Riverside Records · in the Kissa Kissa racks
At The Blackhawk
| Recorded | Apr 29, 1960 |
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| Label | Riverside Records |
| Released | 1960 |
| Personnel | 6 credited players |
| Discogs | master 192648 |
The record
Cut live at the San Francisco club that gave the date its name, this expanded quintet-plus lineup finds Rouse's new-found simpatico with Monk bolstered by Harold Land and Joe Gordon, loosening the leader's angular themes into stretched-out West Coast swing.
Session personnel
- John Ore — bass
- Billy Higgins — drums
- Thelonious Monk — piano
- Charlie Rouse — tenor saxophone
- Harold Land — tenor saxophone
- Joe Gordon — trumpet
Contemporary reception
No period review located yet. The vintage-press pipeline searches DownBeat, Cash Box, and Billboard for this session.
Pressings
Showing the first pressing, audiophile reissues and copies carrying a collector marker, out of 36 pressings on file.
| 1960 | Riverside Records · RLP 12-323 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Mono earliest on file |
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| 1960 | Riverside Records · SR-7011 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo · deep groove |
| 1960 | Riverside Records · 1171 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo · deep groove |
| 1960 | Riverside Records · R-5008 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Mono · deep groove |
| 1961 | Riverside Records · RLP 1171 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Repress, Stereo · deep groove |
| — | Riverside Records · RLP 1171 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Repress, Stereo · deep groove |
| — | Riverside Records · 1171 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Repress, Stereo · deep groove |
| 1960 | Riverside Records · RLP 12-323 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Mono |
| 1960 | Riverside Records · RLP 12-323 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Repress, Mono |
| 1960 | Riverside Records · RLP 323 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Mono |
| 1961 | Riverside Records · RLP 1171 — Vinyl, 7", 33 ⅓ RPM, Album, Single, Jukebox, Stereo |
| 1961 | Riverside Records · RLP 12-323 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Mono |
| 1962 | Riverside Records · RLP 1171 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo |
| 1966 | Riverside Records · RLP 1171 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Stereo |
Follow the players
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Thelonious Monk also plays on