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Thelonious Alone in San Francisco

Thelonious Alone in San Francisco
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Live album by Thelonious Monk
Released 1959
Recorded October 21 and 22, 1959 at Fugazi Hall, San Francisco, CA
Genre Jazz
Label Riverside
Producer Orrin Keepnews
Thelonious Monk chronology
5 by Monk by 5
(1959)5 by Monk by 51959
Thelonious Alone in San Francisco
(1959)
Thelonious Monk at the Blackhawk
(1960)Thelonious Monk at the Blackhawk1960
Professional ratings
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Source Rating
Allmusic 4.5/5 stars
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide 5/5 stars

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.)

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

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


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