In Vinyl News: Thelonious Monk with John Coltrane Complete 1957 RIVERSIDE RECORDINGS set to be reissued in box set!

IN VINYL NEWS: We are excited to share the new imprint Craft Recordings will be reissuing Thelonious Monk and John Coltrane’s Complete 1957 Riverside Recordings as a deluxe vinyl box set! Check out the news below:

For an all-too-brief, magical time in 1957, two of the greatest musicians in history —

Thelonious Monk and John Coltrane — performed together every night at New York’s Five Spot Cafe and between April and July of that year, they made their only studio recordings together.

 

This June 9^th, the newly minted imprint Craft Recordings, is set to reissueThelonious Monk and John Coltrane’s Complete 1957 Riverside Recordings as adeluxe vinyl edition box set featuring new artwork, rare photos and 180-gram vinyl pressed at RTI from lacquers cut by George Horn at Fantasy Studios in Berkeley, CA. Remastered from the original analog sources, audio will also be released in hi-res digital formats. The collection features such stellar musicians as Art Blakey, Wilbur Ware, Coleman Hawkins, Shadow Wilson, Ray Copeland and Gigi Gryce. Rounding out the package is an insightful essay by the late Orrin Keepnews, who, as producer of the original sessions, was present at the creation of every note.

 

Coltrane was poised to make a giant leap forward and ready to learn from one of the masters, Monk. In a DOWNBEAT interview Coltrane recalled, “Working with Monk brought me close to a musical architect of the highest order. I learned from him in every way.”

 

Regarding Craft Recordings inaugural release, Sig Sigworth, President, Craft Recordings, shares: “Craft Recordings is built on a dedication to create innovative, high-quality releases. The intersection of John Coltrane and Thelonious Monk in 1957 defines high quality and innovation, so it was an easy choice to have this unique package be Craft Recordings’ debut release.”

 

2017 marks what would have been Monk‘s 100^th birthday and this release celebrates the brief but prolific intersection of genius between two of jazz’s all-time luminaries.

 

The 3-LP box set is available to pre-order on Amazon.

 

Track List:

 

Disc One           

A1. Monk’s Mood [false start]  

A2. Monk’s Mood          

A3. Crepuscule with Nellie [take 1]        

A4. Crepuscule with Nellie [take 2]        

A5. Crepuscule with Nellie [breakdown]             

B1. Blues for Tomorrow [first stereo release]  

B2. Crepuscule with Nellie [edited: retakes 4 & 5]           

                                              

Disc Two

A1. Crepuscule with Nellie [retake 6]    

A2. Off Minor [take 4]  

A3. Off Minor [take 5]  

A4. Abide with Me [take 1]        

A5. Abide with Me        

B1. Ephistrophy [short version]

B2. Ephistrophy              

B3. Well, You Needn’t [opening]             

                                                                              

Disc Three                                       

A1. Well, You Needn’t  

A2. Ruby, My Dear [with Coleman Hawkins]

B1. Ruby, My Dear [with John Coltrane]              

B2. Nutty           

B3. Trinkle, Tinkle         

 

For more info on Craft Recordings, visit: CraftRecordings.com