Thelonious Alone in San Francisco

Thelonious Alone in San Francisco
Live album by
Released1959
RecordedOctober 21 and 22, 1959
VenueFugazi Hall, San Francisco, CA
GenreJazz
Length40:25
LabelRiverside
ProducerOrrin Keepnews
Thelonious Monk chronology
5 by Monk by 5
(1959)
Thelonious Alone in San Francisco
(1959)
Thelonious Monk at the Blackhawk
(1960)
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AllMusic
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide
Encyclopedia of Popular Music
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings
DownBeat

Thelonious Alone in San Francisco is jazz pianist Thelonious Monk's third solo album, recorded in 1959. (Piano Solo, aka 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.

"Bluehawk" and "Round Lights" were improvised blues which appeared only in these recorded versions. The other Monk compositions had appeared in prior recordings.