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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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