Thelonious Monk and John Coltrane
1961's Thelonious Monk with John Coltrane was recorded in 1957 but not issued until Trane (already a veteran of Davis' and Dizzy Gillespie's bands) had become a jazz superstar in his own right. The album was recorded not long after pianist Monk, already a titan of the jazz genre, and Coltrane began a summer residency at New York's Five Spot Café. Now, it returns as one of the first titles in the relaunched Original Jazz Classics series. The album has been pressed on 180-gram vinyl, cut from the original master tapes in an all-analog (AAA) chain by Kevin Gray at Cohearant Audio. it will also be reissued digitally in 192/24 HD Audio.