[Machine Translation] This is the memorable first leader album by Masao Yagi, who is also known as a researcher of Thelonious Monk and has been active in Japanese jazz since its early days. This album features all of Monk's works, including his masterpieces "Round Midnight", "Straight No Chaser", and "Blue Monk". [Masao Yagi (p), Sadao Watanabe (as), Akira Nakano (tp), Masanaga Harada (b), Teiichi Tabata (dr)