The following is a discography of American jazz pianist and composer Thelonious Monk (1917–1982).

Discography

Studio albums YearTitleLabelCatalog numberDate recordedNotes10-inch LPs1947–1952: Blue Note years1951Genius of Modern Music, Vol. 1Blue NoteBlue Note LP 50021951Genius of Modern Music, Vol. 2Blue NoteBlue Note LP 50091952–1954: Prestige years1953TheloniousPrestigePRLP 1421952-10-15, -12-181954Thelonious Monk Quintet Blows for LPPrestigePRLP 1661953-11-131954Thelonious Monk QuintetPrestigePRLP 1801954-05-111954Thelonious Monk PlaysPrestigePRLP 1891954-09-221954Sonny Rollins and Thelonious MonkPrestigePRLP 1901954-10-251954Piano SoloDisques Vogue1954-06-0412-inch LPs1955–1959: Riverside years1956Thelonious Monk Plays the Music of Duke EllingtonRiversideRLP 12-2011955-07-21, -221956The Unique Thelonious MonkRiversideRLP 12-2091956-03-17, -04-031957Brilliant CornersRiversideRLP 12-2261956-10-15, -12-071957Thelonious HimselfRiversideRLP 12-2351957-04-12, -161957Monk's MusicRiversideRLP 12-2421957-06-261957Mulligan Meets MonkRiversideRLP 12-2471957-08-12, -13with Gerry Mulligan19595 by Monk by 5RiversideRLP 12-3051959-06-01, -02, -041959Thelonious Alone in San FranciscoRiversideRLP 12-3121959-10-21, -22recorded in Fugazi Hall1961Thelonious Monk with John ColtraneJazzlandJLP-461957with John Coltrane1962–1968: Columbia years1963Monk's DreamColumbia1963Criss-CrossColumbia1964It's Monk's TimeColumbia1965MonkColumbia1965Solo MonkColumbia1967Straight, No ChaserColumbia1968UndergroundColumbia1968Monk's BluesColumbia1971: Black Lion session1972Something in BlueBlack LionBLP 301191971-11-151973The Man I LoveBlack LionBLP 301411971-11-15

Live albums YearTitleLabelDate RecordedVenueNotes1958Thelonious in ActionRiverside1958-08-07Five Spot Café1958MisteriosoRiverside1958-08-07Five Spot Café1959The Thelonious Monk Orchestra at Town HallRiverside1959-02-28The Town Hall1960At the BlackhawkRiverside1960-04-29Black Hawk1963Thelonious Monk in ItalyRiverside1961-04-21Teatro Lirico1963In Tokyo 1Columbia1963-05-211963In Tokyo 2Columbia1963-05-211964Miles & Monk at NewportColumbia1963-04Newport Jazz Festivalwith unrelated 1958 Miles Davis performance1964Big Band and Quartet in ConcertColumbia1963-12-30Philharmonic Hall, New York1965Monk in FranceRiverside1965Misterioso (Recorded on Tour)Columbiavariousvarious1969Monk in TokyoCBS Sony1963-05-21reissued complete 19731981April in Paris / LiveMilestone1961-04-181982Live at the It ClubColumbia1964-10-31, -11-01"It" Club1982Live at the Jazz WorkshopColumbia1964-11-03, -04Jazz Workshop1987Live in StockholmDragon1961-05-161988Thelonious Monk Nonet Live in Paris 1967France's Concert1967-11-031989Live in Paris, 1964France's Concert1964-02-23Maison de la Radio1993Discovery! Live at the Five SpotBlue Note1958-09-11Five Spot CaféThelonious Monk Quartet with John Coltrane1994Live at Monterey Jazz Festival '63Storyville1963-09-21, -22Monterey Jazz Festival2005Thelonious Monk Quartet with John Coltrane at Carnegie HallBlue Note1957-11-29Carnegie Hall2007Live at the 1964 Monterey Jazz FestivalMonterey Jazz Festival Records1964-09-20Monterey Jazz Festival2013Paris 1969Blue Note1969-12-15Salle Pleyel, Paris2014Complete 1961 Amsterdam ConcertSolar1961-04-152018MønkGearbox1963-03-052020Palo AltoImpulse!1968-10-27Palo Alto High SchoolStone, 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.

Compilations +YearTitleLabelCatalog numberNote1956Milt Jackson and the Thelonious Monk QuintetBlue NoteBLP 15091956Genius of Modern Music, Vol. OneBlue NoteBLP 15101956Genius of Modern Music, Vol. TwoBlue NoteBLP 15111956Thelonious Monk TrioPrestigePRLP 70271956MonkPrestigePRLP 70531956Thelonious Monk and Sonny RollinsPrestigePRLP 70751967Monk's MiraclesColumbia Record ClubD 338mail order only1969Monk's Greatest HitsColumbiaCS 97751969The Best of Thelonious MonkRiversideRS 30371979Always KnowColumbiaJG 35720double album, vinyl only1983Monk's Classic Recordings1984Blues Five Spot1998Monk Alone: The Complete Solo Studio Recordings of Thelonious Monk 1962–1968Sony2 CD2001The Columbia Years: '62–'68Sony3 CD2003The Essential Thelonious MonkColumbia/Legacy2006The Complete 1957 Riverside RecordingsRiversidewith John Coltrane; 2 CD

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 +YearTitleLabelFormatNotes1983The Complete Blue Note Recordings of Thelonious MonkMosaic4 LP1989The Complete Vogue Recordings/The Black Lion SessionsMosaic3 LP; 3 CD1991The Complete Riverside Recordings of Thelonious MonkRiverside15 CD1994The Complete Blue Note RecordingsBlue Note4 CD2000The Complete Prestige Recordings of Thelonious MonkPrestige3 CD2010All Monk. The Riverside AlbumsUniversal16 CD2012The Thelonious Monk Quartet Complete Columbia Studio Albums CollectionSony6 CD2015The Thelonious Monk Complete Columbia Live Albums CollectionSony10 CD

Singles

+YearA-sideB-sideLabelCatalog numberNotes1947–1952: Blue Note years10-inch shellac, 78 RPM"Thelonious""Suburban Eyes"Blue NoteBN 542"'Round About Midnight""Well, You Needn't"Blue NoteBN 543"Evonce""Off Minor"Blue NoteBN 547"In Walked Bud""Epistrophy"Blue NoteBN 548"Ruby, My Dear""Evidence"Blue NoteBN 549"Humph""Misterioso"Blue NoteBN 560"I Should Care""All the Things You Are"Blue NoteBN 1201"I Mean You""Symphonette"Blue NoteBN 1564"Symphonette" not recorded by Monk; Tadd Dameron performance"Who Knows""Monk's Mood"Blue NoteBN 1565"April in Paris""Nice Work If You Can Get It"Blue NoteBN 1575"Four in One""Straight, No Chaser"Blue NoteBN 1589"Criss Cross""Eronel"Blue NoteBN 15901952"Ask Me Now""Willow Weep for Me"Blue NoteBN 1591"Willow Weep for Me" credited to Milt Jackson"Skippy""Let's Cool One"Blue NoteBN 1602"Hornin' In""Carolina Moon"Blue NoteBN 16037-inch, 45 RPM"Lillie""Willow Weep for Me"Blue NoteBN 45-1646credited to Milt Jackson"'Round About Midnight""In Walked Bud"Blue NoteBN 45-1664

As sideman

With Art Blakey Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers with Thelonious Monk (Atlantic, 1958) The Giants of Jazz (Atlantic, 1971)

With Dave Brubeck Summitt Sessions (Columbia, 1970) – 1 track

With Miles Davis Bags' Groove (Prestige, 1954) Miles Davis and the Modern Jazz Giants (Prestige, 1954)

With Coleman Hawkins Bean and the Boys (Prestige, 1972) – recorded in 1944. 4 tracks only.

With Milt Jackson Wizard of the Vibes (Blue Note, 1948) – a.k.a. Milt Jackson (Blue Note, 1956)

With Charlie Parker and Dizzy Gillespie Bird and Diz (Verve, 1950)

With Sonny Rollins Moving Out (Prestige, 1954) Sonny Rollins, Vol. 2 (Blue Note, 1957)

With Gigi Gryce Nica's Tempo (Savoy, 1955)

With Clark Terry In Orbit (Riverside, 1958)

References

External links Thelonious Monk's discography Covers and Liner Notes of Blue Note 10" LPs: http://www.gokudo.co.jp/Record/BlueNote1/index.htm Covers and Liner Notes of Blue Note 12" LPs: http://www.gokudo.co.jp/Record/BlueNote2/index.htm Blue Note 78 rpm series (12 inch 78 rpm) - BN 1 Meade "Lux" Lewis - Melancholy / Solitude 1939 Blue Note Records Catalog: 45 rpm 1600 series - single index