'Round Midnight

Thelonious Monk · 1947

Context

First version recorded by Thelonious Monk, on November 21, 1947 for Blue Note, of a melody registered as early as 1943 under the title "I Need You So." Released first as a single (B-side: "Well, You Needn't"), then on the album Genius of Modern Music in 1951, it opens the series of numerous versions of the theme that Monk recorded.

In the genealogy of jazz

This track belongs to Bebop (Minton's, Monroe's). Among the origins and influences of Bebop: Kansas City, Swing, big bands.

Cited in 1 radio episode

• Sep 27, 2024: Monk, Autour de 'Round Midnight (Pour qui sonne le jazz, TSF Jazz, in French)

By the same artist

• Well, You Needn't (1947)
• Ruby, My Dear (1947)
• In Walked Bud (1947)
• Epistrophy (1948)
• Straight, No Chaser (1951)
• Blue Monk (1954)

Sources

• EN: 'Round Midnight (song)
• EN: Genius of Modern Music: Volume 1

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