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

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