Blue Monk
Every version of “Blue Monk” on a record reviewed at Vinyl Standard: 12 recordings, 1952 to 2015, by 8 leaders, including Thelonious Monk, Art Blakey & the Jazz Messengers, Bill Evans. Every version links to its review.
Who recorded it
The leaders of the reviewed records that include Blue Monk. The number is reviewed records.
Every reviewed version
By the year of the record’s first session. Red is the site’s rating of the whole record, out of five.
- 1952Thelonious Monk TrioThelonious Monk★★★★★
- 1957Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers with Thelonious MonkArt Blakey & the Jazz Messengers★★★★★
- 1958Miles & Monk at NewportThelonious Monk★★★★☆
- 1958Thelonious in ActionThelonious Monk★★★★★
- 1959Thelonious Alone in San FranciscoThelonious Monk★★★★★
- 1963Conversations with MyselfBill Evans★★★★★
- 1963Monk in TokyoThelonious Monk★★★★☆
- 1977PiccoloRon Carter Quartet★★★★☆
- 1982Live at Village WestRon Carter and Jim Hall★★★★☆
- 1987Harlem BluesDonald Byrd★★★★☆
- 1996Live in LondonGene Harris Quartet★★★★☆
- 2015ChemistryHouston Person & Ron Carter★★★★☆
This page is built from the track listings of the records reviewed here, so it lists only versions on those records, not every recording of the tune. The site does not record composers, so it gathers tracks by title and says nothing about who wrote the tune. The year is the first session of the whole record, which on an album cut over several dates may not be the date of this track. It updates automatically when a new review goes up.