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        Thelonious Monk with John Coltrane

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        Ruby, My Dear
        		 6:22
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        Trinkle, Tinkle
        		 6:40
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        Off Minor
        		 5:16
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        Nutty
        		 6:38
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        Epistrophy
        		 3:10
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        Functional
        		 9:46
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        Monk's Mood
        		 7:51
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        Total Tracks: 7   Total Length: 45:43

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        he was out there

        MusicMan1515

        way ahead of his time, and probably still to this day, a man who play what he felt, and didn't compromise, expression of thought was he was about...

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        Much of the music on this two-LP set is quite essential for any serious jazz library (all of it is also included in Monk’s giant 15-CD box set The Complete Riverside Recordings). Although Thelonious Monk and John Coltrane played together for several months in 1957, until the discovery of a live tape (which has been issued on Blue Note), the music on this two-fer (which includes several tracks with a larger group that also features Coleman Hawkins, “Monk’s Mood” by a trio with bassist Wilbur Ware, and three outstanding tracks with a quartet) was all that existed of their historic collaboration. Coltrane developed rapidly during his period with Monk and he is heard in brilliant form on “Trinkle, Tinkle” and “Nutty.” – Scott Yanow

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