Round midnight cootie williams thelonious monk biography

Two of the founders of modern jazz, Thelonious Monk and Dizzy Gillespie, were born within two weeks of each other in In honor of their joint centennial, here’s a heap of info about Monk’s “‘Round Midnight,” and the role that Dizzy played in shaping its arrangement.

It’s certainly Monk’s “greatest hit.” Monk’s son, drummer and bandleader T.S.

Monk, likes to say that it’s “the most recorded song.” That’s not the case, but the song’s recordings are well up there: according to the index of Tom Lord’s master jazz discography, it’s been recorded 1, times to date! (Twenty-three of those were under the name “‘Round About Midnight,” of which more below.) And the number will continue to rise; of those recordings were made since

The website asserts that “‘Round Midnight” is the most recorded piece written by a jazz musician, and that might be true.

But it wouldn’t come out on top if you include the blues, because