Thelonious Monk Quartet with John Coltrane at Carnegie Hall

Thelonious Monk Quartet with John Coltrane at Carnegie Hall
Live album by Thelonious Monk
Released September 27, 2005
Recorded November 29, 1957
Genre Jazz
Length 51:49
Label Blue Note
Producer Michael Cuscuna, T.S. Monk (restoration)
Thelonious Monk chronology
Mulligan Meets Monk
(1957)		 Thelonious Monk Quartet with John Coltrane at Carnegie Hall
(1957/rel. 2005)		 Thelonious in Action
(1958)

At Carnegie Hall is a live album by The Thelonious Monk Quartet with John Coltrane.

Album information

It was recorded on 29 November 1957 at "Thanksgiving Jazz", a benefit concert produced by Kenneth Lee Karpe for the Morningside Community Center in Harlem. Other acts performing included: Billie Holiday, Dizzy Gillespie, Ray Charles, Sonny Rollins, and Chet Baker with Zoot Sims. The recording, by Voice of America, documents two sets by the Monk Quartet with Coltrane that night – an early set (tracks 1-5) and a late set (tracks 6-9), which the recording does not fully document.

The tape was stored at the Library of Congress where it sat untouched, until 2005 when it was discovered by recording lab supervisor Larry Appelbaum. The recording was then restored by producer Michael Cuscuna and T.S. Monk (Thelonious Monk's son).

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[1]
All About Jazz(favourable)[2]
Robert Christgau(A)[3]
Rolling Stone[4]

The recording has been highly praised: Newsweek called it the "musical equivalent of the discovery of a new Mount Everest," and Amazon.com editorial reviewer Lloyd Sachs called it "the ultimate definition of a classic". Soon after its release, it became the #1 best selling music recording on Amazon.com.

The discovery substantially increased coverage of Monk and Coltrane's partnership; the only other recordings known are The Complete 1957 Riverside Recordings CD set (assembled from previously issued albums) and Discovery, believed to document a reunion at the Five Spot café in 1958, recorded on amateur equipment by Coltrane's first wife.

Track listing

All tracks composed by Thelonious Monk unless otherwise noted.

  1. "Monk's Mood" – 7:52
  2. "Evidence" – 4:41
  3. "Crepuscule With Nellie" – 4:26
  4. "Nutty" – 5:03
  5. "Epistrophy" (Monk, Kenny Clarke) – 4:29
  6. "Bye-Ya" – 6:31
  7. "Sweet and Lovely" (Gus Arnheim, Harry Tobias, Jules LeMare) – 9:34
  8. "Blue Monk" – 6:31
  9. "Epistrophy" (incomplete) – 2:24

Personnel

References

  1. ↑ Allmusic review
  2. ↑ All About Jazz review
  3. ↑ Christgau, Robert. "Consumer Guide: Thelonious Monk Quartet with John Coltrane at Carnegie Hall". The Village Voice: December 27, 2005. Archived from the original on 2009-09-01.
  4. ↑ Rolling Stone review
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