Thelonious Monk Quartet with John Coltrane at Carnegie Hall

Infobox Album | Name = Thelonious Monk Quartet with John Coltrane at Carnegie Hall
Type = Live album
Artist = The Thelonious Monk Quartet, John Coltrane


Released = September 27, 2005
Recorded = November 29, 1957
Genre = Jazz
Length = 51:49
Label = Blue Note Records
Producer = Michael Cuscuna, T.S. Monk (restoration)
Reviews =
*Allmusic Rating|5|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:rvfe4j377wav link]
*All About Jazz (favourable) [http://www.allaboutjazz.com/php/article.php?id=19295 link]
*"Rolling Stone" Rating|4|5 [http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/theloniousmonk/albums/album/7632407/review/7674546/thelonius_monk_quartet_with_john_coltrane__at_carnegie_hall link]
Last album =
This album = "At Carnegie Hall"
(1957)
Next album =

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

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 playing 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 more relaxed 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).

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.

This 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 cafê in 1958, recorded on amateur equipment by Coltrane's first wife.

Track listing

#"Monk's Mood" – 7:52
#"Evidence" – 4:41
#"Crepuscule With Nellie" – 4:26
#"Nutty" – 5:03
#"Epistrophy" – 4:29
#"Bye-Ya" – 6:31
#"Sweet & Lovely" – 9:34
#"Blue Monk" – 6:31
#"Epistrophy" (incomplete) – 2:24

Personnel

*Thelonious Monk – piano
*John Coltrane – tenor saxophone
*Ahmed Abdul-Malik – bass
*Shadow Wilson – drums