Description
Masao Yagi Plays Thelonious Monk is the historic 1960 debut leader album by Japanese jazz pianist Masao Yagi, released via King Records.
It is widely celebrated as one of the very first dedicated tribute albums to Thelonious Monk recorded outside the United States. Yagi, an esteemed Monk scholar, brilliantly captured the sharp, eccentric rhythms of bebop while pioneering the early foundations of modern Japanese jazz (Wa-Jazz)
Tracklisting
Side A
- Rhythm-A-Ning (リズム・ア・ニング)
- Off Minor (オフ・マイナー)
- 'Round Midnight (ラウンド・ミッドナイト)
- Misterioso (ミステリオーソ) [1]
Side B
- Straight, No Chaser (ストレイト・ノー・チェーサー)
- Blue Monk (ブルー・モンク)
- Monk's Mood (モンクス・ムード)
- Evidence (エヴィデンス)
