Monk in Tokyo

Live album by Thelonious Monk

Released

1973

Recorded

May 21, 1963 in Tokyo, Japan

Genre

Jazz

Label

CBS/Sony Records

Thelonious Monk chronology

Criss Cross
(1962)

Monk in Tokyo
(1963)

Miles & Monk at Newport
(1963)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[1]
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide	^[2]

Monk in Tokyo is a live album recorded in 1963 and first released in 1973 by CBS/Sony Records, featuring several original Monk compositions as well as jazz standards.^[3]

Track listing

"Straight, No Chaser"
"Panonica"
"Just a Gigolo"
"Jackie-Ing"
"I'm Getting Sentimental Over You"
"Hackensack"
"Evidence
"Epistrophy"
"Blue Monk"
"Bemsha Swing"

Personnel

Thelonious Monk – piano
Frankie Dunlop – drums
Butch Warren – bass
Charlie Rouse - sax

References

↑ Allmusic review
↑ Swenson, J. (Editor) (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 145. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.
↑ Allmusic entry for Monk in Tokyo

Thelonious Monk

Discography

Selected solo albums	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 Thelonious Monk Plays Duke Ellington The Unique Thelonious Monk Brilliant Corners Thelonious Himself Thelonious Monk with John Coltrane Monk's Music Mulligan Meets Monk Thelonious Monk Quartet with John Coltrane at Carnegie Hall The Complete 1957 Riverside Recordings Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers with Thelonious Monk 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

As sideman	Midnight at Minton's Bird and Diz Bags' Groove Miles Davis and the Modern Jazz Giants Moving Out Sonny Rollins, Vol. 2 Nica's Tempo In Orbit

Compositions	"Ask Me Now" "Bemsha Swing" "Blue Monk" "Epistrophy" "In Walked Bud" "Rhythm-a-Ning" "'Round Midnight" "Ruby, My Dear" "Straight, No Chaser" "Well, You Needn't"

Related articles	Blue Note Sessions Thelonious Monk Institute of Jazz Thelonious Monk: Straight, No Chaser

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