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Music CD - Thelonious Monk, John Coltrane: Thelonious Monk Quartet with John Coltrane at Carnegie Hall
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Music CD: Thelonious Monk Quartet with John Coltrane at Carnegie Hall
Artist: Thelonious Monk, John Coltrane
List Price: $18.98
Our Price: $6.98
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Manufacturer: Blue Note Records
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1. Monk's Mood
2. Evidence
3. Crepescule With Nellie
4. Nutty
5. Epistrophy (Live)
6. Bye-Ya
7. Sweet And Lovely
8. Blue Monk
9. Epistrophy
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Binding: Audio CD
EAN: 0094633517325
Format: Live
Label: Blue Note Records
Manufacturer: Blue Note Records
Number Of Discs: 1
Publisher: Blue Note Records
Release Date: 2005-09-27
Studio: Blue Note Records
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Customer Rating:
Summary: You Should Really Buy This
Comment: This recently discovered gem of an album documents the beautiful interplay of the Thelonious Monk Quartet with John Coltrane. These two together sounded so great, so fresh. Not only is this a historic recording, it's a brilliant live performance between two jazz innovators. Anyone with ears can hear how amazing this record is and how truly inspired the musicians were.
Recorded in 1957, this recording has been sitting in the vaults at the Library Of Congress ever since. Why did it take them this long to put out?
The band is just smoking! Monk on piano, Coltrane on tenor saxophone, Shadow Wilson on drums, and Ahmed Abdul-Malik on bass. This is probably one of Monk's best quartets right next to his famous 60s quartet with Charlie Rouse, Larry Gales, and Ben Riley.
If you're a Monk or Coltrane fan, don't pass this one up. Buy this right now!
Customer Rating:
Summary: Nice!!
Comment: Kudos go out to that engineer in the Library of Congress who rescued this gem from obscurity. What an album! Monk seems at his quirky best here, bouncing around the keyboard on Epistrophy, while Coltrane alternates on tracks between ripping it up and playing it smooth and glorious. This is a great performance from two of the best musicians in jazz history. I'm on maybe ten listens so far and it's impossible to pick a stand-out track or two. They're all excellently played and as it has already been pointed out by earlier reviewers, this show is accessible to a wide range of audiences. Highly recommended!
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Summary: It's mono
Comment: Thought some would like to know this disc is mono (and sounds wonderful in every way).
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Summary: Astounding. Period
Comment: This recording is Astounding. I have listened over and over (now on my 5th or 6th listen), and my awe grows each time. This is an instant classic, and belongs in every serious music collection.
This rates in the top 5 greatest jazz recordings of all time, right up there at the top with "Kind of Blue." It is genius.
I'm still shaking my head that it went undiscovered and unheard for almost 50 years. What a sonic treasure! Astounding.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Near-perfect reissue of a classic concert
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Would you believe how long it took them to put this sucker out? Too long, that's how long. Almost fifty years! I know I pretty much said the same thing for Mingus' recent archival release, but the truth is both are must-haves. The track list is mainly made up of Monk favorites, including the eccentric "Epistrophy" (which Coltrane totally does justice to), the always beautiful "Crepscule with Nellie"; "Bye-Ya", with an otherworldly melody; and an uptempo "Evidence", as well as the somber "Monk's Mood". Like Monk, Coltrane has all kinds of distinctive nuances in his playing, which makes him a perfect fit for Monk's compositions: he contributes an incredibly creative solo to "Bye-Ya". The only part where the album falls apart is the ten-minute standard "Sweet and Lovely". Elsewhere, he again shows what he can do with a form as familiar as the blues ("Blue Monk") or just has all kinds of fun ("Nutty").
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Editorial Reviews:
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Every year sees a crop of newly found jazz gems, but rarely are listeners treated to anything as special as this 1957 concert recording of Thelonious Monk and John Coltrane, which was accidentally discovered in an unmarked box by a Library of Congress engineer early in 2005. Until now, fans could only dream of hearing these two immortals play together beyond the three studio tracks they left behind. But here they are, hitting their stride at an all-star benefit concert, basking in the chemistry they had developed in Monk's quartet during the preceding weeks at New York's Five Spot. Coltrane's playing is a revelation. He's both an inspired accompanist and a galvanizing soloist, taking the music to new heights with his bold, brilliantly challenging, and sometimes jaw-dropping phrases, note clusters, and blasts of power. Sharing with Coltrane a newfound sense of freedom following the personal and professional troubles that had plagued them both, Monk is clearly tickled to be in the tenorist's presence, injecting humorous commentaries and otherwise asserting his eccentric genius as a pianist. The material, which was very well recorded by the Voice of America, includes Monk classics like "Epistrophy," "Monk's Moods," and "Evidence," as well as a striking rendition of the standard "Sweet and Lovely." This is music that not only bears repeated listenings, but also demands them--the ultimate definition of a classic. --Lloyd Sachs
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