Thelonious in Action

Thelonious in Action
Thelonious in Action
Live album by the Thelonious Monk Quartet with Johnny Griffin
Released	1958
Recorded	August 7, 1958
Venue	Five Spot Café, NYC
Genre	Jazz
Length	39:32
Label	Riverside
Producer	Orrin Keepnews
Thelonious Monk chronology

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AllMusic	^[1]
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide	^[2]
Encyclopedia of Popular Music	^[3]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings	^[4]

Thelonious in Action is a 1958 live album by American jazz pianist Thelonious Monk, recorded at the Five Spot Café in the Bowery neighborhood of Manhattan on August 7, 1958, at the same show that produced Misterioso. It features the debuts of Monk's compositions "Light Blue" and "Coming on the Hudson".^{[citation needed]}

^ AllMusic review
^ Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 145. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.
^ Larkin, Colin (2007). Encyclopedia of Popular Music (4th ed.). Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0195313734.
^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 1022. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.

[1] AllMusic review

[RSJRG-2] Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 145. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.

[3] Larkin, Colin (2007). Encyclopedia of Popular Music (4th ed.). Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0195313734.

[Penguin-4] Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 1022. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.

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