Round Midnight
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"Round Midnight" is a jazz standard composed by Thelonious Monk that has become one of the most recorded and celebrated pieces in the jazz repertoire.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Round Midnight canonical | 12 |
| 'Round Midnight | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5350181 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Round Midnight Context triple: [Round Midnight (film score), hasTrack, Round Midnight]
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A.
Night Beat
Night Beat was an early American television news and interview program best known for featuring journalist Mike Wallace.
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B.
Night Beat
Night Beat is a critically acclaimed 1963 soul album by Sam Cooke, celebrated for its intimate, blues-infused sound and standout vocal performances.
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C.
Midnight
"Midnight" is a 1939 screwball comedy film, co-written by Billy Wilder, about a penniless American chorus girl who becomes entangled in high-society schemes in Paris.
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D.
Midnight
Midnight is a popular late-night section of the Sundance Film Festival that showcases edgy, genre-driven, and boundary-pushing films.
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E.
Somewhere in the Night
"Somewhere in the Night" is a romantic pop ballad popularized by Barry Manilow, known for its lush orchestration and emotive vocal performance.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Round Midnight Target entity description: "Round Midnight" is a jazz standard composed by Thelonious Monk that has become one of the most recorded and celebrated pieces in the jazz repertoire.
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A.
Night Beat
Night Beat was an early American television news and interview program best known for featuring journalist Mike Wallace.
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B.
Night Beat
Night Beat is a critically acclaimed 1963 soul album by Sam Cooke, celebrated for its intimate, blues-infused sound and standout vocal performances.
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C.
Midnight
"Midnight" is a 1939 screwball comedy film, co-written by Billy Wilder, about a penniless American chorus girl who becomes entangled in high-society schemes in Paris.
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D.
Midnight
Midnight is a popular late-night section of the Sundance Film Festival that showcases edgy, genre-driven, and boundary-pushing films.
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E.
Somewhere in the Night
"Somewhere in the Night" is a romantic pop ballad popularized by Barry Manilow, known for its lush orchestration and emotive vocal performance.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
jazz standard
ⓘ
musical composition ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
'Round About Midnight
ⓘ
linked to:
Round About Midnight
Round Midnight ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Dizzy Gillespie repertoire
ⓘ
Miles Davis repertoire ⓘ Thelonious Monk repertoire ⓘ |
| composer | Thelonious Monk ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| firstRecordingArtist | Cootie Williams ⓘ |
| firstRecordingYear | 1944 ⓘ |
| genre | jazz ⓘ |
| hasNotableRecording |
Bill Evans trio recordings
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Dizzy Gillespie big band recordings ⓘ Ella Fitzgerald vocal recordings ⓘ Herbie Hancock solo recordings ⓘ Miles Davis – 'Round About Midnight (1956) ⓘ Sarah Vaughan vocal recordings ⓘ Thelonious Monk – Genius of Modern Music sessions ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
late-night introspection
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romantic melancholy ⓘ |
| includedIn | Real Book jazz standard collections ⓘ |
| influencedBy | bebop harmony ⓘ |
| inspiredAlbumTitle |
'Round About Midnight (Miles Davis, 1956)
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linked to:
Round About Midnight
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| inspiredTitleOf |
Round Midnight (1986 film)
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linked to:
Round Midnight (film)
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| isOneOf | most recorded jazz standards ⓘ |
| isStandardIn |
bebop repertoire
ⓘ
jazz ballad repertoire ⓘ modern jazz repertoire ⓘ |
| key | E-flat minor ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| lyricist |
Bernie Hanighen
ⓘ
Cootie Williams ⓘ Thelonious Monk ⓘ |
| notableArranger |
Bernie Hanighen
ⓘ
Cootie Williams ⓘ |
| notableFeature |
chromatic inner voice movement
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complex harmonic structure ⓘ memorable, melancholic melody ⓘ wide use of altered dominants ⓘ |
| performancePractice |
frequently reharmonized by jazz musicians
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often performed as a slow ballad ⓘ |
| publisher | Music Sales Corporation ⓘ |
| tempo | ballad ⓘ |
| typicalForm |
32-bar form
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AABA form ⓘ |
| usedInFilm |
Round Midnight (1986 film)
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linked to:
Round Midnight (film)
various jazz documentaries ⓘ |
| yearOfComposition | 1940 ⓘ |
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Subject: Round Midnight Description of subject: "Round Midnight" is a jazz standard composed by Thelonious Monk that has become one of the most recorded and celebrated pieces in the jazz repertoire.
Referenced by (13)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Round Midnight
subject linked to:
Round Midnight
subject linked to:
Lonette
subject linked to:
Lonette