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Straight, No Chaser is the sixth studio album Thelonious Monk recorded for Columbia Records, released in 1967. The album was reissued on CD in 1996, including restored versions of previously abridged performances and three additional tracks.

Track listing (CD Re-issue):
All songs by Thelonious Monk unless otherwise noted

“Locomotive” – 6:40
“I Didn’t Know About You” (Duke Ellington) – 6:52
“Straight, No Chaser” – 11:28
“Japanese Folk Song (Kōjō no Tsuki)” (Rentarō Taki) – 16:42
“Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea” (Harold Arlen) – 7:36
“We See” – 11:37
“This Is My Story, This Is My Song” (Phoebe Knapp) – 1:42 (better known by the title “Blessed Assurance”)
“I Didn’t Know About You” (D. Ellington) – 6:49
“Green Chimneys” (Th. Monk) – 6:34

Personnel:
Thelonious Monk – piano
Charlie Rouse – tenor saxophone
Larry Gales – bass
Ben Riley – drums

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Released: 1967
Recorded: 1966–1967
Length: 51:24 (original LP)
75:56 (CD reissue)
Label: Columbia
Producer: Teo Macero