Thelonious Monk and John Coltrane are two of the greatest Jazz musicians of all time. They played together for 5 months in 1957 at the Five Spot in New York but we have hardly any recordings of the two of them together. On November 29th, 1957 Monk and Coltrane played together (with Ahmed Abdul-Malik on bass and Shadow Wilson on drums) at Carnegie Hall at an all-star benefit fundraiser for the Morningside Community Center. This performance was recorded by the Voice of America and recently unearthed in the Library of Congress archives by recording lab supervisor Larry Appelbaum and prepared for release by producer Michael Cuscuna and Monk's son, drummer T.S. Monk. The CD came out a week ago and is #1 in music sales on Amazon.
The list price for the CD is $18.98 and Amazon is offering it for $13.49. I looked on the iTunes musics store and sure enough they have it. You can buy 7 of the 9 tracks individually for $0.99 or the whole album for $9.99. With the CD you get liner notes and an unprotected lossless format but why wait (and pay) for shipping? I didn't, and the album is fantastic.
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