Coltrane Monk lost tape
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http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2005/10/04/DDGKPF11VT1.DTLPersonally this doesn't get me "all wet" or anything like that. But surely there are some jazz nerds busting loads somewhere.
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It's fucking incredible. essential jazz. Seriously, it's everything you could imagine. Monk's sparse, off-kilter notes underneath Coltrane's sax gymnastics is absolutely orgasmic.
Buy it now! It's out
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B000AV2GCE/qid=1128540165/sr=8-1/ref=pd_bbs_1/002-7748606-2687262?v=glance&s=music&n=507846
that cover is a shirt waiting to happen...
i'l have to check that out after work, when did it come out?
came out last week I think..
was at a certain period of both musicians careers that was significantly important.
Coltrane had been out of the scene for awhile due to kicking the H habit, and Monk was trying to get his cabaret license back or some shit, so they were both on some other nother... at least that's what the story was suggesting...
I'm pretty sure Monk had his cabaret card by then, because the vast majority of their time playing together was a residency at the Five Spot...
It is important because it is the only professionally recorded material available(Voice of America Radio recorded the occasion using their professional sound techs and radio guys) AND it was completely not known to exist by any of the principle's families, management, critics, or historians. Ira Gitler says in the liners that he couldn't even remember the show, which is pretty astounding considering it was these 2 giants as well as Sonny Rollins, Billie Holiday, Ray Charles, Dizzy, Chet Baker and Zoot sims AND it was on the Thanksgiving weekend of 1957. While it may be underwhelming for folks casually tuned in to funky jazz, if you have an interest in the music's development and in these two in particular, the CD is like having a full color photo where only grainy black and white was available. It crystalizes and backs up the notion's of how serious Monk's mentorship was to opening up Coltrane's then-impending creative surge that characterized the remaining year's and would ultimately define his career and legacy. It's all there in beautifully recorded clarity in a live setting in a great sounding room.
AND it was found by accident, a small miracle that it was not destroyed year's earlier. http://www.bluenote.com/detail.asp?SelectionID=10459
This CD is as close as the jazz fan gets to finding buried treasure.
It's in mono, but since it was recorded specifically for a radio broadcast, quality is excellent. Both of them are "playful", but each respects each other's boundaries. A must have album.
Monk Coltrane Lost Tapes
I'm looking forward to this.
sorry i am of no valuable input on this one but i have to say
HOLY SHIT!
They never did a studio recording with this group, and I don't think they ever appeared together on any of either's studio sessions. Someone correct me if I am wrong. Any Coltrane/Monk LPs or CDs you see are from live tapes, usually fans or other musicians' tapes.
For those in NY, Thelonious's birthday broadcast is monday.
I stand corrected, and I am pretty sure the story is true, as Coltrane's habit was pretty bad in those days.
If you have any of these LPs, get the CD, you won't be dissapointed(unless you try to rip it to iTunes-that's a no go).
its Shadow Wilson. Ahmed Abdul Malik on bass.
let me cosine with everyone- this recording (not surprisingly) is ridiculously good.