At least 26, starting off with Miles Davis, back in 1967, with earlier dates as far back as 1948, and as recently as last year, including several with Monk himself, along with vocals by Ella Fitzgerald and Sarah Vaughn, and, well, a host of others, pulled together rather randomly by me over the past six…
Tag: Round Midnight
Aniol Torrents—“Round Midnight”
Electric bass: Aniol Torrents; Drums: Timothée Kamba Tobias; Piano/Keyboards: Biel Roca. Posted by Aniol Torrents Girbau
Thomas Fraioli—“Round Midnight”
Shades? Check. Snakeskin hat? Check. Ax? Check. Thomas Fraioli is ready to rhumba. Posted by Tom. Need more Monk? Of course you do. Go to Mostly Monk
Dario Treese—“Round Midnight”
Monk on a pipe organ! And good! Definitely a first! No information as to where this was recorded. Posted by Dario, aka D Tree
Oscar Peterson—“Round Midnight”
The odds are (pretty) good that Thelonious would not have cared for this version. Back in the sixties, I read a Downbeat “Blindfold” column that featured Monk. It was a long-running feature that would have a prominent jazz musician listen to records without knowing who was playing and have him (or her) comment on them….
Kim, Wootak—“Round Midnight”
Wootak Kim (Koreans like to put the “family” name first), playing a 2001 Greg Smallman. Posted by Partita Studio Need more Monk? Of course you do, Go to Mostly Monk
Aaron Diehl Trio—“Round Midnight”
Aaron Diehl with David Won, bass, and Quincy Davis, drums, live at the Players Club, New York City, 2010. Posted by Aaron Diehl
Roman Viazovskiy—“Round Midnight”
Arranged for guitar by Roland Dyens. Available on the CD “Zeitenwanderer“. Posted by TheUkrtv
Eric Dolphy—“Round Midnight”
No video, but plenty of Eric, which more than makes up for it. From the 1961 album, Ezz-thetic, by George Russell. After some pseudo-intense, “far out” introductory noises, Eric takes over. Russell on piano, Don Ellis, trumpet, Dave Baker, trombone, Steve Swallow, bass. and Joe Hunt, drums. Posted by cooljazzr
Sara Dowling—“Round Midnight”
Andrew Kingslow – Piano. No information on the bass and drums, because they’re sitting this one out. Sorry, guys! Performed at the Didsbury Baptist Church, Manchester, England, 2010. Posted by Hannah King