Album
Straight, No Chaser
1967 · Jazz
14 collectors on Gatefold own this
Straight, No Chaser is a Jazz album by Monk, originally released in 1967. On Gatefold: 58 pressings tracked, owned by 14 collectors.
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Tracklist
Side A
- A1Locomotive
- A2I Didn't Know About You
- A3Straight, No Chaser
Side B
- B1Japanese Folk Song
- B2Between The Devil And The Deep Blue Sea
- B3We See
Sound DNA
- Jazz
- Post-Bop & Modal
- sparse
- hypnotic
- cerebral
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."
"This Is My Story, This Is My Song" was not released until 1979 on the compilation Always Know (US 1979) (opens in a new tab). "Green Chimneys" was only released on the CD issue of the album in 1996.
Personnel:
Charlie Rouse - tenor saxophone
Thelonious Monk - piano
Larry Gales - bass
Ben Riley - drums
Credits
The people behind it.
Performers
- Ben RileyDRUMS
- Charlie RouseTENOR SAXOPHONE
- Larry GalesBASS
- Thelonious MonkPIANO
14 collectors on Gatefold own this · 58 pressings tracked on Gatefold
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