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Straight, No Chaser (Thelonious Monk album)

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.

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

  1. "Locomotive" – 6:38
  2. "I Didn't Know About You" (Duke Ellington, Bob Russell) – 6:50
  3. "Straight, No Chaser" – 10:31

Side two

  1. "Japanese Folk Song" (Rentarō Taki) – 11:03
  2. "Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea" (Harold Arlen, Ted Koehler) – 7:34
  3. "We See" – 8:48

CD reissue

  1. "Locomotive" – 6:40
  2. "I Didn't Know About You" (Ellington) – 6:52
  3. "Straight, No Chaser" – 11:28
  4. "Japanese Folk Song (Kōjō no Tsuki)" (Taki) – 16:42
  5. "Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea" (Arlen, Koehler) – 7:36
  6. "We See" – 11:37
  7. "This Is My Story, This Is My Song" (Phoebe Knapp) – 1:42 <small>(better known by the title "Blessed Assurance")</small>
  8. "I Didn't Know About You" (Ellington) – 6:49
  9. "Green Chimneys" – 6:34

Personnel

Notes

References