Thelonious in Action
1958 live album by the Thelonious Monk Quartet with Johnny Griffin
Thelonious in Action | ||||
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Live album by the Thelonious Monk Quartet with Johnny Griffin | ||||
Released | 1958 | |||
Recorded | August 7, 1958 | |||
Venue | Five Spot Café, NYC | |||
Genre | Jazz | |||
Length | 39:32 | |||
Label | Riverside | |||
Producer | Orrin Keepnews | |||
Thelonious Monk chronology | ||||
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Source | Rating |
AllMusic | [1] |
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide | [2] |
Encyclopedia of Popular Music | [3] |
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings | [4] |
Thelonious in Action is a 1958 live album by American jazz pianist Thelonious Monk, recorded at the Five Spot Café in the Bowery neighborhood of Manhattan on August 7, 1958, at the same show that produced Misterioso. It features the debuts of Monk's compositions "Light Blue" and "Coming on the Hudson".[citation needed]
Track listing
Side One
- "Light Blue" – 5:14
- "Coming on the Hudson" – 5:24
- "Rhythm-A-Ning" – 9:25
- "Epistrophy (Theme)" – 1:05
Side Two
- "Blue Monk" - 8:31
- "Evidence" – 8:48
- "Epistrophy (Theme)" – 1:05[5]
CD Bonus Tracks
- "Unidentified Solo Piano" – 1:54*
- "Blues Five Spot" – 9:56*
- "In Walked Bud / Epistrophy (Theme)" – 10:57*
* CD bonus tracks were recorded on July 9, 1958
Personnel
Thelonious Monk Quartet
- Thelonious Monk – piano
- Johnny Griffin – tenor saxophone
- Ahmed Abdul-Malik – bass
- Roy Haynes – drums
Technical personnel
- Orrin Keepnews – producer
- Ray Fowler – recording engineer
- Shigeo Miyamoto – mastering engineer
- Paul Bacon – cover design
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.
- ^ Larkin, Colin (2007). Encyclopedia of Popular Music (4th ed.). Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0195313734.
- ^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 1022. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.
- ^ "Thelonious in Action: Recorded at the Five Spot Cafe: Thelonious Monk Quartet: Music". Amazon.com. Retrieved 2009-06-26.
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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