October 21, 2019
October 21, 1959

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Thelonious Monk records solo at San Francisco’s Fugazi Hall, without an audience. He was in the middle of a run at the city’s Blackhawk club, his first West Coast gig. 

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What Fugazi Hall (known as Club Fugazi) looks like today:

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