King Records · in the Kissa Kissa racks
Masao Yagi Plays Thelonious Monk
| Recorded | Jul 13-14, 1960 |
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| Label | King Records |
| Catalog | SKC 1 |
| Released | 1960 |
| Personnel | 5 credited players |
| Discogs | master 1219159 |
The record
A 1960 Japanese jazz session tackling Monk's songbook with a young Sadao Watanabe on alto, years before he became a household name. Yagi's quintet approaches the material with the angular respect of players who studied Monk closely but weren't yet weighed down by his mythology.
Session personnel
- Sadao Watanabe — alto saxophone
- Masanaga Harada — bass
- Sadakazu Tabata — drums
- Masao Yagi — piano
- Akira Nakano — trumpet
Contemporary reception
No period review located yet. The vintage-press pipeline searches DownBeat, Cash Box, and Billboard for this session.
Pressings
| 1960 | King Records · SKC 1 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo earliest on file |
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| 1973 | King Records · SKK 3015 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Stereo |
| 1979 | King Records · JAZ 3021 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Stereo |
| 1981 | King Records · K20P-6151 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Stereo |
| 1993 | King Records · KICJ 2106 — CD, Album, Reissue, Stereo |
| 2007 | Think! Records · THCD-042 — CD, Album, Reissue, Remastered |
| 2012 | King Records · KICJ 2276 — CD, Album, Reissue, Remastered, Stereo |
| 2018 | King Records · KICJ 2646 — CD, Album, Reissue, Remastered, Stereo, SHM-CD |
| 2026 | King Records — STEREO, LIMITED EDITION |
| — | King Records — File, FLAC, Album, Reissue, Stereo, 16-Bit/44.1 kHz |
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