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Long-lost John Coltrane record finally sees light of day
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Jazz composer and saxophone player John Coltrane appears in the cover of legendary jazz record 'A Love Supreme'. (The Jakarta Post/The Jakarta Post)
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egendary jazz imprint Impulse! is scheduled to release a new record from saxophone maestro John Coltrane, containing original music that had been lost for more than 55 years.
The album, slated for release on June 29 with the title Both Directions at Once: the Lost Album, carries original compositions written by Coltrane and recorded at the legendary Van Gelder studio in New Jersey on March 6, 1963, two years before the release of Coltrane's magnum opus A Love Supreme.
Joining Coltrane in the recording session for the album are musicians in his classic quartet; Jimmy Garrison on double bass, Elvin Jones on drums and McCoy Tyner on piano.
The Guardian reported that the master tape left in the studio was lost, and it’s likely it was destroyed in the early 70s when the label, Impulse!, was trying to reduce storage fees.
Coltrane, however, gave his reference tape from the recording to his wife Juanita Naima Coltrane and it stayed with her ever since.
Sonny Rollins, a contemporary of Coltrane who is also regarded as one of the greatest saxophonists in jazz, described the discovery as “like finding a new room in the Great Pyramid”.
Impulse! will release two versions of the album; a single-disc album featuring one rendition each of the seven tunes the band cut that day and a deluxe edition, which also contains a separate disc with seven alternate takes from the same session.
