Thelonious in Action

by Thelonious Monk

Thelonious in Action cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 1958
  • Label: Riverside
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 1:02:22
  • Community rating: 4.16/5 from 3 ratings

Artists on this release: Roy Haynes, Johnny Griffin, Orrin Keepnews, Ahmed Abdul-Malik

Album Notes & Community Reviews

The companion piece to 'Misterioso', this album shares recordings from the same famed 1958 Five Spot residency featuring tenor saxophonist Johnny Griffin. Delivering deeply swinging, up-tempo renditions of Monk's famously eccentric original compositions, the performances define the driving, muscular essence of late 50s hard bop.

Genres

Descriptors: instrumental, acoustic, improvisation

Tracklist

  1. Light Blue - Live At The Five Spot / August 7, 1958 (5:14)
  2. Coming On The Hudson - Live At The Five Spot / August 7, 1958 (5:24)
  3. Rhythm-A-Ning - Live At The Five Spot / August 7, 1958 (9:25)
  4. Epistrophy - Theme / Live At The Five Spot / August 7, 1958 (1:05)
  5. Blue Monk - Live At The Five Spot / August 7, 1958 (8:31)
  6. Evidence - Live At The Five Spot / August 7, 1958 (8:48)
  7. Epistrophy - Theme 2 / Live At The Five Spot / August 7, 1958 (1:05)
  8. Unidentified Solo Piano - Live At The Five Spot / July 9, 1958 (1:54)
  9. Blues Five Spot - Live At The Five Spot / July 9, 1958 (9:55)
  10. In Walked Bud / Epistrophy - Live At The Five Spot / July 9, 1958 (10:57)

Credits

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