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Thelonious Alone in San Francisco

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Released
  
1959

Release date
  
1959

Producer
  
Orrin Keepnews

Artist
  
Thelonious Monk

Label
  
Riverside Records

Genre
  
Jazz

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Recorded
  
October 21 and 22, 1959 at Fugazi Hall, San Francisco, CA

Thelonious Alone in San Francisco (1959)
  
Thelonious Monk at the Blackhawk (1960)

Similar
  
Thelonious Monk albums, Jazz albums

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Thelonious Alone in San Francisco is jazz pianist Thelonious Monk's third solo album, released in 1959. (Solo 1954, recorded in Paris, and Thelonious Himself 1957 were Monk's previous forays into this form.)

Contents

It was recorded in Fugazi Hall, San Francisco, California on October 21 and 22, 1959, but without an audience present.

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Track listing

  1. "Blue Monk" (Thelonious Monk) - 3:44
  2. "Ruby, My Dear" (Thelonious Monk) - 3:56
  3. "Round Lights" (Thelonious Monk) - 3:34
  4. "Everything Happens to Me" (Adair, Dennis) - 5:37
  5. "You Took the Words Right Out of My Heart" (Ranger, Robin) - 4:01
  6. "Bluehawk" (Thelonious Monk) - 3:37
  7. "Pannonica" (Thelonious Monk) - 3:51
  8. "Remember" (Irving Berlin) - 2:41
  9. "There's Danger in Your Eyes, Cherie" (take 2) (Meskell, Richman, Wendling) - 4:18
  10. "There's Danger in Your Eyes, Cherie" (take 1) (Meskell, Richman, Wendling)- 4:05
  11. "Reflections" (Thelonious Monk) - 5:06

(Track 10 is a bonus available only on the CD reissue.)

Personnel

  • Thelonious Monk – piano

    • Songs

    1Blue Monk3:48
    2Ruby - My Dear4:00
    3Round Lights3:37

    References

    Thelonious Alone in San Francisco Wikipedia
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