Thelonious in Action
Live album by
The Thelonious Monk Quartet with Johnny Griffin
Released1958
RecordedAugust 7, 1958
VenueFive Spot Café, New York, NY
GenreJazz
Length39:32
LabelRiverside
ProducerOrrin Keepnews
Thelonious Monk chronology
Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers with Thelonious Monk
(1958) 		Thelonious in Action
(1958) 		Misterioso
(1958)
Professional ratings
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SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide[2]
Encyclopedia of Popular Music[3]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings[4]

Thelonious in Action: Recorded at the Five Spot Cafe is a 1958 live album by jazz pianist Thelonious Monk, with saxophonist Johnny Griffin. The album was recorded live at the Five Spot Café in the Bowery neighborhood of Manhattan on August 7, 1958, at the same sessions that produced Misterioso. It features the debuts of Monk's compositions "Light Blue" and "Coming on the Hudson".[citation needed]

Track listing

Side One

  1. "Light Blue" – 5:14
  2. "Coming on the Hudson" – 5:24
  3. "Rhythm-A-Ning" – 9:25
  4. "Epistrophy (Theme)" – 1:05

Side Two

  1. "Blue Monk" - 8:31
  2. "Evidence" – 8:48
  3. "Epistrophy (Theme)" – 1:05[5]

CD Bonus Tracks

  1. "Unidentified Solo Piano" – 1:54*
  2. "Blues Five Spot" – 9:56*
  3. "In Walked Bud / Epistrophy (Theme)" – 10:57*

* CD bonus tracks were recorded on July 9, 1958

Personnel

References

  1. ^ AllMusic review
  2. ^ Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 145. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.
  3. ^ Larkin, Colin (2007). Encyclopedia of Popular Music (4th ed.). Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0195313734.
  4. ^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 1022. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.
  5. ^ "Thelonious in Action: Recorded at the Five Spot Cafe: Thelonious Monk Quartet: Music". Amazon.com. Retrieved 2009-06-26.
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