John Coltrane-A Love Supreme:Live In Seattle-'65-Pharoah Sanders-NEW 2LP

John Coltrane – A Love Supreme: Live In Seattle
John Coltrane - A Love Supreme: Live In Seattle

Issued in gatefold jacket with a 10x10" 12 page booklet.

Recorded by Joe Brazil at The Penthouse, Seattle, WA on October 2, 1965.

Label:    Impulse! – B0034291-01, UMe – B0034291-01
Format:    
2 x Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo
Country:    Worldwide
Released:    Oct 22, 2021
Genre:    Jazz
Style:    Modal, Avant-garde Jazz, Free Jazz

A fantastic addition to the John Coltrane catalog, and a set that's wonderful for so many different reasons it's hard to fit them all in one short passage! As the title implies, the album features a rare live performance of "Love Supreme" – done in 1965, when the work was new both to the world, and the classic Coltrane quartet with McCoy Tyner on piano, Jimmy Garrison on bass, and Elvin Jones on drums. Yet the version here is also very different than the album reading – looser, with more "interlude" passages – at a level that already has the group drinking in the spirit of the tune, and finding a way to rise with a new spiritual majesty! Another key part of the recording is the presence of Pharoah Sanders on tenor – making a very early appearance with the group – amidst a septet lineup that also features a very young Carlos Ward on alto, and Donald Rafael Garrett on bass – players who expand the lineup in ways that show some of Coltrane's growing experiments past the quartet structure. The whole thing was recorded at the Penthouse Club in Seattle – a place that's given us some other fantastic "lost" recordings from the 60s in recent years – and the record is essential listening, even if you own the studio Love Supreme record, or any other Coltrane records at all.

A        A Love Supreme, Pt. I - Acknowledgement    21:59
B1        Interlude 1    2:36
B2        A Love Supreme, Pt. II - Resolution    11:05
B3        Interlude 2    6:26
C        A Love Supreme, Pt. III - Pursuance    15:44
D1        Interlude 3    6:38
D2        Interlude 4    4:20
D3        A Love Supreme, Pt. IV - Psalm    7:21

Tenor Saxophone, Percussion – John Coltrane, Pharoah Sanders

Alto Saxophone – Carlos Ward

Bass – Donald Rafael Garrett*, Jimmy Garrison

Drums – Elvin Jones

Piano – McCoy Tyner

    Record Company – UMG Recordings, Inc.
    Phonographic Copyright ℗ – Verve Label Group
    Distributed By – UMG Commercial Services
    Copyright © – Verve Label Group
    Recorded At – The Penthouse, Seattle
    Mastered At – East Iris Studios
    Designed At – Intro (11)
    Published By – Jowcol Music
    Pressed By – Optimal Media GmbH – BL48001
    Lacquer Cut At – Optimal Media GmbH

    A&R [Administration] – Femi Onafowokan, Melody Ewing
    A&R [Management] – Emerson Sudbury
    Alto Saxophone – Carlos Ward
    Artwork [Penthouse Club Ephemeria] – Charlie D. Puzzo, Jr.*
    Bass – Donald Rafael Garrett*, Jimmy Garrison
    Co-producer – George Klabin, Zev Feldman
    Coordinator [Production/Release] – Eric Neuser
    Creative Director, Design – House@Intro*
    Drums – Elvin Jones
    Lacquer Cut By – KR (3)
    Liner Notes – Ashley Kahn, Lewis Porter
    Liner Notes [Engineer's Note] – Kevin Reeves
    Photography By [Cover] – Raymond Ross
    Photography By [Interior] – Chuck Stewart
    Piano – McCoy Tyner
    Producer – Ken Druker
    Producer [Associate] – Steve Griggs
    Producer [Consulting] – Ashley Kahn
    Promotion [Marketing] – Oliver Schrage
    Recorded By – Joe Brazil
    Restoration [Restored By], Mastered By – Kevin Reeves
    Tenor Saxophone, Percussion – John Coltrane, Pharoah Sanders
    Written-By – John Coltrane

Some copies have "Made in Germany" on sticker on shrink, on back.