Thelonious Monk at the Blackhawk

Thelonious Monk at the Blackhawk
Live album by Thelonious Monk
Released	1960
Recorded	April 29, 1960 Blackhawk, San Francisco
Genre	Jazz
Length	59:00
Label	Riverside RLP 12-323/1171
Producer	Orrin Keepnews
Thelonious Monk chronology
Thelonious Alone in San Francisco (1959) Thelonious Monk at the Blackhawk (1960) Monk in France (1961)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Down Beat (Original Lp release)	[1]
Allmusic	[2]
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide	[3]

Thelonious Monk at the Blackhawk is an album by jazz pianist Thelonious Monk.^[4] It was originally issued on the Riverside label as RLP 12-323 (mono)/1171 (stereo) and Original Jazz Classics OJCCD 305-2 in 1987.

Track listing

All pieces by Thelonious Monk unless otherwise noted.

1. "Let's Call This" – 8:33
2. "Four in One" – 8:41
3. "I'm Getting Sentimental Over You" (George Bassman, Ned Washington) – 6:14
4. "Epistrophy" (Monk, Kenny Clarke) – 6:41
5. "Evidence" – 7:09
6. "San Francisco Holiday (Worry Later)" – 9:10
7. "'Round Midnight" (Monk, Cootie Williams, Bernie Hanighen) – 12:07
8. "Epistrophy" – 0:59

• Tracks 4 and 5 not part of original album.

Personnel

• Joe Gordon - trumpet
• Harold Land - tenor saxophone
• Charlie Rouse - tenor saxophone
• Thelonious Monk – piano
• John Ore - bass
• Billy Higgins - drums
• Reice Hamel - Recording Engineer

References

1. Down Beat: September 15, 1960 Vol. 27, No. 19
2. Allmusic review
3. Swenson, J. (Editor) (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 145. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.
4. Allmusic entry for Thelonious Monk at the Blackhawk