Straight, No Chaser

~ Release by Thelonious Monk (see all versions of this release, 7 available)

Annotation

Label: Columbia - Catalog #: 64886
Recording Date:
#2, #7-#9, 1966/11/14
#1, 1966/11/15
#3-#6, 1967/01/10
Location: Columbia Records 30th Street Studio, NYC, USA
Liner Notes: Orrin Keepnews
Personnel:
Thelonious Monk (piano)
Charlie Rouse (tenor sax)
Larry Gales (bass)
Ben Riley (drums)
Additionnal:
Initially produced by Teo Macero, reissue produced by Keepnews.
Track 1-6 originally issued as Straight No Chaser (CS 9451).
Track 7 published in obscure compilations, with heavy edits.
Track 8-9 previously unreleased.
All have been restored, remixed and remastered for this release (work done 1995/12 at Sony Music Studios).

Annotation last modified on 2006-05-02 10:30 UTC.

Tracklist

▼ CD 1
#TitleRatingLength
1Locomotive
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (on 1966-11-15)
recording engineer:
Frank Laico (on 1967-11-15)
producer:
Teo Macero
double bass [bass]:
Larry Gales (on 1967-11-15)
drums (drum set):
Ben Riley (American jazz drummer) (on 1966-11-15)
piano:
Thelonious Monk (on 1966-11-15)
tenor saxophone:
Charlie Rouse (on 1966-11-15)
recording of:
Locomotive (on 1966-11-15)
composer:
Thelonious Monk
6:41
2I Didn’t Know About You (take 4)
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (on 1966-11-14)
recording engineer:
Frank Laico (on 1967-11-14)
producer:
Teo Macero
double bass [bass]:
Larry Gales (on 1967-11-14)
drums (drum set):
Ben Riley (American jazz drummer) (on 1966-11-14)
piano:
Thelonious Monk (on 1966-11-14)
tenor saxophone:
Charlie Rouse (on 1966-11-14)
instrumental recording of:
I Didn’t Know About You (on 1966-11-14)
lyricist:
Bob Russell (US songwriter/lyricist Sidney Keith “Bob” Russell) (in 1944)
composer:
Duke Ellington (US composer, pianist & jazz bandleader) (in 1944)
is based on:
Sentimental Lady
6:52
3Straight, No Chaser
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (on 1967-01-10)
recording engineer:
Frank Laico (on 1967-01-10)
producer:
Teo Macero
double bass [bass]:
Larry Gales (on 1967-01-10)
drums (drum set):
Ben Riley (American jazz drummer) (on 1967-01-10)
piano:
Thelonious Monk (on 1967-01-10)
tenor saxophone:
Charlie Rouse (on 1967-01-10)
recording of:
Straight, No Chaser (on 1967-01-10)
composer:
Thelonious Monk
publisher:
Thelonious Music
11:29
4Japanese Folk Song (Kojo no Tsuki)
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (on 1967-01-10)
recording engineer:
Frank Laico (on 1967-01-10)
producer:
Teo Macero
double bass [bass]:
Larry Gales (on 1967-01-10)
drums (drum set):
Ben Riley (American jazz drummer) (on 1967-01-10)
piano:
Thelonious Monk (on 1967-01-10)
tenor saxophone:
Charlie Rouse (on 1967-01-10)
instrumental recording of:
荒城の月 (on 1967-01-10)
lyricist:
土井晩翠
composer:
瀧廉太郎
part of:
日本の歌百選 (number: 37)
16:43
5Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (on 1967-01-10)
recording engineer:
Frank Laico (on 1967-01-10)
producer:
Teo Macero
double bass [bass]:
Larry Gales (on 1967-01-10)
piano:
Thelonious Monk (on 1967-01-10)
instrumental recording of:
Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea (on 1967-01-10)
lyricist:
Ted Koehler
composer:
Harold Arlen
publisher:
Mills Music, S.A. Music Co. and Ted Koehler Music Co.
7:37
6We See
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (on 1967-01-10)
recording engineer:
Frank Laico (on 1967-01-10)
producer:
Teo Macero
double bass [bass]:
Larry Gales (on 1967-01-10)
drums (drum set):
Ben Riley (American jazz drummer) (on 1967-01-10)
piano:
Thelonious Monk (on 1967-01-10)
tenor saxophone:
Charlie Rouse (on 1967-01-10)
recording of:
We See (on 1967-01-10)
composer:
Thelonious Monk
11:38
7This Is My Story, This Is My Song
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (on 1966-11-14)
recording engineer:
Frank Laico (on 1967-11-14)
producer:
Teo Macero
double bass [bass]:
Larry Gales (on 1967-11-14)
piano:
Thelonious Monk (on 1966-11-14)
instrumental recording of:
Blessed Assurance (on 1966-11-14)
lyricist:
Fanny Crosby
composer:
Phoebe P. Knapp
1:42
8I Didn’t Know About You (take 1)
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (on 1967-11-14)
recording engineer:
Frank Laico (on 1967-11-14)
producer:
Teo Macero
double bass [bass]:
Larry Gales (on 1967-11-14)
drums (drum set):
Ben Riley (American jazz drummer) (on 1966-11-14)
piano:
Thelonious Monk (on 1966-11-14)
tenor saxophone:
Charlie Rouse (on 1966-11-14)
instrumental recording of:
I Didn’t Know About You (on 1966-11-14)
lyricist:
Bob Russell (US songwriter/lyricist Sidney Keith “Bob” Russell) (in 1944)
composer:
Duke Ellington (US composer, pianist & jazz bandleader) (in 1944)
is based on:
Sentimental Lady
6:49
9Green Chimneys
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (on 1967-11-14)
recording engineer:
Frank Laico (on 1967-11-14)
producer:
Teo Macero
double bass [bass]:
Larry Gales (on 1967-11-14)
drums (drum set):
Ben Riley (American jazz drummer) (on 1966-11-14)
piano:
Thelonious Monk (on 1966-11-14)
tenor saxophone:
Charlie Rouse (on 1966-11-14)
recording of:
Green Chimneys (on 1966-11-14)
composer:
Thelonious Monk
6:35