"Complete" Monk and Coltrane at the 5 Spot.

[AllenLowe]

actually, turns out the tenor player is Robbie Coltrane.

[Stevie Mclean]

Just my two pence...

I could mistake the bass playing on those two cuts for about 60% of what Ware plays, but the other 40% (the more distinct portion) of Ware's playing is glaringly absent. None of his use of harmonics, repeated quarter and eighth notes, eighth note runs, sliding left hand, ascending/descending chromatic phrases and triplets can be found in the Five Spot recordings. Comparing the playing to Malik's has a much clearer match.

As far as the drumming is concerned, I think the five spot recording is a slightly toned down version of Haynes. One can compare the versions of Nutty from both TM with JC and Mysterioso to the FS recording and notice the similarities. Haynes on Mysterioso has a very active left hand compared to SW which matches up better to the FS recording. Additionally, Nutty on Mysterioso and the FS tape is taken at a very similar tempo and has more of a similar feel than the Ware/Wilson version despite the differing frontman.