Album: Straight, No Chaser by Thelonious Monk (1967)
Genre: Jazz
Format: Album

Description: Monk's ninth studio album for Columbia, recorded on 14 November: Ellington's "I Didn't Know About You"; a new composition "Green Chimneys" and Fanny Crosby and Phoebe Knapp's "This Is My Story, This Is My Song," and on 15 November 1966: "Locomotive". On 10 January 1967 the quartet recorded the remaining compositions "Straight, No Chaser", "We See" and "Kojo No Tsuki" also known as "Japanese Folk Song," and the session was completed with a solo version of "Between The Devil And The Deep Blue Sea."

Artist Background: Thelonious Sphere Monk (October 10, 1917 - February 17, 1982) was an American jazz pianist and composer considered one of the giants of American music. Monk had a unique improvisational style and made numerous contributions to the standard jazz repertoire, including "Epistrophy", "'Round Midnight", "Blue Monk", "Straight, No Chaser" and "Well, You Needn't". Monk is the second-most recorded jazz composer after Duke Ellington, which is particularly remarkable as Ellington composed over 1,000 so... Part of the North Carolina, USA music scene. Associated with Jazz movement.

Music Scene: Part of the North Carolina, USA music scene. Associated with Jazz movement.

Tags: Jazz, 1960s, Album

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Monk's ninth studio album for Columbia, recorded on 14 November: Ellington's "I Didn't Know About You"; a new composition "Green Chimneys" and Fanny Crosby and Phoebe Knapp's "This Is My Story, This Is My Song," and on 15 November 1966: "Locomotive". On 10 January 1967 the quartet recorded the remaining compositions "Straight, No Chaser", "We See" and "Kojo No Tsuki" also known as "Japanese Folk Song," and the session was completed with a solo version of "Between The Devil And The Deep Blue Sea."

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