Monk in Tokyo

{{Infobox album

| name = Monk in Tokyo

| type = live album

| artist = Thelonious Monk

| cover = Monk in Tokyo.jpeg

| alt =

| released = 1963

| recorded = May 21, 1963 in Tokyo, Japan

| venue =

| studio =

| genre = Jazz

| length =80:58

| label = CBS/Sony Records

| producer =

| prev_title = Criss Cross

| prev_year = 1963

| next_title = Miles & Monk at Newport

| next_year = 1964

}}

{{Music ratings

|rev1 = AllMusic

|rev1score = {{Rating|4.5|5}}[{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r514218|pure_url=yes}} AllMusic review]

| rev3 = The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide

| rev3Score = {{rating|4|5}}{{Cite book

|editor-last=Swenson

|editor-first=J.

| author-link =

| year = 1985

| title = The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide

| publisher = Random House/Rolling Stone

| location = USA

| isbn = 0-394-72643-X

| pages = 145

}}

|rev2 = The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings

|rev2score = {{Rating|3.5|4}}{{cite book |last1=Cook |first1=Richard |authorlink1=Richard Cook (journalist) |last2=Morton |first2=Brian |authorlink2=Brian Morton (Scottish writer) |title=The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings |year=2008 |edition=9th |publisher=Penguin |isbn=978-0-141-03401-0 |page=1025}}

}}

Monk in Tokyo is a live album recorded in 1963 and first released in Japan by Columbia Records as two separate LPs in 1963 (PSS 46 "In Tokyo 1" and PSS 47 "In Tokyo 2"), then in edited form as a single LP in 1969 by CBS/Sony Records and reissued in complete form as a double LP in 1973, featuring several original Monk compositions, as well as jazz standards.[{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r514218|pure_url=yes}} Allmusic entry for Monk in Tokyo]