A case could be built that this is the finest Coltrane recording before the historic Atlantic and Impulse sessions. Coltrane at Carnegie Hall with Monk is a man certain of his own voice while not afraid of showing his roots, clear-thinking, wonderfully focused, in tune with Monk's logic, simpatico with the rhythm section. The Five Spot recording has Coltrane sounding looser, particularly on "In Walked Bud, but the recording sounds like it was recorded at the wrong end of a mine shaft, and much of what Coltrane played has to be imagined. Then listen to the Five Spot recording, and then this new discovery.ĭuring the studio date, Coltrane sounds remarkably reserved, perhaps too star-struck still, as he was on his session with Duke Ellington, to do very much but hang on for the ride. To really savor Coltrane's performances, begin by listening to the studio session with Monk currently listed in the Fantasy catalog ( Thelonious Monk With John Coltrane). Monk sounds grandly baroque in summoning grandly cascading arpeggios from his piano (which sounds infinitely better than the junk pianos he was often saddled with), while Coltrane sounds immensely assured. There is a sense that both Monk and Coltrane knew they were going to make history in 1957 at Carnegie Hall, and it's palpable from the opening notes of "Monk's Mood. Not only is the sound as sterling and clear as the sound on the Five Spot date was excretory, but the performances of the stars are light years beyond that muddy recording. Live From Planet Earth is a hands-on, cooperative meditation - on self-sustaining, tropical, organic human being and development - rooting and producing through your generous, reparative, faithful contributions. Sign-up by clicking your membership contribution amount below. As a regular gift to our $2400+/biennium members, Live From Planet Earth extends a special unlimited invitation to our family's homestead/farm/estate in Jamaica. Cultivare, cultiva terra, arable land, colere, colō worship, protect, cultivate. Interview with John Coltrane June 15, 1958 The native notion that something magical might just happen tonight. The elegance of “Sweet & Lovely” and “Blue Monk” transport the listener back to a time when performances were masterful works of art unfolding before your eyes. Every track is a moment in itself, whether it's the improvisations of “Nutty,’ the exchange of powerful solos on “Epistrophy” or “Bye-Ya” which begins as a tightly structured bebop lead by Monk, before breaking in the sheer brilliance of Coltrane. Monk's multi-layered, complex compositions are difficult, yet Coltrane found the restraints of playing within Monk's work refreshing and challenging, with drummer Shadow Wilson and bassist Ahmed Abdul-Malik laying the rhythmic foundations. Billed as two 25-minute sets, each performance gets stronger as the set builds. Monk and Coltrane joined forces after Coltrane was kicked out of Miles Davis' band as he battled through addiction.īoth energetic and exuberant, the playing is also confident and brilliant as Coltrane and Monk find an incredible chemistry. Found by an archivist Larry Applebaum this benefit gig at Carnegie Hall taped by the Voice Of America is a true lost treasure. This lost live recording of Thelonious Monk and John Coltrane from Carnegie Hall in 1957 captures two giants at the crossroads. Here you have two of the most visionary, complicated and misunderstood artists of their time, who constantly battled to make the music they heard in their head into reality.
The historical magnitude of this recording would be tantamount to finding albums worth of material from Notorious BIG and Tupac discovered in 2043, from lost recordings from 1993.
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