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.

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

Tracks 4 and 5 not part of original album.

Personnel

References

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

Thelonious Monk

Discography

Selected solo albums	Genius of Modern Music: Volume 1 Wizard of the Vibes Genius of Modern Music: Volume 2 Thelonious Monk Trio Monk Thelonious Monk and Sonny Rollins Thelonious Monk Plays Duke Ellington The Unique Thelonious Monk Brilliant Corners Thelonious Himself Thelonious Monk with John Coltrane Monk's Music Mulligan Meets Monk Thelonious Monk Quartet with John Coltrane at Carnegie Hall The Complete 1957 Riverside Recordings Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers with Thelonious Monk Thelonious in Action Misterioso The Thelonious Monk Orchestra at Town Hall 5 by Monk by 5 Thelonious Alone in San Francisco Thelonious Monk at the Blackhawk Monk in France Thelonious Monk in Italy Monk's Dream Criss-Cross Monk in Tokyo Miles & Monk at Newport Big Band and Quartet in Concert It's Monk's Time Monk Solo Monk Live at the It Club Live at the Jazz Workshop Misterioso (Recorded on Tour) Straight, No Chaser Thelonious Monk Nonet Live in Paris 1967 Underground Monk's Blues

As sideman	Midnight at Minton's Bird and Diz Bags' Groove Miles Davis and the Modern Jazz Giants Moving Out Sonny Rollins, Vol. 2 Nica's Tempo In Orbit

Compositions	"Ask Me Now" "Bemsha Swing" "Blue Monk" "Epistrophy" "In Walked Bud" "Rhythm-a-Ning" "'Round Midnight" "Ruby, My Dear" "Straight, No Chaser" "Well, You Needn't"

Related articles	Blue Note Sessions Thelonious Monk Institute of Jazz Thelonious Monk: Straight, No Chaser

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