Straight, no chaser
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| Studio album by Thelonious Monk | ||||
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| Label (s) | Columbia Records | |||
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LP, CD |
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Title (number) |
6/9 |
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running time |
51:24 (original LP) 75:56 (CD) |
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Teo Macero (original LP), Orrin Keepnews (CD) |
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Studio (s) |
new York |
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Straight, No Chaser is an album by Thelonious Monk . The recordings, which were made in New York's Columbia Studios on November 14th and 15th, 1966 and January 10th, 1967, appeared in 1967 as a long-playing record on Columbia Records . The album was reissued on CD in 1996, including restored versions of previously abbreviated performances and three additional tracks.
background
This is the sixth studio album recorded by Thelonious Monk under the direction of Teo Macero for Columbia and should therefore not be confused with the original soundtrack for the 1988 film of the same name. In addition to the quartet titles, Straight, No Chaser contains two unaccompanied piano solos: "Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea" (a standard by Harold Arlen and Ted Koehler ) and "This Is My Story, This Is My Song". The original 1967 LP contained only six tracks, half of which were edited due to strict time constraints on LPs. Subsequent re-editions not only restored all previously abridged performances, but also added trio-cast titles, two of which ("#I Didn't Know About You": Take 1 "and" Green Chimneys ") here on CD first published.
Monk recorded Duke Ellington's "I Didn't Know About You" on November 14, 1966 . On the following day, recordings of Monk's new composition “Green Chimneys” and the title “This Is My Story, This Is My Song”, written by Fanny Crosby and Phoebe Knapp, and Monk's number “Locomotive” were made. On January 10, 1967, “ Straight No Chaser ”, “We See” and “Kojo No Tsuki” (initially titled Japanese Folk Song ) were composed in a quartet . A solo version of “Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea” was also recorded during this session.
Track list
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Original LP
- Monk: Straight, No Chaser (Columbia - CS 9451)
- A side
- Locomotive (Monk) - 6:38
- I Didn't Know About You (Ellington) - 6:50
- Straight, No Chaser (Monk) - 10:31
- B side
- Japanese Folk Song (R. Taki) - 11:03
- Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea (Arlen, Koehler) - 7:34
- We See (Monk) - 8:48
- On the original LP, the song "Kōjō no Tsuki" by Rentarō Taki was incorrectly identified as a "Japanese folk song" of unknown origin. This was corrected when the album was reissued.
CD edition
- Monk: Straight, No Chaser (Columbia - CK 64886, Legacy - 64886)
- Locomotive (Monk) 6:41
- I Didn't Know About You - Take 4 (Ellington) 6:52
- Straight, No Chaser (Monk) 11:29
- Japanese Folk Song (Kojo No Tsuki) (R. Taki) 16:43
- Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea (Arlen, Koehler) 7:37
- We See (Monk) 11:38
- This Is My Story, This Is My Song (FJ Crosby, JF Knapp) 1:42
- I Didn't Know About You - Take 1 (Ellington) 6:50
- Green Chimneys (Monk) 6:35
reception
Lindsay Planer said in Allmusic , “This was the last quartet that Monk would record with in the studio. Although this unit was anything but gloomy, it retained a mature taste that also placed Monk's solos in a completely new context. "
According to Thomas Fitterling, Straight, No Chaser is one of the best albums the Columbia label has produced with Monk; Years later it was "finally a carefully produced studio album by the Monk Quartet". "Everyone involved seems to be aware of the importance of the recordings and is extremely focused."
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Review of the album at Allmusic (English). Accessed February 1, 2020.
- ↑ Monk: Straight, No Chaser at Discogs
- ↑ Monk: Straight, No Chaser at Discogs
- ↑ Thomas Fitterling: Thelonious Monk. His life, his music, his records. Oreos, Waakirchen 1987, ISBN 3-923657-14-5 .