’Round Midnight (studio, 1947-11-21: Blue Note matrix # BN321-1)

~ Recording by The Thelonious Monk Quintet

Appears on releases

#TitleLengthTrack artistRelease titleRelease artistRelease group typeCountry/DateLabelCatalog#
Official
1.1’Round About Midnight3:11The Thelonious Monk Quintet’Round About Midnight / Well You Needn’tThe Thelonious Monk Quintet / The Thelonious Monk TrioSingle
Blue Note543
1.1’Round About Midnight3:14Thelonious MonkGenius of Modern Music (mono)Thelonious MonkAlbum
Blue NoteBLP 5002
1.1’round About Midnight?:??Thelonious MonkGenius of Modern Music, Volume One (mono, remastered)Thelonious MonkAlbum
Blue NoteBLP 1510
1.1’Round Midnight3:07Thelonious MonkThe Complete GeniusThelonious MonkAlbum + Compilation
Blue NoteBN-LA579-H2, BN-LA579-H2 -0798
3.1’Round Midnight?:??The Thelonious Monk QuintetGreatest Jazz Recordings of All Time: Great Jazz InventorsDavis, Mingus & MonkAlbum + Compilation
Franklin Mint Record SocietyJAZZ07
2.6’Round Midnight3:11Thelonious MonkThe Complete Blue Note Recordings of Thelonious MonkThelonious MonkAlbum + Compilation
Mosaic Records (US jazz reissues)MR4-101
1.1Round Midnight3:08Thelonious MonkGenius of Modern Music, Vol 1Thelonious MonkAlbum
Blue NoteBST 81510
1.9'Round About Midnight3:12Thelonious MonkThe Blue Note YearsThelonious MonkAlbum + Compilation
  • JP1989-02-22
Blue NoteCJ28-5162
1.5'Round Midnight3:13Thelonious MonkBlue Note 50th Anniversary Collection, Volume 1: “From Boogie to Bop” 1939-1956Various ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Blue Note, Capitol Records (imprint of Capitol Records, Inc.)CDP 7 92465 2
1.20’Round Midnight3:12Thelonious MonkGenius Of Modern Music Volume 1 (Capitol Jax pressing)Thelonious MonkAlbum
Blue NoteCDP 7 81510 2
1.20'round Midnight3:12Thelonious MonkGenius of Modern Music, Volume 1Thelonious MonkAlbum
Blue NoteCDP 7 81510 2
1.20'Round Midnight3:12Thelonious MonkGenius of Modern Music, Volume 1Thelonious MonkAlbum
Blue NoteCDP 7 81510 2
1.20'Round Midnight3:12Thelonious MonkThelonious Monk Genius of Modern Music (Disc 1)Thelonious MonkAlbum
Blue NoteCDP 7 81510 2
1.12’Round Midnight3:09Thelonious Monk QuartetRound Midnight (Inspired by the Motion Picture)Various ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Giants of Jazz (Italian)
1.7'Round Midnight3:12Thelonious MonkThe Blue Note Years: The Best of Thelonious MonkThelonious MonkAlbum + Compilation
  • US1991-03-26
Blue NoteCDP 7 95636 2
1.7'Round Midnight3:12Thelonious MonkThe Blue Note Years: The Best of Thelonious MonkThelonious MonkAlbum + Compilation
BMG Direct Marketing, Inc. (BMG company that owned their direct marketing company/club editions)D 101187
1.7’Round Midnight3:09Thelonious MonkThe Blue Note Years: The Best of Thelonious Monk (club edition)Thelonious MonkAlbum + Compilation
Blue NoteCDP 595636
1.1'Round Midnight3:14Thelonious Monk'Round Midnight and Other Jazz ClassicsThelonious MonkAlbum + Compilation
CEMA Special Markets (a division of Capitol‐EMI Music, Inc.), JazztimeS21-57588, S2157588
1.11'Round Midnight3:10Thelonious Monk18 Gems of the Giants of Jazz CD CollectionVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Giants of Jazz (Italian)CD 53000
1.1'Round Midnight3:13Thelonious MonkJazz Masters: From Original RecordingsThelonious MonkAlbum + Compilation
EMI (EMI Records, or EMI Music only if there is no other imprint)CDMFP 6300
1.20’Round Midnight3:12Thelonious MonkThe Complete Blue Note RecordingsThelonious MonkAlbum + Compilation
  • US1994-10-18
Blue NoteCDP 7243 8 30363 2 5
2.11'Round Midnight3:11Thelonious MonkThe Very Best Of Blue Note JazzVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • -1994
CEMA Special Markets (a division of Capitol‐EMI Music, Inc.)#15131
1.1’round About Midnight3:14Thelonious MonkGenius of Modern Music, Volume OneThelonious MonkAlbum
  • JP1995-07-26
Blue NoteTOCJ-1510
1.8'Round Midnight3:10Thelonious MonkDevil in a Blue DressVarious ArtistsAlbum + Soundtrack
  • US1995-09-12
Columbia (owned by Sony Music Entertainment, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX)CK 67008
1.1’Round Midnight3:14Thelonious Monk’Round Midnight and Other Jazz ClassicsThelonious MonkAlbum + Compilation
  • US1995-11-01
CEMA Special Markets (a division of Capitol‐EMI Music, Inc.)S21-57588
1.15'Round Midnight3:09Thelonious MonkCBC's After Hours Blue Note CollectionVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
1.8'Round Midnight3:10Thelonious MonkDevil in a Blue DressVarious ArtistsAlbum + Soundtrack
Columbia (owned by Sony Music Entertainment, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX)cb811
1.10'Round About Midnight3:12Thelonious MonkMasters of Jazz: Bebop's Greatest HitsVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • US1996-07-16
3.3Round Midnight3:11Thelonious MonkThe Best Jazz... Ever!Various ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • GB1996-08-05
  • -1996
Circa Records (imprint of Circa Records Ltd., UK)VTDCD 93
1.2’Round Midnight3:12Thelonious MonkBlue Ivory: A Modern Piano DynastyVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Blue NoteCDP 8532282
1.16'round Midnight3:12Thelonious MonkCool JazzVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • -1996
PopeyePP96048
3.1'Round Midnight3:13Thelonious MonkThe Blue Box: Blue Note's BestVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • CA1997-04-29
EMI Music Canada, Blue Note72438 56508 2 6, E2 72438 56508 2 6
1.9'Round Midnight3:12Thelonious MonkJazz EssentialsVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
CEMA Special Markets (a division of Capitol‐EMI Music, Inc.)S32-18276
1.8'Round Midnight3:11Thelonious MonkTotally Jazz: The Essential Jazz AlbumVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
EMI (EMI Records, or EMI Music only if there is no other imprint)7243 8 56172 2 5
1.8'Round Midnight3:13Thelonious MonkJazz ProfileThelonious MonkAlbum + Compilation
  • US1998-03-24
Blue Note23518
1.20’Round Midnight3:12Thelonious Monk QuintetGenius of Modern Music, Volume 1 (Reissue)Thelonious MonkAlbum
Blue Note0724 3 49459 5 2
1.1'Round Midnight3:12Thelonious Monk QuintetJazz Greats, Volume 48: Monk and Powell: Nice Work If You Can Get ItVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Marshall Cavendish Partworks Limited (Publishing company)JAZZ CD 048
2.2'Round Midnight3:12Thelonious MonkThe Blue Note Years, Volume 1: Boogie Blues & BopVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • US1999-05-04
Blue Note7243 4 95698 2 9
2.4’Round Midnight3:12Thelonious MonkJazz of the MillenniumVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • GB1999-11-15
1.16’Round About Midnight3:09Thelonious Monk1944/1948Thelonious MonkAlbum + Compilation
EPM Musique, Jazz Archives159502, N° 146
1.8’Round Midnight3:11Thelonious MonkJazz on Cinema I - IIVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
EMI (EMI Records, or EMI Music only if there is no other imprint)7243 4 97399 4 9
1.8'Round Midnight3:11Thelonious MonkJazz on Cinema I & IIVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
EMI (EMI Records, or EMI Music only if there is no other imprint)7243 5 20535 2 0
1.1'round Midnight3:11Thelonious MonkThe Best of Blue Note: 60 Years 1939/1999Various ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Blue Note700225
2.10’Round Midnight3:12Thelonious MonkThe Best Jazz Album in the World …Ever!Various ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • GB2000-04-03
EMI (EMI Records, or EMI Music only if there is no other imprint), Virgin (worldwide imprint of Virgin Records Ltd. and all its subsidiaries)7243 8 49153 2 2, VTDCD 294
1.14’Round Midnight3:11Thelonious MonkComplete 1947 – 1952 Blue Note RecordingsThelonious MonkAlbum + Compilation
Disconforme S.L. (Andorra Label)JFCD22838
19.19Round Midnight3:10Thelonious MonkLes Triomphes du jazzVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Haba’na111 201, 111 202, 111 203, 111 204, 111 205, 111 206, 111 207, 111 208, 111 209, 111 210, 111 211, 111 212, 111 213, 111 214, 111 215, 111 216, 111 217, 111 218, 111 219, 111 220
19.19Round Midnight3:10Thelonious MonkLes Triomphes du jazzVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Haba’na
1.9'Round Midnight3:12Thelonious MonkMonk, Mingus, RollinsVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
La Repubblica
1.14Round About Midnight3:12Thelonious MonkThe Chronological Classics: Thelonious Monk 1947–1948Thelonious MonkAlbum + Compilation
Classics (French jazz reissue label)1118
6.3'Round Midnight3:12Thelonious MonkThe Jazz CollectionVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
DiskyBX 990542, BX 990552, BX 990562, BX 990572, BX 990582, BX 990592
1.7Round Midnight3:11Thelonious MonkThe Jazz StationVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Weton‐WesgramKBOX3171
1.8'Round Midnight3:11Thelonious MonkJazz on Cinema (disc 1)Various ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • CH2001-06-21
1.20’Round Midnight3:13Thelonious MonkGenius of Modern Music, Volume 1Thelonious MonkAlbum
  • XW2001-07-31
Blue Note
1.20’Round Midnight3:13Thelonious MonkGenius of Modern Music, Volume 1Thelonious MonkAlbum
  • US2001-07-31
Blue Note5321382, 7243 5 32138 2 4
2.1Round Midnight3:13Thelonious Monk QuintetCafé Jazz: Hot & CoolVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Rajon Music GroupRMGSN 2023
2.13’round Midnight3:12Thelonious MonkClassic Jazz: The FortiesVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Time–Life MusicR612-07
1.20’Round Midnight3:14Thelonious MonkGenius of Modern Music Volume One (RVG edition)Thelonious MonkAlbum
Blue Note5321382, 7243 5 32138 2 4
4.19’Round Midnight3:12Thelonious MonkJazzVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Rajon Music GroupRMGR0435
1.4'Round Midnight3:13Thelonious MonkJazz Standards on Blue NoteVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
1.2'Round About Midnight3:08Thelonious MonkMonk's Moods - Original Recordings 1944-1948Thelonious MonkAlbum + Compilation
Naxos Jazz Legends8.120588
1.16Round Midnight3:11Thelonious MonkPlatinum JazzVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Blue Note7243 5 37265 0 8
2.4'Round Midnight3:12Thelonious MonkSongs for a Lazy Sunday: Winter EditionVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Rajon Music Group
1.7'Round Midnight3:13Thelonious Monk QuintetMisteriosoThelonious MonkAlbum + Compilation
  • FR2002-11-11
Dreyfus JazzFDM 36743-2
1.13'Round Midnight3:12Thelonious Monk QuintetBebop Volume 1Various ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Acrobat MusicACRCD 117
1.5’round About Midnight3:11Thelonious MonkDefinitive Modern Jazz CollectionVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Blue NoteGSD-9601, GSD-9602, GSD-9603, GSD-9604
1.8’Round Midnight3:09Thelonious MonkJazz Café: 40 Smooth Jazz FavouritesVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • -2002
Prism Leisure (budget UK-based compilation label)PLATBX 2229
1.7'Round Midnight3:11Thelonious MonkJazz LegendsVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
EMI-Capitol Special Markets72435-38905-2-0
1.9'round Midnight3:15Thelonious Monk QuintetJazz LegendsVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
SohoSOHOCD011
2.7'Round Midnight3:10Thelonious MonkPure Jazz ChilloutVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Virgin (worldwide imprint of Virgin Records Ltd. and all its subsidiaries)VTDCD 459
1.13'Round Midnight3:12Thelonious MonkMonk Plays TheloniousThelonious MonkAlbum + Compilation
Saga (French, has series 'Saga Jazz', 'Saga Blues' and 'Modern Series')0664472
1.9'Round Midnight3:14Thelonious Monk20th Century Masters: The Millennium Collection: The Best of Jazz (20th Century Masters: The Millennium Collection)Various ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Hip‐O Records
1.8'round Midnight3:09Thelonious MonkJazz Café: 60 Smooth Jazz FavouritesVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Prism Leisure (budget UK-based compilation label)EXPL 3103
1.3'Round Midnight3:11Thelonious MonkJazz History, Volume 1: Boogie, Blues & Bop 1939-1955Various ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • -2003
Blue Note
1.3’Round Midnight3:13Thelonious Monk QuintetLate Night JazzVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
SohoSOHOCD023
1.14'Round Midnight3:11Thelonious MonkSmooth JazzVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
EMI Gold
1.10’Round Midnight3:10Thelonious Monk QuintetThat’s EntertainmentVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Direct Source Special Products Inc.BBT 26422
1.7'Round Midnight3:12Thelonious MonkThe Essential Thelonious MonkThelonious MonkAlbum + Compilation
Capitol Records (imprint of Capitol Records, Inc.)LC 0542 07243 582189 2 3
5.7’round Midnight3:12Thelonious MonkThe Jazz StationVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Dereks Records Ltd.DIBBX001
1.2Round Midnight3:11Thelonious MonkModern Jazz Archive: Thelonious MonkThelonious MonkAlbum + Compilation
  • DE2004-04-20
Documents (German, Membran Entertainment Group)221942-306
1.20'Round Midnight3:12Thelonious MonkGenius of Modern Music, Volume 1 (1989 Bonus Tracks)Thelonious MonkAlbum
  • US2004-04-27
Blue NoteCDP-581510
3.5Round Midnight3:12Thelonious MonkCapital Gold Jazz LegendsVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • GB2004-06-07
Virgin (worldwide imprint of Virgin Records Ltd. and all its subsidiaries)615, 7243 5 79844 2 3, VTDCD 615
3.10’Round About Midnight3:13Thelonious Monk QuartetLe petit dictionnaire du jazz classique en 80 musiciensVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Frémeaux & AssociésFA 5084
1.7’Round Midnight3:13Thelonious MonkNow’s the TimeVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • -2004
Quality Audio (subsidiary of DSSP Inc)
2.3'Round Midnight3:10Thelonious MonkSTEPS TO VILLAGE (Jazz Anthology Vol.2)Various ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
6.3Round Midnight3:12Thelonious MonkThe Jazz CollectionVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
DiskyBX 902491, BX 902492, BX 902493
1.5'Round Midnight3:12Thelonious MonkThe Very BestThelonious MonkAlbum + Compilation
  • US2005-05-24
Blue Note77389
95.17'round Midnight3:11Thelonious MonkThe Ultimate Jazz ArchiveVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • DE2005-08-29
Membran Music Ltd.222800-387
3.17’round Midnight3:11Thelonious MonkThe Ultimate Jazz Archive, Set 24: Swing to Bebop, Modern JazzEddie “Lockjaw” Davis, Lennie Tristano, Thelonious Monk, Fats NavarroAlbum + Compilation
  • DE2005-08-29
Membran Music Ltd.222780-382
1.3'round Midnight3:11Thelonious MonkBlue Note: A Story of Jazz, Volume 2Various ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • -2005-12-10
EMI (EMI Records, or EMI Music only if there is no other imprint)3444502
1.2Round Midnight3:11Thelonious MonkFour in One (Jazz Edition series)Thelonious MonkAlbum + Compilation
Quadromania222460-444
1.9Round About Midnight3:11Thelonious MonkMidnight MoodsThelonious MonkAlbum + Compilation
Weton‐Wesgram
6.10’Round Midnight3:12Thelonious MonkBest Jazz 100Various ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • GB2006-10-21
EMI (EMI Records, or EMI Music only if there is no other imprint)0946 3 67481 2 2
6.10'round Midnight3:12Thelonious Monk100 Meisterwerke des JazzVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Blue Note0946 3 78217 2 5
Promotion
1.8'Round Midnight3:09Thelonious MonkStrategic Marketing Division: EMI Summer Conference 1994Various ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
EMI (EMI Records, or EMI Music only if there is no other imprint)cdsmddj 1
1.9’Round Midnight3:13Thelonious MonkGiants of Jazz SamplerVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • -2000
Giants of Jazz (Italian)CD 53356
1.2'round Midnight3:09Thelonious MonkThe Rudy Van Gelder Edition SamplerVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Blue Note[none]
1.10'Round Midnight3:12Thelonious MonkBlue Note Records: The Finest in JazzVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Blue Note
(unknown)
1.16Round Midnight3:12Thelonious MonkCool SwingVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
2.8’round Midnight3:12Thelonious MonkBD Jazz: Thelonious MonkThelonious MonkAlbum + Compilation
Nocturne
3.10Round Midnight3:10Thelonious MonkJazz From the VaultsVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • -2005
Weton‐WesgramLATA525

Relationships

recording engineer:Doug Hawkins (sound engineer)
producer:Alfred Lion
alto saxophone:Edmond Gregory (American jazz musician) (on 1947-11-21)
double bass:Robert Paige (jazz bassist) (on 1947-11-21)
drums (drum set):Art Blakey (on 1947-11-21)
piano:Thelonious Monk (on 1947-11-21)
trumpet:George Taitt (on 1947-11-21)
recorded at:WOR Studios in New York, New York, United States (on 1947-11-21)
recording of:’Round Midnight (on 1947-11-21: instrumental)

Related works

’Round Midnight

lyricist:Bernie Hanighen
composer:Thelonious Monk
Cootie Williams
publisher:Advanced Music
Advanced Music corp.
Productions et Éditions Cinématographiques Françaises
Thelonious Music
Thelonious Music Corporation (publisher, affiliated to BMI)
Ultra Empire Music
Warner Bros. Music (publisher; do NOT use as release label)
Warner Bros., Inc. (not for release label use!)
Warner Chappell Music Ltd. (no slash; used 1988–1996)
Warner/Chappell Music Ltd. (1996–2019)
Warner/Chappell North America Limited (formerly incorporated as Marmalade Music Ltd., from 1968/09/19–1999/11/09)
later translated versions:’round Midnight (japanese)
’Round Midnight
Autour de minuit (lyrics translated by Claude Nougaro)
Autour de minuit (lyrics translated by Boris Vian)
later versions:Round About Midnight
is based on:I Need You So
is the basis for:Eine kleine Mitternachtmusik
arrangements:’round Midnight (Walter Dobschinski arrangement)
’round Midnight (Christian Heid arrangement)
’Round Midnight (for saxophone quartet, Müller-Irion)
’Round Midnight (Art Ensemble of Chicago arrangement)
Lydia Round Midnight (George Russell arrangement)
Round Midnight (Misha Mengelberg arrangement)