Monk in Tokyo

Monk in Tokyo
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
Criss Cross (1963) Monk in Tokyo (1963) Miles & Monk at Newport (1964)

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Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings	[2]
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide	[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:

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

• Thelonious Monk – piano
• Charlie Rouse - tenor saxophone
• Butch Warren – bass
• Frankie Dunlop – drums

References

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