Thelonious Monk & John Coltrane's Legendary 1957 Carnegie Hall Performance Marks 50th Anniversary

New York, NY. (Top40 Charts/ Blue Note Records) - This Fall there will be more reasons than usual to celebrate the legacy of the great pianist and composer Thelonious Monk. Not only is October 10th the 90th anniversary of Monk's birth date, but November 29th will also mark the 50th anniversary of Thelonious Monk and John Coltrane's legendary 1957 quartet performance at Carnegie Hall.

One of the most sensational musical findings of the decade, a recording of the Carnegie Hall concert an all-star benefit that also featured Billie Holiday, Dizzy Gillespie, Ray Charles, Chet Baker and Sonny Rollins was discovered by archivist Larry Appelbaum in the Library of Congress in 2005, and yielded one of the greatest Jazz albums of all-time when Blue Note Records released Thelonious Monk Quartet with John Coltrane at Carnegie Hall to universal acclaim in September 2005.

The album an invaluable document of the brief collaboration between two Jazz masters at the height of their powers was proclaimed an instant classic by Newsweek and 'Jazz's Holy Grail' by Entertainment Weekly. It made the year-end Top 10 lists in numerous publications including The New York Times and Rolling Stone, and has gone on to sell almost 400,000 copies worldwide to become the best-selling title in Monk's remarkable catalog.

Masterpiece
The Wall Street Journal

the music is sublime a treasure to cherish.
USA Today

a momentous musical find.
The New York Times

Every track is an utter gem This extraordinary recording belongs in every jazz fan's collection.
Los Angeles Times

the musical equivalent of discovering a new Mount Everest.
Newsweek

Astonishing Exhilarating From the first notes the chemistry between Monk and Coltrane is palpable.
The New Yorker

the year's most important new release the equivalent of finding a Rembrandt masterpiece hidden away in a cluttered attic the music remains fresh and compelling for today's listeners nearly 50 years after these two giants of modern jazz crossed paths.
Associated Press

The discovery of this recording is a bit like scoring a tablet etching of the Sermon on the Mount. It captures two behemoths trading licks just before Coltrane changed the course of jazz.
Details

Believe the hype. Here is an unearthing of such historic proportions as to constitute a major discovery, and, as a record to enjoy on its intrinsic merits, it's that and more.
DownBeat