Monk and Trane. The live album discovered by accident!

Many people already know about this, but for those who don't I thought I should post on it. The album, Thelonious Monk Quartet with John Coltrane at Carnegie Hall, was released on September 27, 2005 by Blue Note Records after being discovered by accident at the Library of Congress.

"The tapes from that evening at Carnegie Hall were inadequately labeled, filed away amongst the Voice of America’s vast collection of recordings, and apparently forgotten until January 2005 when Larry Appelbaum, a supervisor and jazz specialist at the Library of Congress, came upon them by chance during the routine process of digitally transferring the Library’s collection for preservation purposes."

This recording was made by Voice of America for a later radio broadcast and stored at the Library of Congress. A pivotal point in time for both musician's careers, this sound recording was recorded after they had been playing together for four months. Both the quality of the sound recording and the performance itself are excellent.

Blue Note/Thelonious #35173

Release date: September 27, 2005
For those who wish to purchase itm they can do it at True Blue Music.