Monk in Tokyo

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Monk in Tokyo
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Live album by
Thelonious Monk
Released1963
RecordedMay 21, 1963 in Tokyo, Japan
Genre Jazz
Label CBS/Sony Records
Thelonious Monk chronology
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(1963)		Monk in Tokyo
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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]

Contents

Track listing

All tracks are written by Thelonious Monk except where noted.

Disc One:

  1. "Straight, No Chaser" - 9:46
  2. "Pannonica" - 7:46
  3. "Just a Gigolo" (Julius Brammer, Irving Caesar, Leonello Casucci) - 2:30
  4. "Evidence (Justice)" - 7:55
  5. "Jackie-ing" - 5:07
  6. "Bemsha Swing" (Denzil Best, Thelonious Monk) - 4:25
  7. "Epistrophy [theme]" (Kenny Clarke, Monk) - 1:10

Disc Two:

  1. "I'm Getting Sentimental Over You" (George Bassman, Ned Washington) - 9:28
  2. "Hackensack" - 11:03
  3. "Blue Monk" - 13:18
  4. "Epistrophy" (Clarke, Monk) - 8:25

Personnel

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References

  1. ↑ Allmusic review
  2. ↑ Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 145. ISBN   0-394-72643-X.
  3. ↑ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 1025. ISBN   978-0-141-03401-0.
  4. ↑ Allmusic entry for Monk in Tokyo
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