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Okay, I'm a little slow on the uptake, but not as slow as the Library of Congress. It seems that their "Voices of America" archives (think of the last scene in "Raiders of the Lost Ark") had a few tapes simply labeled "Carnegie Hall Jazz 1957".
Say what?
It turns out that the box for those tapes had a hand-written note with a few song titles. It was signed "T. Monk".
Say what?!
So yes, it was Thelonious Monk. Listening, it was the Thelonious Monk Quartet. Listening closer, it was the Thelonious Monk Quartet with John Coltrane on tenor sax. In 1957. At Carnegie Hall. At the freakin' top of their game.
Thelonious Monk Quartet with John Coltrane at Carnegie Hall.
Every track solid. Every track ethereal. Only one track incomplete (hey, this was a "Voices of America" recording; it's not like they had professionals on the job).
Apparently, that concert also introduced somebody named Sonny Rollins, but he's not on this recording.
Say what?
It turns out that the box for those tapes had a hand-written note with a few song titles. It was signed "T. Monk".
Say what?!
So yes, it was Thelonious Monk. Listening, it was the Thelonious Monk Quartet. Listening closer, it was the Thelonious Monk Quartet with John Coltrane on tenor sax. In 1957. At Carnegie Hall. At the freakin' top of their game.
Thelonious Monk Quartet with John Coltrane at Carnegie Hall.
Every track solid. Every track ethereal. Only one track incomplete (hey, this was a "Voices of America" recording; it's not like they had professionals on the job).
Apparently, that concert also introduced somebody named Sonny Rollins, but he's not on this recording.
