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Thelonious Monk With John Coltrane

Thelonious Monk

Recorded	Apr 16, 1957
Label	Jazzland
Released	1957
Personnel	8 credited players
Discogs	master 75869

The record

Tenor generations meet on this date, with Coltrane still soaking up the pianist's harmonic puzzles while Hawkins works from settled command -- a rare glimpse of a brief, productive pairing before Coltrane went on to remake the music himself.

Session personnel

Gigi Gryce — alto saxophone
Wilbur Ware — bass
Art Blakey — drums
Shadow Wilson — drums
Thelonious Monk — piano
Coleman Hawkins — tenor saxophone
John Coltrane — tenor saxophone
Ray Copeland — trumpet

Contemporary reception

No period review located yet. The vintage-press pipeline searches DownBeat, Cash Box, and Billboard for this session.

Pressings

Showing the first pressing, audiophile reissues and copies carrying a collector marker, out of 105 pressings on file.

1961	Jazzland · JLP-46 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Mono earliest on file
1982	Original Jazz Classics · OJC-039 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Pitman Pressing OJC
1987	Original Jazz Classics · OJCCD-039-2 — CD, Album, Reissue, Remastered, Stereo OJC · gatefold
2007	Jazzland · UCCO-9073 — CD, Album, Limited Edition, Reissue, Remastered OJC
2023	Jazzland · CR00611 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Stereo, Mono, 180g Kevin Gray remaster
—	Original Jazz Classics · OJC-039 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Repress, Stereo, Gloversville Pressing OJC
1961	Jazzland · JLP 946S — Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo
1961	Jazzland · JLP-46 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Mono
1961	Jazzland · JLP 46 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Mono
1961	Riverside Records · R-5002 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Mono
1961	Jazzland · JLP-46 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Promo, Mono
1962	Riverside Records · SR-7002 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo
1963	Riverside Records · JLP46 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Mono
1963	Riverside Records · JLP946 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo