CD1: Bye-Ya; We See; Blue Monk; I Want to Be Happy; Bemsha Swing; Caravan; Tea For Two; Pannonica; Brilliant Corners; 'Round Midnight. CD2: Well, You Needn't; Off ...

Not to be confused with the live album of that same 1963 tour, Monk In Tokyo, released on Columbia Records. It also should be noted that the recordings here were previously released as Thelonious Monk ...

Thelonious Monk’s best-known composition ... 62 recordings had been made. On his first album for Columbia Records, titled “’Round About Midnight,” his hooded and brooding version ...