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Thelonius Monk With John Coltrane |
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Long before Empty-Vee; before everything that's
now hip this week was even born, when rock 'n'
roll itself still had poo sodden diapers,
Thelonius Monk (piano), John Coltrane (tenor
saxophone), a pair of drummers called Art Blakey
and Shadow Wilson, Ray Copeland (trumpet),
Coleman Hawkins (also on tenor sax) Gigi Grice
(alto sax), and Wilbur Ware (bass) were playing
together at the Five Spot Café in New York. It's
a shame that six months worth of live sets now
can only account for a measly thirty-six minutes
of music, and not a mammoth boxed set. C'est la
vie!
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Recorded between 1957-58 these six songs have
that quality to them that makes you feel as
though the entire band is set up in your house
while it's on.
No one had yet made Monk and 'Trane the legends
that they so deservedly are now. Instead you have
this fantastic footnote to an era that was as
different from today as humanly possible.
By Jason Thornberry, CanEHdian.com
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