Jazz Heaven

A few months ago Larry Applebaum, a supervisor and jazz specialist at the Library of Congress, made a monumental discovery for all jazz fans. While sorting through old recordings he found a tape labeled “sp. Event 11/29/57 carnegie jazz concert (#1).” One of the tapes had the marking “T. Monk.”

Until this day, the fabled Thelonious Monk Quartet gig at Carnegie Hall was only a legendary story with no recording known to exist. Now the newly discovered tape has been remastered and was released last week under the title "at Carnegie Hall."

Jazz afficionados rave about this album of a lifetime. A new Monk/Coltrane album released in our lifetime! Not only that, but it is one of the best jazz performances known by these legendary musicians. This concert reveals part of Coltrane's transition from sax prodigy under Miles Davis into the jazz master he soon became.

You can hear more on the story and samples of the album on the All Songs Considered site.

For anyone into jazz or simply curious about the art, at Carnegie Hall a must have. This album is an instant classic that belongs in every personal library next to Kind of Blue and A Love Supreme.