharon Freeman - french horn.
Side Three.
Four In One, Todd Rundgren - synthesizers, keyboards, guitar & drum machines, & Gary Windo - alto.
Functional, Randy Weston.
Evidence, Steve Lacy - soprano, and Elvin Jones - drums.
Shuffle Boil, John Zorn - game calls, alto and clarinets, Arti Lindsay - guitar & vocal, Wayne Horvitz - piano, organ, celeste & electronics, M E Miller - drums.
In Walked Bud, Terry Adams & Friends. Terry Adams - piano, Roswell Rudd - trombone, Pat Patrick - alto, John Ore - bass, Frankie Dunlop - drums.
Criss Cross, Shockabilly: Eugene Chadbourne - guitar, Mark Kramer - keyboards etc., David Licht - drums. (not on cassette)
Jackie-ing, same personnel as Brilliant Corners plus David Buck - trumpet, Don Davis - clarinet, Mars Williams - clarinet & tenor, Ralph Carney - bass sax & whistle.
Side Four.
'Round Midnight, Joe Jackson - piano, and strings.
Friday the Thirteenth, Bobby McFerrin & Bob Dorough - vocals, Dave Samuels - vibes, marimba & percussion.
Work, Chris Spedding & Peter Frampton.
Gallop's Gallop, Steve Lacy - soprano.
Bye-Ya, Steve Slagle - alto, Dr John - piano, Steve Swallow - bass, Ed Blackwell - drums.
Bemsha Swing, Steve Lacy - soprano, Gil Evans - electric and acoustic pianos.

Sleeve notes from the double LP set.

Thelonious Moog - "Yes We Didn't"
Grownups Records 62988
Off Minor; Bye-Ya; We See; Bemsha Swing; Ugly Beauty; I Mean You; Rhythm-a-ning; Jackie-ing; Misterioso; Yes We Didn't; Oska T; Evidence.
Steve Million & Joe "Guido" Welsh
minimoog; moog vocoder; moog theremin; arp 2600; moog voyager; arp string ensemble; hohner d6 clavinet; acetone beat box; etc. etc.

Liner notes for the CD

A review by Paul Robertz.

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Stan Tracey
Tribute to Monk - Switch (LP) SWLP 001
In Walked Bud (3:53); Pannonica (7:36); Misterioso (6:44); I Mean You (5:04); 'Round Midnight (5:58); Little Rootie Tootie (10:19]:[9 April 1982]
Stan Tracey (p), Peter King (as), Bobby Wellins (ts), Art Themen (ss, ts), Kenny Wheeler (tp, flh), Roy Babbington (b), Clark Tracey (d)

"A Tribute to Monk and Bird" Tomato TOM-2-9002 (double LP)
Ba-lue Bolivar Ba-lues-are - 18'46; Straight, No Chaser - 21'06; Misterioso - 13'58; (January 1978, NYC)
Heiner Stadler (arranger, musical director), Thad Jones (cornet & trumpet), Cecil Bridgewater (trumpet), George Lewis (trombone), George Adams (tenor & flute), Stanley Cowell (piano), Reggie Workman (bass), Lenny White (drums); Warren Smith (tympani)
Other tracks composed by Charlie Parker: Air conditioning; Au privave; & Perhaps.

"Tributo a Monk" - Enrique Villegas Trio
Trova TL12 (CD)
Tributo a Monk : Bemsha Swing / 'Round about Midnight / Blue Monk - 19'40; (January 1967, Buenos Aires)
Enrique Villegas (piano), Jorge Lopez Ruiz (bass), Eduardo Casalla (drums)
The album also contains: It's only a paper moon; Charmaine; It might as well be Spring; St.Thomas.

Randy Weston - "Portraits of Thelonious Monk"
Polydor/Verve 841313-2
Well, You Needn't 9'18; Misterioso 10'56; Ruby My Dear 5'29; I Mean You 8'08; Functional 13'30; Off Minor/Thelonious 5'23; (Paris - 3 June, 1989)
Randy Weston (piano), Jamil Nasser (bass), Idris Muhammad (drums), Eric Asante (percussion).

CD liner notes by Rhashidah Elaine McNeill.

"In The Key Of Monk" - Jessica Williams
Jazz Focus CD JFCD029
Bemsha Swing - 4'38; Just A Gigolo - 4'31; Reflections - 6'02; I Love You Sweetheart Of All My Dreams - 3'01; Monk's Mood/Crepuscule With Nellie - 5'12; Monk's Hat - 5'08; San Francisco Holiday - 5'28; I Remember Monk - 4'44; The House That Rouse Built - 5'46; Pannonica - 5'22; Ask Me Now - 6'29; Blues Five Spot; (1997 Calgary)
Jessica Williams - piano.

You can read the liner notes here..

"More For Monk" - Jessica Williams
Red & Blue Records
Functional; Memories of You; Monk Funk; Everything Happens to Me; Out and Out Blues; Pannonica; Blues Five Spot; Jackieing; Don't Take Your Love from Me; Blue TM; Ghost of a Chance;
Jessica Williams - piano.

Jessica Williams has a website here

"Bennie Wallace Plays Monk" Enja ENJ-30912 (CD) Skippy - 5'38; Ask Me Now - 5'39; Evidence - 5'23; 'Round About Midnight - 6'57; Straight, No Chaser - 6'01; Prelude (by Bennie Wallace) - 1'23; Ugly Beauty - 7'00; Variation on a Theme (Trinkle Tinkle) (by Bennie Wallace) - 4'13; 'Round About Midnight (alt take) - 8'07; (March 1981, NYC)
Bennie Wallace (tenor), Eddie Gomez (bass), Dannie Richmond (drums)
plus Jimmy Knepper (trombone) on Ask Me Now; Evidence; & Ugly Beauty;
No drums on Prelude;
Trinkle Tinkle is a tenor solo.