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Thelonious Monk with John Coltrane


Pianist/composer Thelonious Monk and tenor saxophonist John Coltrane-genius mentor and budding genius-joined forces in a fabled Monk-led quartet that worked steadily at New York"s Five Spot Caf for a five-month period, between July and December 1957. And in the spring and summer of that year, they met in the recording studio on four occasions for the Riverside label, with producer Orrin Keepnews and a varying supporting cast.






CD1
  
1 - Monk"s mood (false start) 0:59 -  anno: 1957 
Thelonious Monk [autore] - Thelonious Monk [piano] - John Coltrane [sax] - Wilbur Ware [bass] 

2 - Monk"s mood 7:53 - anno: 1957
Thelonious Monk [autore] - Thelonious Monk [piano] - John Coltrane [sax] - Wilbur Ware [bass] 

3 - Crepuscule with Nellie (take 1) 4:34 - anno: 1957
Thelonious Monk [autore] - Thelonious Monk [piano] - Ray Copeland  - Gigi Gryce [sax] - John Coltrane [sax]
Coleman Hawkins [sax] - Wilbur Ware [bass] - Art Blakey [drums]

4 - Crepuscule with Nellie (take 2) - 4:34     anno: 1957
Thelonious Monk [autore] - Thelonious Monk [piano] - Ray Copeland - Gigi Gryce [sax] - John Coltrane [sax]
Coleman Hawkins [sax] - Wilbur Ware [bass] - Art Blakey [drums

5 - Crepuscule with Nellie (breakdown) - 1:22     anno: 1957 
Thelonious Monk [autore] - Thelonious Monk [piano] - Ray Copeland - Gigi Gryce [sax] - John Coltrane [sax]
Coleman Hawkins [sax] - Wilbur Ware [bass] - Art Blakey [drums]

6 - Blues for tomorrow - 13:33     anno: 1957  
Gigi Gryce [autore] - Ray Copeland - Gigi Gryce [sax] - John Coltrane [sax] - Coleman Hawkins [sax]
Wilbur Ware [bass] - Art Blakey [drums]

7 - Crepuscule with Nellie (takes 4 & 5) - 4:47     anno: 1957
Thelonious Monk [autore] - Thelonious Monk [piano] - Ray Copeland  - Gigi Gryce [sax] - John Coltrane [sax]
Coleman Hawkins [sax] - Wilbur Ware [bass] - Art Blakey [drums]  

8 - Crepuscule with Nellie (take 6) - 4:40     anno: 1957 
Thelonious Monk [autore] - Thelonious Monk [piano] - Ray Copeland  - Gigi Gryce [sax] - John Coltrane [sax]
Coleman Hawkins [sax] - Wilbur Ware [bass] - Art Blakey [drums]

9 - Off minor (take 4) - 5:15     anno: 1957 
Thelonious Monk [autore] - Thelonious Monk [piano] - Ray Copeland  - Gigi Gryce [sax] - John Coltrane [sax]
Coleman Hawkins [sax] - Wilbur Ware [bass] - Art Blakey [drums]

10 - Off minor (take 5) - 5:09     anno: 1957  
Thelonious Monk [autore] - Thelonious Monk [piano] - Ray Copeland  - Gigi Gryce [sax] - John Coltrane [sax]
Coleman Hawkins [sax] - Wilbur Ware [bass] - Art Blakey [drums]

CD2


1 - Abide with me (take 1) - 0:51     anno: 1957  
William Henry Monk [autore] - Henry Francis Lyte [autore] - Ray Copeland  - Gigi Gryce [sax]
John Coltrane [sax] - Coleman Hawkins [sax]

2 - Abide with me - 0:55     anno: 1957 
William Henry Monk [autore] - Henry Francis Lyte [autore] - Ray Copeland  - Gigi Gryce [sax]
John Coltrane [sax] - Coleman Hawkins [sax]

3 - Epistrophy (Short vers.) - 3:08     anno: 1957  
Thelonious Monk [autore] - Kenny Clarke [autore] - Thelonious Monk [piano] - Ray Copeland
Gigi Gryce [sax] - John Coltrane [sax] - Coleman Hawkins [sax] - Wilbur Ware [bass] - Art Blakey [drums]

4 - Epistrophy - 10:46     anno: 1957 
Thelonious Monk [autore] - Kenny Clarke [autore] - Thelonious Monk [piano] - Ray Copeland
Gigi Gryce [sax] - John Coltrane [sax] - Coleman Hawkins [sax] - Wilbur Ware [bass] - Art Blakey [drums]

5 - Well, you needn"t (opening) - 1:26     anno: 1957   
Thelonious Monk [autore] - Thelonious Monk [piano] - Ray Copeland - Gigi Gryce [sax] - John Coltrane [sax]
Coleman Hawkins [sax] - Wilbur Ware [bass] - Art Blakey [drums]

6 - Well, you needn"t - 11:25     anno: 1957   
Thelonious Monk [autore] - Thelonious Monk [piano] - Ray Copeland - Gigi Gryce [sax] - John Coltrane [sax]
Coleman Hawkins [sax] - Wilbur Ware [bass] - Art Blakey [drums]

7 - Ruby, my dear - 5:27     anno: 1957   
Thelonious Monk [autore] - Thelonious Monk [piano] - John Coltrane [sax]

8 - Ruby, my dear - 6:19     anno: 1957 
Thelonious Monk [autore] - Thelonious Monk [piano] - John Coltrane [sax]

9 - Nutty - 6:39 - anno: 1957  
Thelonious Monk [autore] - Thelonious Monk [piano] - John Coltrane [sax] - Wilbur Ware [bass] - Shadow Wilson [drums]

10 - Trinkle, tinkle 6:39 - anno: 1957   
Thelonious Monk [autore] - Thelonious Monk [piano] - John Coltrane [sax] - Wilbur Ware [bass] - Shadow Wilson [drums]