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Round Midnight

September 30, 2023

 Round Midnight is considered a standard in jazz composition. The composition by Thelondius Monk in 1943 has since been recorded by a wide variety of artists including Miles Davis and Dizzy Gillespie, Art Blakeley and Jimmy McGrif. Below find an informational blog that discusses the orginial coposition and its subsequent versions. 

NOTE--This informational blog is compiled by (with the exception of the introduction and photograph) and reprinted with permission from Abdul Akalimat, PhD 


Wiki
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%27Round_Midnight_(song)

Sheet Music
https://www.sheetmusicdirect.com/se/ID_No/923018/Product.aspx

The story of the tune
https://jazzfuel.com/story-behind-thelonious-monk-round-midnight/

Thelonious Monk
1944 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JJ5D9oyv6vw
1947 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zre0u5XyNfY
1955 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qZ2HGyKSZyc
1957 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cUmPKG3jvP8
1960 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B9u4nzSM0-w
1964 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RjfhwEk-DUI
1969 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xC68NtEmAcc

Monk and Gerry Mulligan
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0UStPssgymA

Jazz Giants
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3xctYcrcVFo

Oscar Peterson
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N7yazIH4rAI

Sarah Vaughn
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UVkZAZtoP3A

Charlie Parker
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ECLoE-bw3Kw

Dizzy Gillespie
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NkfBiRjaIPc

Cootie Williams
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bE5urzc97b8

Miles Davis and John Coltrane
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ys9wiGNDCvA

Betty Carter
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wgssRuMfF5E

Bud Powell
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_V31JZpWPJ0

Carmen McRae
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L6b2NeKjCjc

Sonny Rollins
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5szzdKIktJU

Wes Montgomery
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MOm17yw__6U

Bill Evans
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3QwiTYBzU68

Ella Fitzgerald
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DEaDj6TXiQQ

Michel Petrucciani
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lUxQLU_eqfU

Dexter Gordon
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R2DD_BWPjlQ

Art Blakey
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hlULvGxykb0

Milt Jackson
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fvmv7MCsCP0

Dakota Staton
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=viTSGIU73S8

Jackie Mclean
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZLLo8kwHNK0

Hank Jones
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rTO438Ps0xU

Clifford Brown
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fx1iSXKgfUQ

Ahmad Jamal
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D8ittA69jfk

Grant Green
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m7vhW6Pz4mg

Kenny Burrell
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HrftSxNCsAQ

Max Roach
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fMICuj8EblU

Mary Lou Williams
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z9TdUgw5muw

Sun Ra
https://www.jazziz.com/song-of-the-day-sun-ra-and-his-astro-infinity-arkestra-round-midnight/

Art Ensemble of Chicago and Cecil Taylor
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YDtRxQYAkaE

Barry Harris
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jpxqBW_7pLU

Mal Waldron and Steve Lacy
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PJJoMmlSxO0

Al Haig
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J5V7C3LYMlQ

Billy Taylor
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6rkxW3bkckE

Kenny Dorham
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_UkOVpCAOg8

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