Thelonious Monk with John Coltrane (LP)

When Monk and Trane spent six months of 1957 working together at New York's Five Spot Cafe, it was an historic event which certainly should have been exhaustively recorded. But non-musical conflicts made that impossible, leaving as the only permanent reminders of this momentous encounter the three remarkable quartet selections that highlight this album.

Musicians:
Thelonious Monk, piano
John Coltrane, tenor sax
Coleman Hawkins, tenor sax
Ray Copeland, trumpet
Gigi Gryce, alto sax
Wilbur Ware, bass
Art Blakey, drums
Shadow Wilson, drums