Description
The Poll Winners label is devoted to the reissue of albums that received the maximum 5-Star review ratings in the iconic jazz magazine, DownBeat, this set inlcudes the complete original Thelonious Monk album Thelonious Alone in San Francisco (Riverside RLP12-312), his second solo piano release for the Riverside label (after Thelonious Himself) and the third unaccompanied work of his entire career. As a bonus they have added the only solo piano tracks from two of Monk's 1961 European concerts, and the complete 1958 trio performance by Thelonious at the Newport Jazz Festival. Includes a 12-page booklet.