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John Coltrane w/Eric Dolphy: Evenings At The Village Gate (CD: Impulse)John Coltrane w/Eric Dolphy: Evenings At The Village Gate (CD: Impulse)
In August of 1961, the John Coltrane Quintet played an engagement at the legendary Village Gate in Greenwich Village, New York. Coltrane's Classic Quartet was not as fully established as it would soon become and there was a meteoric fifth member of Coltrane's group those nights- visionary multi-instrumentalist Eric Dolphy. Ninety minutes of never-before-heard music from this group were recently discovered at the New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, offering a glimpse into a powerful musical partnership that ended much too soon. In addition to some well-known Coltrane material ("My Favorite Things", "Impressions", "Greensleeves"), there is a breathtaking feature for Dolphy's bass clarinet on "When Lights Are Low" and the only known non-studio recording of Coltrane's composition "Africa", from the Africa/Brass album. This recording represents a very special moment in John Coltrane's journey-the summer of 1961-when his signature, ecstatic live sound, commonly associated his Classic Quartet of '62 to '65, was first maturing and when he was drawing inspiration from deep, African sources- and experimenting with the two-bass idea both in the studio (Olé) and on stage. This truly rare recording of "Africa" captures his expansive vision at the time. (Universal Music) 


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John Coltrane w/Eric Dolphy: Evenings At The Village Gate (Vinyl LP: Impulse, 2 LPs)
 


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John Coltrane w/Eric Dolphy: Evenings At The Village Gate (Vinyl LP: Impulse, 2 LPs)


John Coltrane: So Many Things - The European Tour 1961 (CD: Acrobat, 4 CDs)John Coltrane: So Many Things - The European Tour 1961 (CD: Acrobat, 4 CDs)
This is to some extent a sequel to our 2014 release of “All Of You: The Last Tour 1960” by The Miles Davis Quintet featuring John Coltrane, as it presents ‘live’ recordings from Coltrane’s European tour the following year.

“There are so many things to be considered in making music”, John Coltrane told an interviewer during his first European tour as a bandleader in the autumn of 1961. “Many things on which I don't think I've reached a final conclusion.” Indeed, the music Coltrane made on this trip took audiences to the very cutting edge, leaving many questions unanswered, even for the saxophonist’ s most ardent fans. The impact of Coltrane and his regular quartet sidemen – pianist McCoy Tyner, bassist Reggie Workman and drummer Elvin Jones – was made doubly controversial by the leader’s last-minute decision to add the formidable multi-instrumentalist Eric Dolphy, a musician whom Coltrane regarded as a true kindred spirit but whose introduction to European audiences was to prove equally divisive.

Playing over 30 concert appearances in under three weeks, the band criss-crossed the continent from France to Finland, taking its message to far larger crowds than could be squeezed into its club sets back in the US. While the critics thumbed their thesauruses in a vain attempt to describe the overwhelming spectacle of the Coltrane band in full flight, several of the group’s gigs were being captured for posterity, taped by various local radio stations and private collectors. These recordings have since acquired almost legendary status and have previously only been available in sporadic fashion, but for the first time ever, this new Acrobat release collates tapes made by the quintet in Paris, Copenhagen, Helsinki and Stockholm, creating a truly sundering anthology of this short-lived band at its peak.

Newly remastered for optimum sound quality, along with examples of Coltrane's landmark compositions ‘Naima’ and ‘Impressions’, this collection also includes the saxophonist’s only recording of Victor Young's theme ‘Delilah' and, as a bonus, a stunning rare “second house” performance of Coltrane's transformational anthem ‘My Favourite Things’ taped in Stockholm. The booklet features photographs, concert memorabilia and press clippings, and comes complete with an extensive essay by award-winning British saxophonist and writer Simon Spillett. (Acrobat Music) 


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John Coltrane: Afro Blue Impressions (Vinyl LP: Pablo/ Craft Recordings, 2 LPs)
The recordings that make up Afro Blue Impressions were acquired by jazz impresario/auteur Norman Granz during the tours he produced for many jazz artists during the 1960s, though they weren't issued until 1973. Recorded at shows in Berlin and Stockholm, the John Coltrane Quartet -- with pianist McCoy Tyner, bassist Jimmy Garrison, and drummer Elvin Jones -- is in tremendous form here, using a familiar repertoire in order to expand upon the group's own building blocks in creating the new post-harmonic system that the saxophonist was developing. Reissued on vinyl by Craft Recordings, released as part of the Craft Jazz Essentials series. (Universal Music) 


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John Coltrane: Afro Blue Impressions (Vinyl LP: Pablo/ Craft Recordings, 2 LPs)


John Coltrane: The 1961 Newport Set (CD: Essential Jazz Classics)John Coltrane: The 1961 Newport Set (CD: Essential Jazz Classics)
John Coltrane's never before released 1961 performance at the Newport Jazz Festival. At the time, his group consisted of a quintet with Trane as the only horn, plus piano, two basses, and drums. As a bonus, Essential Jazz Classics have added another complete performance from the same year, recorded in Helsinki, Finland, during the tour on which Eric Dolphy joined the group. This is the first time this set is presented in the correct pitch. Includes four bonus tracks and eight-page booklet. (Proper Music) 


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John Coltrane: Live At The Village Vanguard (CD: Impulse)
Coltrane's appearances at the Village vanguard during late 1961, alongside Eric Dolphy, yielded much music, and all of it is coherently assembled in a 4CD set. For those on a budget however, this issue collates the three tracks off the original vinyl release. The (what the Penguin Guide refers to as) 'torrential tenor outpouring' on 'Chasin' The Trane' remains one of his most intractable statements.

A BEBOP SHOP MILESTONE- An essential recording for your jazz CD shelf 


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John Coltrane: Live At The Village Vanguard (CD: Impulse)


John Coltrane: Live At Birdland (CD: Impulse)John Coltrane: Live At Birdland (CD: Impulse)
 


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John Coltrane & Eric Dolphy Quintet: 1962 Birdland Broadcasts (CD: Fingepoppin, 2 CDs)
Presented here are the only two radio broadcasts from New York's famous Birdland Club by the John Coltrane- Eric Dolphy Quintet, which marked the last of their known recorded encounters.

John Coltrane and Eric Dolphy played and recorded together on many occasions between 1961and 1962. Given the high-level of creativity involved in every single one of their performances during that period, the rerelease of these live broadcasts on a special edition 2CD set is a welcome event for all Coltrane and Dolphy fans and collectors. (Proper Music) 


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John Coltrane & Eric Dolphy Quintet: 1962 Birdland Broadcasts (CD: Fingepoppin, 2 CDs)


John Coltrane: My Favourite Things- Coltrane At Newport (CD: Impulse)John Coltrane: My Favourite Things- Coltrane At Newport (CD: Impulse)
John Coltrane came to Newport to play. His 1963 and 1965 performances, containing definitive renditions of 'My Favourite Things', are newly restored from the original master tapes- revealing previously unheard material- and finally available in one place. (Universal Jazz) 


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John Coltrane: Selflessness featuring My Favourite Things (CD: Impulse- US Import)
Digitally remastered edition of this 1965 album from the Jazz great. The album was recorded July 7, 1963 at the Newport Jazz Festival (tracks 1 and 2) and October 14, 1965 in Los Angeles (track 3).  


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John Coltrane: Selflessness featuring My Favourite Things (CD: Impulse- US Import)


John Coltrane/ Archie Shepp: New Thing At Newport (CD: Impulse)John Coltrane/ Archie Shepp: New Thing At Newport (CD: Impulse)
New Thing At Newport catches Coltrane and Shepp at interesting points in their careers. Coltrane was still expansive, though he was near the end of his term with his quartet. Shepp had learned a great deal from Coltrane, particularly ways to manipulate high notes out of the horn as well as other effects that Adolphe Sax never intended for it. These two sets of music describe a time of challenge in every sense of that word. Fortunately, the long-playing record was available to capture live performances in 1965, as it was not for some of the geniuses who had come before. Having this music on disc may not be the same as being there, but it does let you live this music over and over again. (Verve Music Group) 


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John Coltrane: One Down, One Up- Live At The Half Note (CD: Impulse, 2 CDs)
Coltrane and his legendary band – McCoy Tyner on piano, Jimmy Garrison on bass, and Elvin Jones on drums – regularly played at downtown New York’s Half Note in the mid 1960s. The group used the club’s flexible set times to accommodate Coltrane’s musical suites and far-reaching improvisations. As Half Note founder Mike Canterino said, “I just wanted the music and to let the guys go ahead and do what they want to do.”

The importance of these influential performances has grown throughout the years as musicians – especially saxophone players – passed around bootleg and lo-fi copies taken from the 1965 radio broadcast. It was a time when Coltrane was pushing his musical boundaries, and one can hear the evolution of his style on these recordings. As his son Ravi Coltrane says, “You can hear everything that came before and begin to hear where the music was going.”

The music captured on One Down, One Up: Live At The Half Note features the songs “One Down, One Up” (perhaps the highlight of the collection), “Afro Blue,” “Song of Praise,” and “My Favorite Things.” The unparalleled performances showcase a band filled with fiery passion and a master at the crossroads of his musical path.

One Down, One Up: Live At The Half Note features liner notes from journalist and author Ashley Kahn who wrote A Love Supreme: The Story of John Coltrane’s Signature Album as well as the upcoming The House That Trane Built: The Story of Impulse Records. Also included is an essay by the CD’s producer, Ravi Coltrane. (Verve Music Group)

 


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John Coltrane: One Down, One Up- Live At The Half Note (CD: Impulse, 2 CDs)


John Coltrane Quartet: Live In France 1965 - The Complete Concerts (CD: Fingerpoppin, 2 CDs)John Coltrane Quartet: Live In France 1965 - The Complete Concerts (CD: Fingerpoppin, 2 CDs)
This release includes two complete consecutive concerts in France by the classic John Coltrane Quartet. Both long unavailable, the first was taped at the Antibes Jazz Festival the day after the quartet's well-known performance of A Love Supreme, while the second comes from the famous Salle Pleyel concert in Paris. 2CD set with 12-page booklet and updated liner notes. (Proper Music) 


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John Coltrane: A Love Supreme - Live In Seattle (CD: Impulse)
Recorded in late 1965 on the culminating evening of a historic week-long run at The Penthouse in Seattle, A Love Supreme: Live In Seattle is a musical revelation of historic importance, capturing Coltrane as he began to expand his classic quartet-adding Pharoah Sanders on second saxophone and Donald Garrett on second bass-and catapulting him into the intense, spiritually focused final phase of his career. (Universal Music) 


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John Coltrane: A Love Supreme - Live In Seattle (CD: Impulse)


John Coltrane: A Love Supreme - Live In Seattle (Vinyl LP: Impulse, 2 LPs)John Coltrane: A Love Supreme - Live In Seattle (Vinyl LP: Impulse, 2 LPs)
 


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John Coltrane: Live In Seattle (CD: Impulse, 2 CDs- US Import)
 


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John Coltrane: Live In Seattle (CD: Impulse, 2 CDs- US Import)


John Coltrane: Live At The Village Vanguard Again (CD: Impulse)John Coltrane: Live At The Village Vanguard Again (CD: Impulse)
 


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John Coltrane: Concert In Japan (CD: Impulse- US Import)
Digitally remastered edition of this live album from the Jazz legend. Recorded live on Coltrane's only Japanese tour in July 1966 at two Tokyo venues, Shinjuku Kosei Nenkin Hall and Sankei Hall, it is taken from mono radio broadcasts. It is notable for the presence of alto saxophone, played both by Coltrane and Sanders. By this point in his career, Coltrane was firmly enmeshed into the avant-garde style of Jazz. Sanders, who was an innovator of Free Jazz, influenced Coltrane's playing through his technical use of overblowing and fierce vibrations of the reed, and this record is remarkable for its use of multiphonics. 


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John Coltrane: Concert In Japan (CD: Impulse- US Import)


John Coltrane: Offering- Live At Temple University (CD: Resonance, 2 CDs)John Coltrane: Offering- Live At Temple University (CD: Resonance, 2 CDs)
Offering: Live At Temple University documents a legendary concert by John Coltrane at Temple University in his hometown, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on November 11, 1966, six weeks after his fortieth birthday and nine months before his untimely death.

Offering, available in a deluxe format 2-CD digi-pak, incorporates a look that is contiguous with the graphic identity of Impulse! Records, Coltrane’s exclusive label from 1961 until the end of his life. This is the first officially sanctioned release of an undiscovered, complete Coltrane performance since 2005. It captures Coltrane in exemplary form, navigating the language he had developed during the last phase of his musical path with passion and pellucid logic.

Operating at equivalent levels of invention and energy are three members of his working quintet of one year’s standing his wife, Alice Coltrane, on piano; Pharoah Sanders on reeds and flute; and Rashied Ali on drums.

Offering is emblematic of the efflorescent energies and radical ideas that Coltrane himself had much to do with bringing forth during the seven years after 1960, when he left the employ of Miles Davis to pursue his vision as a leader. There are versions of Coltrane’s 1960 hits “Naima” and “My Favorite Things,” a transformational reworking of the 1964 ballad “Crescent,” a spirit-raising rendering of “Leo,” which he had recorded on several previous occasions during 1966, and the hymnal “Offering,” which he would record on a February 15, 1967 studio session that Impulse! would release during the ‘90s as Spiritual Offering.

On Offering, Resonance Records achieves the highest possible audio quality, using direct transfers of original master reels from a location recording by Temple’s WRTI-FM, remastered at 96kHz/24 bit, that were tracked down by Coltrane scholar Yasuhiro Fujioka. (Proper Note) 


Price:  £23.99 


John Coltrane: Offering- Live At Temple University (Vinyl LP: Resonance, 2 LPs)

Price:  £58.99 


Deluxe double 180g vinyl set. 

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