San Francisco Holiday

Thelonious Monk

Milestones

A collection of recordings from 4 different live performances between 1959 and 1961. Some tracks were recorded at the Blackhawk in San Francisco in 1960.

Tracks

• In Walked Bud (Monk)
• Blue Monk (Monk)
• Rhythm-A-Ning (Monk)
• Bye-Ya/Epistrophy (Theme) (Monk)
• San Francisco Holiday (Monk)
• Four in One (Monk)
• Epistrophy (Theme) (Clarke / Monk)
• Jackie-Ing (Monk)
• April in Paris (Duke / Harburg)
• Epistrophy (Clarke / Monk)

Musicians include;

• Thelonious Monk - piano
• Johnny Griffin - tenor saxophone
• Harold Land - tenor saxophone
• Charlie Rouse - tenor saxophone
• Joe Gordon - trumpet
• Ahmed Abdul-Malik - bass
• Sam Jones - bass
• John Ore - bass
• Art Blakey - drums
• Frankie Dunlop - drums
• Billy Higgins - drums
• Art Taylor - drums