Thelonious Monk With John Coltrane (Self- Titled) Vinyl LP 2026

Tracklist:

1. Ruby My Dear
2. Trinkle Tinkle
3. Off Minor (Tk 4)
4. Monk's Mood
5. Nutty
6. Epistrophy (alt tk)
7. Functional (alt tk)
8. Off Minor (Master)

After being fired by Miles Davis and traveling to Philadelphia to combat
his drug addiction, in mid-1957 John Coltrane accepted Thelonious Monk's offer and joined his band for a period of six months. They played at New York's Five Spot Café in a quartet format. Despite the exquisite quality of the band's music, it yielded relatively few studio recordings. This LP was issued by producer Orrin Keepnews in 1961, four years after the sessions took place, and after Coltrane had become a leader and jazz star in his own right.