Thanks Teajay, Great thread, This recording has got to be the find of our modern times. For those of you who may not know this tape was found by Larry Appelbaum a Library of Congress archivist during a digitizing of old Voice of America Broadcast tapes. It was just in with some of the other boxes. Thanks Upstateaudio, Ummmm! vinyl. That was my next question. Cheers to Monk and Coltrane!
This time the "HYPE" is true: Monk/Coltrane CD.
I will assume that you jazz lovers have been reading about the recently discovered tapes of the 1957 Carnegie Hall concert by Thelonious Monk and John Coltrane that was released on 9/27 by Blue Note records. Well, this time all the HYPE is true! The sonics are quite good for a live concert and Monk got to finally play on a world class piano. Oh, but the beauty of the music. I believe this might be the best recorded performance of Coltrane and Monk was extra special that night in his comping and overall playing. Let's not forget the rhythm section of Ahmed Abul-Malik on bass and Shadow Wilson on drums that drives Coltrane and Monk on their flights of soaring solo's filled with soul and emotionality. If you love jazz this is one CD you want to get as soon as you can and bask in the glory of this music by these two giants of jazz that no one knew had ever been recorded.
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