Library of Congress adds new recordings to national registry

JET writes From The Detroit News:
Coltrane, Monk recording uncovered
Work by jazz masters is among this year’s 50 additions to registry by the Library of Congress. The discovery of a previously unknown recording by jazz masters Thelonious Monk and John Coltrane was announced Tuesday by the Library of Congress as it revealed this year’s additions to its National Recording Registry.

Astronaut Neil Armstrong’s first words from the moon, speeches by President Wilson and Gen. Douglas MacArthur and songs by Al Jolson, Muddy Waters and Nirvana are among 50 recordings being set aside for special preservation.”