Harry colomby thelonious monk biography

On September 27th, Thelonious Records, in conjunction with Blue Note Records, released Thelonious Monk Quartet with John Coltrane at Carnegie Hall, a never-before-heard jazz classic that documents one of the most historically important working bands in the history of the music, a band that was both short-lived and, until now, thought to be frustratingly under-recorded.

Harry colomby thelonious monk biography

The concert, which took place at the famed New York hall on November 29, 1957, was preserved on newly-discovered tapes made by Voice of America for a later radio broadcast that were located at the Library of Congress in Washington DC earlier this year.

1957 was a pivotal year in the lives and careers of both Thelonious Monk and John Coltrane.

For Monk, 1957 began auspiciously. For several years the pianist had been unable to perform in New York City’s clubs and concert halls due to the loss of his cabaret card, but with the help of his manager Harry Colomby and the patroness Nica de Koenigswarter, he r