Thelonious Monk, piano ; Charlie Rouse, tenor sax ; Larry Gales, bass ; Ben Riley, drums
Original recordings produced by Teo Macero ; engineered by Frank Laico ; reissue produced by Orrin Keepnews with executive producers Steve Berkowitz and Kevin Gore ; remixed to digital tape from the original four-track analog masters, re-equalized and remastered by Mark Wilder, December, 1995, at Sony Music Studios, NYC
Jazz quartet.
Compact disc.
Tracks 1-6 originally released in 1967 as Columbia LP with same title. "This is my story" originally released in 1979 on the Columbia double-LP compilation "Always Know." Tracks 8-9 previously unreleased.
Program notes by Orrin Keepnews (16 p. : ill.) inserted in container.
Recorded at Columbia Records 30th Street Studio, New York. Track 1 recorded November 15, 1966. Tracks 2, 7, 8, 9 recorded November 14, 1966. Tracks 3, 4, 5, 6 recorded January 10, 1967.
Locomotive / Monk (6:40) -- I didn't know about you (take 4) / Ellington (6:52) -- Straight, no chaser / (11:28) -- Japanese folk song (Kojo no tsuki) / Taki (16:41) -- Between the devil and the deep blue sea / Arlen, Koehler (7:36) -- We see / (11:35) -- This is my story, this is my song / Crosby, Knapp (1:42) -- I didn't know about you (take 1) / (6:48) -- Green chimneys / (6:34)