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American jazz drummer
Best known for his four-year stint with Thelonious Monk in the early 1960s. He retired in 1984.

Born: December 6, 1928 in Buffalo, New York
Death: July 7, 2014 in Englewood, New Jersey

ALBUMS


Lionel Hampton, Cat Anderson, Eddie Chamblee, Frankie Dunlop
I Giganti Del Jazz Vol. 57
1981
Benny Goodman Big Band* Featuring Zoot Sims - Lionel Hampton Featuring Frankie Dunlop
Benny Goodman Big Band - Lionel Hampton
2xLP, Comp, Curcio, ,
Big Band
The Thelonious Monk Quartet
Monk’s Dream
2023, LP, Album, Ltd, RE, 180, Jazz Wax Records, ,
Bop/Hard Bop/Cool Jazz
The Thelonious Monk Quartet
Blue Monk
2021, CDr, Album, Sounds Of Yester Year,
The Thelonious Monk Quartet
The Complete Columbia Studio Albums Collection
2012, Box, Comp + 6xCD, Comp, RE, Sony Music, Columbia, Legacy, ,
Bop/Post Bop
The Thelonious Monk Quartet
Monk In Copenhagen
1996, ,
Bop
The Thelonious Monk Quartet
Monk In Tokyo
1973
Maynard Ferguson & His Orchestra
The Big Band Sound Of Maynard Ferguson
1972, LP, Comp, Roulette, ,
Big Band
The Thelonious Monk Quartet
Monk In Tokyo
1969, ,
Bop
The Thelonious Monk Quartet
Thelonious Monk In Tokyo <1>
1963
The Thelonious Monk Quartet
Thelonious Monk In Tokyo <2>
1963
The Thelonious Monk Quartet
Monk's Dream
1963
Joe Zawinul Trio
To You With Love
1961,
The Herman Foster Trio
Have You Heard Herman Foster
1960

APPEARANCES +


Lionel Hampton All Stars* Feat. Milt Buckner, Cat Anderson
Black Forest Vibes (Unreleased Tapes Live In Villingen 1977)
2023, LP, Album, HGBS BLUE RECORDS
Lionel Hampton All Stars* Feat. Milt Buckner, Cat Anderson
Black Forest Vibes (Unreleased Tapes Live In Villingen 1977)
2022, LP, Album, HGBS BLUE RECORDS
Mose Allison
The Complete Atlantic/Elektra Albums 1962●1983
2021, 6xCD, Comp, Strawberry (26),
Thelonious Monk
Quartet 23 May 1961
2021, Reel, 2tr Mono, 10.5" Reel, Album, Mono, IEC, International Phonograph Inc.
Thelonious Monk
At Newport 1963
2020, LP, Album, RE, Naked Lunch (2)
Thelonious Monk
Palais Des Beaux-Arts 1963
2020
Thelonious Monk Quartet*
Live
2019, DVD-V, Mono, NTSC, EuroArts, ,
Hard Bop
Lionel Hampton And His Jazz Giants*
Lionel Hampton And His Jazz Giants Vol. 2
2019
Monk*
Nutty
2018, 7", RSD, Single, Ltd, Gearbox Records,
Thelonious Monk
Mønk
2018, ,
Hard Bop
Thelonious Monk
1961 Live In Paris
2018,
Various
Jazz Von A-Z · Die Michael Naura Jazzanthologie
2017, 30xCD, Comp + Box, Boo, Sony Music, Studio Hamburg Enterprises, NDR Kultur, Die Zeit,
Thelonious Monk
5 Original Albums
2016, 5xCD, Album, RE + Box, Comp, Riverside Records, The Jazz Labels, Universal Music Group,
Thelonious Monk
Live in Paris - 18 Avril 1961
2016, ,
Bop
Thelonious Monk
The Complete Columbia Live Albums Collection
2015, ,
Bop/Post Bop
Ted Curson
Four Classic Albums
2014, 2xCD, Comp, RM, Avid Jazz
Various
Jazz 100年 12 死刑台のエレベーター～映画とジャズの出会い
2014, CD, Comp, Mono, Universal Music,
Thelonious Monk
Jackie-ing (Live In Amsterdam May 1961)
2014, ,
Hard Bop
Thelonious Monk
Legenden Des Jazz
2013, CD, Comp, Die Zeit
Bill Barron Quintet & Sextet
The Tenor Stylings Of Bill Barron + Modern Windows + Hot Line
2012, 2xCD, Comp, RE, RM, Fresh Sound Records
Thelonious Monk Quartet* / Martial Solal Trio
Live In Berlin 1961 / Live In Essen 1959
2012
Александра Паладин*, Драгана Михајловић-Бокан*
Музичка Култура 8
2011, 3xCD, Comp, ЛОГОС,
Charles Mingus
Original Album Classics
2010, 3xCD, Album, RE, RM, Car + Box, Comp, Columbia, Legacy, Sony Music, ,
Hard Bop
Johnny Griffin And Wilbur Ware Featuring Junior Mance & John Jenkins
The Chicago Sound
2009, CD, Album, Comp, Fresh Sound Records
Charly Mingus*
Kind Of Mingus
2009, ,
Avant-garde Jazz/Bop/Free Jazz/Hard Bop/Post Bop
Maynard Ferguson
Dancing Sessions
2007, CD, Comp, Jazz Beat, ,
Big Band
Various
Glazbena Osmica - Glazbeni Primjeri
2007, 3xCD, Comp, Car, Profil International, Profil International, Profil International,
Sonny Rollins
El Momento
2007, ,
Bop/Hard Bop
Thelonious Monk
Original Album Classics
2007, ,
Bop/Hard Bop/Cool Jazz
Mose Allison
Introducing Mose Allison
2006, CD, Comp, Warner Jazz, Rhino Records (2), ,
Cool Jazz/Big Band
Various
The House That Trane Built: The Story Of Impulse Records
2006, ,
Hard Bop/Soul-Jazz/Free Jazz
Thelonious Monk
Monk 'Round The World
2004, CD, Comp + DVD, Hyena Records, Thelonious Records, ,
Bop/Hard Bop
Various
The Storyville 50th Anniversary Celebration
2002, CD, Smplr, Storyville, ,
Post Bop/Cool Jazz/Swing/Contemporary Jazz
Thelonious*
"Live In New York" Vol. 1&2
2002, 2xCD, Album, Thelonious Records
Herman Foster
The Explosive Piano Of Herman Foster / Have You Heard
2002, CD, Comp, RE, Collectables, Sony Music Special Products
Thelonious Monk
At Newport 1963 & 1965
2002
Thelonious Monk
The Columbia Years | '62-'68
2001, ,
Bop
Bill Barron
Modern Windows Suite
2000, CD, Comp, Savoy Jazz, Atlantic, ,
Hard Bop/Post Bop
Richard Davis
Forest Flowers
2000,
Thelonious Monk
Ken Burns Jazz
2000, ,
Bop/Hard Bop
Mose Allison
The Sage Of Tippo
1998, 2xCD, Comp, 32 Jazz,
Various
Visions Of Jazz: A Musical Journey
1998, 2xCD, Comp, EMI, Blue Note, ,
Hard Bop/Soul-Jazz/Big Band/Jump Blues/Swing
Various
Afro Blue Vol.2/The Roots And Rhythms Of Jazz
1998, ,
Fusion/Contemporary Jazz
Various
This Is Jazz
1996, 10xCD, Comp, RM + Box, Ltd, Columbia, Columbia, Legacy, Epic, ,
Hard Bop/Fusion/Dixieland/Contemporary Jazz/Swing
Lionel Hampton
'77 Vintage
1996, CD, Album, Comp, RE, RM, Black And Blue,
Mose Allison
Allison Wonderland The Mose Allison Anthology
1994, 2xCD, Comp, Rhino Records (2), Atlantic Jazz Gallery,
Lionel Hampton And His Jazz Giants*
C'est Le Jour Et La Nuit!
1994
Miles Davis & Thelonious Monk
Live At Newport 1958 & 1963
1994, ,
Bop/Hard Bop
Various
Atlantic Jazz: Best Of The '60s, Volume 1
1994, ,
Hard Bop/Afro-Cuban Jazz/Bop
The Lionel Hampton Big Band*
Lionel (March, 29th, 1983 Kongress Hall, Dresden)
1993, 2xCD, Album, West Wind
Thelonious Monk Quartet*
Live At Monterey Jazz Festival, 1963 Volume 1 · 2
1993, ,
Bop/Hard Bop
Thelonious Monk
Bemsha Swing
1992, CD, Album, All That's Jazz, ,
Bop
Thelonious Monk
San Francisco Holiday
1992
Thelonious Monk
The Essential Thelonious Monk
1991, ,
Bop/Hard Bop
Thelonious Monk
Monk.
1991
Thelonious Monk
11 Top Tracks
1990, CD, Comp, Frequenz, ,
Hard Bop
Randy Weston
Uhuru Afrika / Highlife
1990, ,
Post Bop
Charlie Mingus* / Thelonious Monk
Mingus - Monk
1989
Thelonious Monk
Standards
1989, ,
Bop
Thelonious Monk
The Composer
1988, ,
Bop
Thelonious Monk
Bolivar Blues
1988
Thelonious Monk
Thelonious Monk
1988, ,
Bop/Hard Bop
Ray Crawford
Smooth Groove
1988
Thelonious Monk Quartet*
Live In Stockholm 1961
1987, ,
Bop
Thelonious Monk
'63 In Japan
1987
Thelonious Monk
The Complete Riverside Recordings Volume 2
1986, 7xCD, Comp + Box, Riverside Records, Carrere,
Various
Jazz: For Absolute Beginners
1986,
Thelonious Monk
The Complete Riverside Recordings
1986, ,
Bop
Maynard Ferguson
Maynard Ferguson Plays Jazz For Dancing
1986
Charles Mingus
New Tijuana Moods
1986, ,
Post Bop
Thelonious Monk
Thelonious Monk
1985, Cass, Comp, Lester Recording Catalog
Thelonious Monk
Blue Monk
1985
Thelonious Monk
The Collection
1985
Thelonious Monk
Live! At The Village Gate
1985, ,
Hard Bop/Bop
Various
Encuentro Con Los Grandes Del Jazz
1984, 3xLP, Comp, Box, Roulette, Roulette, Roulette
Thelonious Monk
Monk On Riverside
1984, 20xLP, Comp, Box, Riverside Records, Riverside Records, Riverside Records, Riverside Records,
Various
That's The Way I Feel Now - A Tribute To Thelonious Monk
1984, ,
Bop/Post Bop
Lionel Hampton
Ambassador At Large (Great Moments From Concert Appearances Abroad)
1984, ,
Swing/Big Band
Thelonious Monk
Blues Five Spot
1984
Various
The Best Of I ♥ Jazz
1984, ,
Bop/Big Band/Cool Jazz/Vocal
Davis*, Mingus*, Monk*
Great Jazz Inventors
1983,
Thelonious Monk
Thelonious Monk 1963 In Japan
1983
Various
Newport Jazz Festival: Live (Unreleased Highlights From 1956, 1958, 1963)
1982, ,
Dixieland/Swing/Big Band/Stride/Cool Jazz/Bop
Various
Piano Jazz
1982,
Lionel Hampton And His Big Band*
Outrageous
1982
Lionel Hampton And His All-Star Alumni Big Band With Woody Herman
Aurex Jazz Festival '81
1981, LP, EastWorld, ,
Big Band/Swing
Sonny Rollins
Great Moments With Sonny Rollins (Alternative Label)
1981, 2xLP, Comp, Pin, MCA Records, ,
Hard Bop
Sonny Rollins
Great Moments With Sonny Rollins
1981, Cass, Comp, MCA Impulse!, ,
Free Jazz/Post Bop/Modal/Bop/Soundtrack
Sonny Rollins
Great Moments With Sonny Rollins
1981,
Thelonious Monk
Thelonious Monk
1981, ,
Bop
Lionel Hampton
Live In Switzerland
1981
Thelonious Monk
April In Paris / Live
1981
Lionel Hampton & Friends
Chameleon
1980, LP, Album, Glad-Hamp Records
Charlie Mingus*, Thelonious Monk, John Coltrane, Eric Dolphy
I Giganti Del Jazz Vol. 16
1980
Herbie Mann - Maynard Ferguson
The Herbie Mann-Maynard Ferguson Years
1980, ,
Big Band/Afro-Cuban Jazz
Lionel Hampton
Live In Europe
1980, ,
Big Band
Various
I Re Del Jazz
1979, ,
Swing/Soul-Jazz/Bop/Big Band
Thelonious Monk
Always Know
1979, ,
Bop/Post Bop
Lionel Hampton and his band
Live at the Muzeval
1978, LP, Album, Timeless (9)
Lionel Hampton And His Giants*
Live In Emmen/Holland
1978
Lionel Hampton With Milt Buckner
Alive & Jumping
1978
Billy Mackel
At Last
1977, LP, Black And Blue
Lionel Hampton And His Jazz Giants*
Lionel Hampton And His Jazz Giants 77
1977, ,
Swing
Mose Allison
Mose Allison
1976,
Martin Mull
Normal
1974
Thelonious Monk
Who's Afraid Of The Big Band Monk?
1974, ,
Bop/Big Band
Sonny Rollins
Reevaluation: The Impulse Years
1973, ,
Post Bop/Free Jazz
Various
Stars Of The Apollo Theatre
1973, ,
Jump Blues/Big Band/Swing
Richard Davis
The Philosophy Of The Spiritual
1972
Clyde E.B. Bernhardt*
Blowing My Top (The All Star Bands Of Clyde E.B. Bernhardt)
1971, LP, Comp, Saydisc Matchbox
Thelonious Monk
Thelonious Monk's Greatest Hits Vol.1
1970, LP, Comp, CBS
Mose Allison
The Best Of Mose Allison
1970, ,
Hard Bop
Leo Wright
Soul Talk
1970
Thelonious Monk
Blue Monk
1969, 7", EP, CBS/Sony
Thelonious Monk
Monk's Greatest Hits
1969, ,
Bop/Hard Bop
Thelonious Monk
Two Hours With Thelonious
1966
Sonny Rollins With Orchestra Conducted By Oliver Nelson
Original Music From The Score "Alfie"
1966, ,
Hard Bop/Post Bop
Sonny Rollins
Alfie's Theme
1966
Frankie Dunlop And His Orchestra*
Lowdown Waltz / Uptown Downtown
1965
Thelonious Monk
Monk In France
1965, ,
Bop/Cool Jazz
Monk*
Misterioso (Recorded On Tour)
1965,
Thelonious Monk Quartet*
Thelonious Monk In Europe Vol. 3
1964, ,
Bop
Monk*
Big Band And Quartet In Concert
1964, ,
Bop
The Miles Davis Sextet & The Thelonious Monk Quartet
Miles & Monk At Newport
1964, ,
Hard Bop/Bop/Modal
Thelonious Monk Quartet*
Thelonious Monk In Europe Vol. 2
1964, ,
Bop
Thelonious Monk Quartet*
Thelonious Monk In Europe Vol. 1
1963
Randy Weston
Music From The New African Nations Featuring The Highlife
1963
Thelonious Monk
Criss-Cross
1963
Thelonious Monk
Criss-Cross
1963
Various
The Giants Of Jazz
1963, ,
Bop/Dixieland/Big Band
Thelonious Monk
In Italy
1963, ,
Bop
Mose Allison
Swingin' Machine
1962, ,
Swing/Delta Blues
Charlie Mingus*
Tijuana Moods
1962
Bill Barron
The Tenor Stylings Of Bill Barron
1961
Melba Liston
Melba Liston And Her 'Bones
1960
Dodo Greene
Ain't What You Do
1959, ,
Soul-Jazz/Rhythm & Blues/Vocal
Maynard Ferguson
A Message From Birdland
1959, ,
Bop/Post Bop/Big Band
Maynard Ferguson And His Orchestra*
Swingin' My Way Through College
1959,
Maynard Ferguson And His Orchestra*
Maynard Ferguson And His Orchestra
1958, 7", EP, Sonet
Wilbur Ware Quintet Featuring Johnny Griffin
The Chicago Sound
1958, ,
Hard Bop
Moe Koffman's Main Stemmers
Bop Beam / Rockin' With The Bop
1950, Shellac, 10", Baronet
Moe Koffman's Main Stemmers
Main Stem's Bopportunity / Boppin' For Sid
1949
Monk*
In Stockholm
LP, Album, Mono, Ltd, Duke Records (4), ,
Hard Bop
The Lionel Hampton Air Big Band*
Air Mail Special
2xCD, Album, ITM ARCHIVES, ,
Big Band
Cecil Gregory
Nova Guitar
LP, Album, Sonus (2)
Thelonious Monk Quartet*
Two Hours With Thelonious ("Olympia" Concert By Thelonious Monk)
2xLP, Gat, Riverside Records, ,
Bop/Hard Bop
Various
This Is Modern Jazz Vol. 2 - Mainstream Edition
2xLP, Comp, Mono + Box, CBS/Sony
Thelonious Monk
Solo Piano In Berlin '69 (Monk Plays Ellington)
DVD-V, Mono, JazzShots
Moe Koffman's Main Stemmers
Bop Lop / Rockin' With The Bop
Shellac, 10", Main Stem Records
Thelonious Monk
Criss-Cross
LP, Album, Mono, CBS, CBS
Randy Weston
Music From The New African Nations Featuring The Highlife
LP, Album, Mono, Colpix Records
Thelonious Monk Quartet*
1961 European Tour, Vol. 2
Thelonious Monk
Here Is Thelonious Monk At His Rare Of All Rarest Performances Vol. 1
Various
I Giganti Del Jazz Complete Edition
1980, 100xLP, Comp, Box, I Giganti Del Jazz,
Thelonius Monk Quartet*
Monk In Stockholm 1963
2019,
Thelonious Monk
Monk's Dream
2014, ,
Hard Bop
Thelonious Monk Quartet*
The Complete 1961 Amsterdam Concert
1991
Thelonious Monk Quartet*
Live In Bern 1961
1990
Thelonious Monk Quartet*
1961 European Tour, Vol. 2
Dodo Greene
Ain't What You Do
,
Soul-Jazz/Rhythm & Blues
Richard Davis
Forest Flowers