Straight, No Chaser (Thelonious Monk album)
1967 studio album by Thelonious Monk
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Straight, No Chaser is the sixth studio album Thelonious Monk recorded for Columbia Records, released in 1967. The album was reissued on CD in 1996, including restored versions of previously abridged performances and three additional tracks.
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| Studio album by | ||||
| Released | 1967 | |||
| Recorded | 1966–1967 | |||
| Genre | Jazz | |||
| Length | 51:24 (original LP) 75:56 (CD reissue) | |||
| Label | Columbia | |||
| Producer | Teo Macero | |||
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| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [1] |
| DownBeat |  [2] |
| The Encyclopedia of Popular Music | [3] |
| The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings | [4] |
| The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide | [5] |
Music and lyrics
"Japanese Folk Song" was based on "Kōjō no Tsuki", a Japanese song written in the Meiji era. It can be heard in the 2016 American movie La La Land, as one of the main characters, Sebastian Wilder, tries to memorize and play it.
Track listing
All songs are written by Thelonious Monk except where noted.
Side one
- "Locomotive" – 6:38
- "I Didn't Know About You" (Duke Ellington, Bob Russell) – 6:50
- "Straight, No Chaser" – 10:31
Side two
- "Japanese Folk Song" (Rentarō Taki)[note 1] – 11:03
- "Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea" (Harold Arlen, Ted Koehler) – 7:34
- "We See" – 8:48
CD reissue
- "Locomotive" – 6:40
- "I Didn't Know About You" (Ellington) – 6:52
- "Straight, No Chaser" – 11:28
- "Japanese Folk Song (Kōjō no Tsuki)" (Taki) – 16:42
- "Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea" (Arlen, Koehler) – 7:36
- "We See" – 11:37
- "This Is My Story, This Is My Song" (Phoebe Knapp) – 1:42 (better known by the title "Blessed Assurance")
- "I Didn't Know About You" (Ellington) – 6:49
- "Green Chimneys" – 6:34
Personnel
- Thelonious Monk – piano
- Charlie Rouse – tenor saxophone
- Larry Gales – double bass
- Ben Riley – drums
Notes
- On the original LP, the song "Kōjō no Tsuki" by Rentarō Taki was incorrectly identified as a "Japanese folk song" of unknown provenance. This was corrected on reissues of the album.