Giants of Jazz: Thelonious Monk and John Coltrane
For this special American Routes program, we follow the lives of two giants of jazz: Thelonious Monk and John Coltrane. From their humble North Carolina beginnings to their triumphs on the world stage, we’ll trace their individual and inspired paths to creativity. And we’ll visit with the musicians who played with the greats, including McCoy Tyner and Pharoah Sanders, and the next generation, TS Monk and Ravi Coltrane.
HOUR ONE
Open Bed: Monk's Dream The Thelonious Monk Quartet
Monk's Dream, Columbia
Open Bed: We See The Thelonious Monk Quintet
The Complete Prestige Recordings, Prestige
A. Early Sound/ New York City
excerpt: It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got that Swing) Thelonious Monk
Thelonious Monk Plays Duke Ellington, Riverside
excerpt: I'm Just Wild About Harry Eubie Blake
Memories of You, Biograph
excerpt: Ida Ida Let Me Know Codallo's Top Hatters
Calypso Ladies 1926-1941, Heritage
Bemsha Swing Thelonious Monk
The Complete Prestige Recordings, Prestige
excerpt: This is My Story, This is My Song (aka Blessed Assurance) Thelonious Monk
Straight, No Chaser, Columbia/Legacy
excerpt: Nutty Thelonious Monk
The Complete Prestige Recordings, Prestige
B. Stride/Minton's
excerpt: Mule Walk James P . Johnson
Father of Stride Piano, Columbia
excerpt: Nice Work if You Can Get It Thelonious Monk
It's Monk's Time, Columbia
excerpt: Star Dust Helen Humes & Don Byas w/ Thelonious Monk
Don Byas: Midnight at Minton's, High Note Recording
excerpt: On the Bean Coleman Hawkins w/ Thelonious Monk
The Complete Prestige Recordings, Prestige
Instrumental: Straight, No Chaser Thelonious Monk
Straight, No Chaser, Columbia/Legacy
C. Bebop/Mentor
excerpt: Moose the Mooche Charlie Parker
The Legendary Dial Masters, Vol. 1, Stash
excerpt: Introspection Thelonious Monk
The Complete Blue Note Recordings, Blue Note
excerpt: Round Midnight Thelonious Monk
The Complete Blue Note Recordings, Blue Note
excerpt: Misterioso Thelonious Monk
The Complete Blue Note Recordings, Blue Note
excerpt: Brilliant Corners Thelonious Monk
Brilliant Corners, Riverside
excerpt: Four in One Thelonious Monk
The Complete Blue Note Recordings, Blue Note
excerpt: Blue Monk Thelonious Monk
The Complete Prestige Recordings, Prestige
D. On Stage/With Family
excerpt: Well You Needn't Thelonious Monk
Monk's Music, Riverside
excerpt: Stuffy Turkey Thelonious Monk
It's Monk's Time, Columbia
excerpt: Brake's Sake Thelonious Monk
It's Monk's Time, Columbia
excerpt: Blues Five Spot Thelonious Monk
Live at the It Club- Complete, Columbia/Legacy
excerpt: Nutty Thelonious Monk
The Complete Prestige Recordings, Prestige
excerpt: Crepuscule with Nellie Thelonious Monk
Monk's Music, Riverside
excerpt: Skippy Thelonious Monk
The Complete Blue Note Recordings, Blue Note
excerpt: San Francisco Holiday (Worry Later) Thelonious Monk Quartet Plus Two
At the Blackhawk, Riverside
Instrumental: Bye-Ya Thelonious Monk
The Complete Prestige Recordings, Prestige
E. Last Year/Legacy
excerpt: Reflections Thelonious Monk
Thelonious Alone in San Francisco, Riverside
excerpt: Bon Bon Vie T.S. Monk
House of Music, Mirage
excerpt: Little Rootie Tootie Thelonious Monk
The Complete Prestige Recordings, Prestige
excerpt: Little Rootie Tootie T.S. Monk
Monk on Monk, N2K Encoded Music
excerpt: Jackie-ing Jason Marsalis
American Routes original recording
excerpt: Jackie-ing Thelonious Monk
5 By Monk By 5, Riversideexcerpt: Crepuscule with Nellie Thelonious Monk Criss-Cross, Columbia/Legacy
excerpt: Crepuscule with Nellie Jason Moran
Ten, Blue Note
excerpt: Thelonious Thelonious Monk
Underground, Columbia
End Bed: Blue Monk The Dirty Dozen Brass Band
My Feet Can't Fail Me Now, Retroworld
HOUR TWO
Open Bed: Blue Train John Coltrane
Blue Train, Blue Note
A. Monk & Coltrane
excerpt: Monk's Mood Thelonious Monk and John Coltrane
Thelonious Monk and John Coltrane at Carnegie Hall, Blue Note
excerpt: Trinkle Tinkle Thelonious Monk and John Coltrane
Thelonious Monk with John Coltrane, Jazzland
excerpt: Epistrophy Thelonious Monk and John Coltrane
Thelonious Monk and John Coltrane at Carnegie Hall, Blue Note
B. Trane in Training
excerpt: Blues Minor The John Coltrane Quartet
Complete Africa/Bass Sessions, Impulse
We Love to Boogie Dizzy Gillespie Septet
John Coltrane: Complete Recordings with Dizzy Gillespie, Definitive Records
C. Full Throttle
excerpt: C.T .A. John Coltrane
John Coltrane: The Prestige Recordings, Prestige
excerpt: Bakai John Coltrane
John Coltrane: The Prestige Recordings, Prestige
excerpt: Chasing the Trane John Coltrane
Live at the Village Vanguard, Impulse
Instrumental: Bags and Trane Milt Jackson and John Coltrane
Bags and Trane, Atlantic
D. Composing
excerpt: So What Miles Davis
Kind of Blue, Columbia
excerpt: Giant Steps John Coltrane
Giant Steps, Atlantic
excerpt: Afro Blue John Coltrane
Live at Birdland, Impulse
excerpt: One Up, One Down John Coltrane
One Up, One Down: Live at the Half Note, Impulse
F . A Love Supreme
excerpt: A Love Supreme: Part 1- Acknowledgement John Coltrane
A Love Supreme, Impulse
excerpt: A Love Supreme: Part 2- Resolution John Coltrane
A Love Supreme, Impulse
excerpt: A Love Supreme: Part 4- Psalm John Coltrane
A Love Supreme, Impulse
G. Spirituality
excerpt: Spiritual John Coltrane
Live at the Village Vanguard, Impulse
excerpt: Song of Praise John Coltrane
The John Coltrane Quartet Plays, Impulse
Instrumental: Out of This World John Coltrane
Coltrane, Impulse
Say It (Over and Over Again) John Coltrane Quartet
Ballads, Impulse
In a Sentimental Mood John Coltrane
Duke Ellington and John Coltrane, Impulse
H. Alice
excerpt: Journey in Satchidananda Alice Coltrane
Journey in Satchidananda, Impulse
excerpt: Ogunde John Coltrane
Expression, Impulse
I. Legacy
excerpt: Wise One John Coltrane
Crescent, Impulse
The Last Blues John Coltrane
Living Space, Impulse