"In the 1950's and 60's, which jazz pianist wrote the pieces, ""Misterioso"", ""Ruby My Dear"" and ""Round Midnight""?"
Ruby, My Dear her studio album "Carmen Sings Monk". For copyright reasons, the song was renamed "Dear Ruby". Ruby, My Dear "Ruby, My Dear" is a jazz ballad composed by Thelonious Monk. The tune was named after Rubie Richardson, Monk's first love and his older sister Marion's best friend. It was first recorded at a 1947 session for Blue Note Records. Monk recorded "Ruby, My Dear" several times, including solo piano performances in 1959 and 1965, as well as versions with saxophonists Coleman Hawkins and John Coltrane (at New York's Five Spot Jazz Cafe in the summer of 1957). Lyrics were written by
'Round Midnight (song) about an expatriate American jazz musician living in Paris. The soundtrack by Herbie Hancock prominently features the song "'Round Midnight" along with a number of other jazz standards and a handful of original pieces written by Hancock. In 2002, Italian pianist Emanuele Arciuli commissioned a number of composers to create the "Round Midnight Variations". The composers included Roberto Andreoni, Milton Babbitt, Alberto Barbero, Carlo Boccadoro, William Bolcom, David Crumb, George Crumb, Michael Daugherty, Filippo Del Corno, John Harbison, Joel Hoffman, Aaron Jay Kernis, Gerald Levinson, Tobias Picker, Matthew Quayle, Frederic Rzewski, Augusta Read Thomas and Michael Torke. 'Round Midnight (song)