Thelonious in Action

Live album by Thelonious Monk

Released

1958

Recorded

August 7, 1958

Thelonious Monk chronology

Thelonious Monk Quartet with John Coltrane at Carnegie Hall
(1957/rel. 2005)

Thelonious in Action: Recorded at the Five Spot Cafe
(1958)

Misterioso
(1958)

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

Thelonious in Action: Recorded at the Five Spot Cafe is a 1958 album by jazz musician Thelonious Monk. The album was recorded live at the Five Spot Cafe.

Track listing

"Light Blue" - 5:14
"Coming on the Hudson" - 5:24
"Rhythm-A-Ning" - 9:25
"Epistrophy (Theme)" - 1:05
"Blue Monk" - 8:31
"Evidence" - 8:48
"Epistrophy (Theme)" - 1:05^[3]
"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 — piano
Johnny Griffin — tenor saxophone
Ahmed Abdul-Malik — bass
Roy Haynes — drums
Orrin Keepnews - producer
Ray Fowler - engineer
Shigeo Miyamoto - mastering
Paul Bacon - Cover Design

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.
↑ "Amazon.com: Thelonious in Action: Recorded at the Five Spot Cafe: Thelonious Monk Quartet: Music". Amazon.com. Retrieved 2009-06-26.

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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