In Orbit (Clark Terry album)

In Orbit
Studio album by Clark Terry
Released	1958
Genre	Jazz
Length	47:51 (Reissue)
Label	Riverside
Producer	Orrin Keepnews
Clark Terry chronology
Duke with a Difference (1957)Duke with a Difference1957 In Orbit (1958) Top and Bottom Brass (1958)Top and Bottom Brass1958

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In Orbit is an album by jazz trumpeter Clark Terry, notably featuring Thelonious Monk as sideman and originally released in 1958.

It was Monk's only Riverside appearance as sideman, the first of Terry's recordings on flugelhorn, and the first Riverside date with bassist Sam Jones.

Monk introduced Riverside to some its most important artists, including Johnny Griffin, Wilbur Ware, Sonny Rollins, and Terry.

It features one Monk composition, "Let's Cool One"

Track listing

1. "In Orbit" (Terry)
2. "One Foot in the Gutter (Terry)
3. "Trust in Me"
4. "Let's Cool One" (Monk)
5. "Pea-Eye" (Terry)
6. "Argentina" (Terry)
7. "Moonlight Fiesta" (Mills, Tizol)
8. "Buck's Business" (Terry)
9. "Very Near Blue" (Cassey)
10. "Flugelin' the Blues" (Terry)

Personnel

• Clark Terry – flugelhorn
• Thelonious Monk – piano
• Sam Jones – bass
• Philly Joe Jones – drums