Monk in Tokyo explained

Monk in Tokyo
Type:	live album
Artist:	Thelonious Monk
Cover:	Monk in Tokyo.jpeg
Released:	1963
Recorded:	May 21, 1963 in Tokyo, Japan
Genre:	Jazz
Length:	80:58
Label:	CBS/Sony Records
Prev Title:	Criss Cross
Prev Year:	1963
Next Title:	Miles & Monk at Newport
Next Year:	1964

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.^[1]

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

Notes and References

1. Allmusic entry for Monk in Tokyo