Light Blue: Arthur Blythe Plays Thelonious Monk

Light Blue: Arthur Blythe Plays Thelonious Monk
Light Blue: Arthur Blythe Plays Thelonious Monk
Studio album by Arthur Blythe
Released	1983
Recorded	1983
Genre	Jazz
Label	Columbia
Producer	Arthur Blythe
Arthur Blythe chronology

Light Blue: Arthur Blythe Plays Thelonious Monk is jazz saxophonist Arthur Blythe's sixth album for the Columbia label recorded in New York City in 1983.^[1] The album features Blythe's quintet performing six compositions by Thelonious Monk.

Reception[]

The Allmusic review by Scott Yanow awarded the album 3 stars and states "these creative players (and the unusual instrumentation) put a fresh slant on Monk's music. Blythe's passionate sound throughout this inspired set is consistently memorable".^[2]

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[2]
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide	^[3]

Track listing[]

All compositions by Thelonious Monk

"We See" - 6:30
"Light Blue" - 5:12
"Off Minor" - 6:48
"Epistrophy" - 8:38
"Coming On the Hudson" - 6:05
"Nutty" - 6:45

Recorded at CBS Recording Studios, New York

Personnel[]

References[]

^ Discogs Album Entry accessed July 19, 2010
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b Yanow, S. Allmusic Review accessed July 19, 2010
^ Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 27. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.

[1] Discogs Album Entry accessed July 19, 2010

[Allmusic-2] Jump up to: ^a ^b Yanow, S. Allmusic Review accessed July 19, 2010

[RSJRG-3] Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 27. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.

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Discography Compositions
As leader	Genius of Modern Music: Volume 1 Wizard of the Vibes Genius of Modern Music: Volume 2 Thelonious Monk Trio Monk Thelonious Monk and Sonny Rollins Piano Solo Thelonious Monk Plays Duke Ellington The Unique Thelonious Monk Brilliant Corners Thelonious Himself Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers with Thelonious Monk Monk's Music Thelonious Monk with John Coltrane Mulligan Meets Monk Thelonious Monk Quartet with John Coltrane at Carnegie Hall The Complete 1957 Riverside Recordings Thelonious in Action Misterioso The Thelonious Monk Orchestra at Town Hall 5 by Monk by 5 Thelonious Alone in San Francisco Thelonious Monk at the Blackhawk Monk in France Thelonious Monk in Italy Monk's Dream Criss-Cross Monk in Tokyo Miles & Monk at Newport Big Band and Quartet in Concert It's Monk's Time Monk Solo Monk Live at the It Club Live at the Jazz Workshop Misterioso (Recorded on Tour) Straight, No Chaser Thelonious Monk Nonet Live in Paris 1967 Underground Monk's Blues
With others	Midnight at Minton's Bird and Diz Bags' Groove Miles Davis and the Modern Jazz Giants Moving Out Sonny Rollins, Vol. 2 Nica's Tempo In Orbit
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