Reviews4.5 Stars - Very Good Plus - "...a crudely taped 1957 set from their extended gig at New York's Five Spot has now come to light, and it makes the earlier releases sound tame....their recorded collaboration endures as a landmark in the development of modern jazz...", "...a tactile experience; you can practically smell the bathroom through the smoky low-fi gloom...Monk's sense of space is so sublime, you can feel him dancing even when he lays out...", "...this technically flawed treasure is a rare document of bop as a vocation of ethereal passion and wrath..." - Rating: A, 4 Stars - Excellent - "...the disc is a precious piece of documentation of a crucial gig...Coltrane is much wilder here than on the studio recordings the band made, where he sounded awed by Monk...Rough and ready, but essential..."