The day is November 29th, 1957. The Thelonious Monk quartet and John Coltrane performed together at a historic concert in New York's Carnegie Hall. The concert was recorded by Voice of America for an overseas broadcast, but unfortunately the tapes were poorly labeled and put into storage to never be found again.

Fastforward to January 2005 when the tapes are uncovered at the Library of Congress in Washington, D.C. With little recorded documentation of Monk and Coltrane performing together, these tapes are first and only full-length high-quality recording of one of the most legendary collaborations in jazz history.

The newly-discovered 51 minute recording of these jazz legends will be released by Blue Note Records and Thelonious Records on September 27th, 2005. Sirius will be broadcasting this incredible recording on their jazz channel, Pure Jazz 72, on Friday, September 9th at 6pm.