In April 2005, The
NYT ran a story about the Library of Congress uncovering an undiscovered recorded concert from 1957 featuring John Coltrane and his quartet with Thelonious Monk.
Can you imagine rummaging through a box of media only to find a pristine and as yet unknown concert between these two both in their
prime? Jesus.
I was spinning thru the Sirius dial this past weekend, and the classic jazz station played the concert pretty much in its entirety before its late September release on
Blue Note.
In addition, Sirius's host interviewed T.S. Monk Jr, Thelonious's younger percussionist son. T.S. recounted stories of his boyhood when Coltrane and Monk would woodshed/practice in the bedroom next to his (!) in their tiny NYC apartment.
I can't wait to hear this again. September 2005 is a good month to be a jazz entusiast.