*****DOWNBEAT

Some accounts of the recordings devote more space to the horns than to the leader. So listen carefully to how humbly Coltrane plays on 'Ruby My Dear'. He was still an emerging artist, to be sure, but his command of the instrument was
complete and he didn't usually play with this reserve. Hawkins, by contrast, is determined
to make his presence felt. He even comes in at the wrong place a couple of times.'
'Playing Thelonious Monk's music is always a challenge. Even the greatest
performers were frequently puzzled by his compositions. During the sessions that
produced this album, now considered among the pianist's masterworks, Coleman Hawkins, the 'inventor' of the tenor saxophone in jazz, and John Coltrane, one of Hawk's most celebrated disciples, tried to unravel the various secrets hidden in Monk's scores, to get as close as they could to the mysterious beauty of his music. ' Jazz Magazine

Cast & Crew

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Track Listing

• ABIDE WITH ME
• WELL YOU NEEDN'T
• RUBY, MY DEAR [featuring Coleman Hawkins]
• RUBY, MY DEAR [featuring John Coltrane]
• OFF MINOR
• EPISTROPHY
• CREPUSCULE WITH NELLIE
• 'ROUND MIDNIGHT

Additional Details

Label: 20th Century Masterworks Color

Genre: Jazz

Language: English

Run Time: 40:00 mins

Region: 0

Release Date: 09/03/21

UPC: 8436563183447