2005-10-22

Treat for a lazy weekend day: Monk and Coltrane


This is a wonderful web preview of Blue Note's release of Thelonious Monk Quartet with John Coltrane at Carnegie Hall, a recording of a November 1957 performance. With Monk on piano, Coltrane on tenor saxophone, Ahmed Abdul-Malik on bass, and Shadow Wilson on drums. In addition to three tunes, the preview also gives text, video, graphics and photos. The recording had been unavailable until it was discovered (misfiled, it would seem) by a librarian at the Library of Congress in January of this year. We would all be lost and drowning in a sea of ignorance and confusion without librarians.

2 comments:

Thiago Forrest Gump said...

Viva o Rock and Roll!

Eric Gordy said...

Vive Os Paralamas do Suceso!
(hoping I havent got that wrong, I'm unfortunately not actually too literate in Portuguese)