Monk in Tokyo
1963 live album by Thelonious Monk
Monk in Tokyo | ||||
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Live album by Thelonious Monk | ||||
Released | 1963 | |||
Recorded | May 21, 1963 in Tokyo, Japan | |||
Genre | Jazz | |||
Length | 80:58 | |||
Label | CBS/Sony Records | |||
Thelonious Monk chronology | ||||
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Source | Rating |
Allmusic | [1] |
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide | [2] |
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings | [3] |
Monk in Tokyo is a live album recorded in 1963 and first released in Japan by Columbia Records as two separate LPs in 1963 (PSS 46 "In Tokyo 1" and PSS 47 "In Tokyo 2"), then in edited form as a single LP in 1969 by CBS/Sony Records and reissued in complete form as a double LP in 1973, featuring several original Monk compositions, as well as jazz standards.[4]
Track listing
All tracks are written by Thelonious Monk except where noted.
Disc One:
- "Straight, No Chaser" - 9:46
- "Pannonica" - 7:46
- "Just a Gigolo" (Julius Brammer, Irving Caesar, Leonello Casucci) - 2:30
- "Evidence (Justice)" - 7:55
- "Jackie-ing" - 5:07
- "Bemsha Swing" (Denzil Best, Thelonious Monk) - 4:25
- "Epistrophy [theme]" (Kenny Clarke, Monk) - 1:10
Disc Two:
- "I'm Getting Sentimental Over You" (George Bassman, Ned Washington) - 9:28
- "Hackensack" - 11:03
- "Blue Monk" - 13:18
- "Epistrophy" (Clarke, Monk) - 8:25
Personnel
- Thelonious Monk – piano
- Charlie Rouse - tenor saxophone
- Butch Warren – bass
- Frankie Dunlop – drums
References
- ^ Allmusic review
- ^ Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 145. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.
- ^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 1025. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.
- ^ Allmusic entry for Monk in Tokyo
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Thelonious Monk
- Discography
- Compositions
- Genius of Modern Music: Volume 1
- Wizard of the Vibes
- Genius of Modern Music: Volume 2
- Thelonious Monk Trio
- Monk
- Thelonious Monk and Sonny Rollins
- Piano Solo
- Thelonious Monk Plays Duke Ellington
- The Unique Thelonious Monk
- Brilliant Corners
- Thelonious Himself
- Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers with Thelonious Monk
- Monk's Music
- Thelonious Monk with John Coltrane
- Mulligan Meets Monk
- Thelonious Monk Quartet with John Coltrane at Carnegie Hall
- The Complete 1957 Riverside Recordings
- Thelonious in Action
- Misterioso
- The Thelonious Monk Orchestra at Town Hall
- 5 by Monk by 5
- Thelonious Alone in San Francisco
- Thelonious Monk at the Blackhawk
- Monk in France
- Thelonious Monk in Italy
- Monk's Dream
- Criss-Cross
- Monk in Tokyo
- Miles & Monk at Newport
- Big Band and Quartet in Concert
- It's Monk's Time
- Monk
- Solo Monk
- Live at the It Club
- Live at the Jazz Workshop
- Misterioso (Recorded on Tour)
- Straight, No Chaser
- Thelonious Monk Nonet Live in Paris 1967
- Underground
- Monk's Blues
- "In Walked Bud"
- "'Round Midnight"
- Blue Note Sessions
- Thelonious Monk Institute of Jazz
- Thelonious Monk: Straight, No Chaser
- Rewind & Play