John Coltrane Sessionography
(Last modified: 12:49 PM, March 24, 2002.)
Allan J. Sutherland.
The sessionography, listed by recording session, mostly from my own collection, is work in progress.
John Coltrane Session 65-02-17:
Date: 17 February 1965.
Place: Van Gelder Studio- Englewood Cliffs, NJ.
Ensemble: John Coltrane Quintet: John Coltrane soprano sax, tenor sax, McCoy Tyner piano, Jimmy Garrison bass, Art Davis bass, except 3, Elvin Jones drums,
Recording: Commercial for Impulse.
Recording Engineer:
Alternative Issues:
Recent Available Issue: John Coltrane Quartet, Coltrane The Classic Quartet - Complete Impulse Studio Recordings, Impulse! IMPD8-280, for item 1, time from there; John Coltrane The John Coltrane Quartet [sic] Plays. Impulse 20 bit super mastering CD IMPD-214, for item 1; .
1. Nature Boy (7:02)
2. Feelin’ Good (?:??) (Unissued.)
3. Chim Chim Cheree (?:??) (Unissued.)
Notes: Items 2 & 3 were rejected, according to Impulse! IMPD8-280 sleeve notes, information for these from there.
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John Coltrane Session 65-02-18:
Date: 18 February 1965.
Place: Van Gelder Studio- Englewood Cliffs, NJ.
Ensemble: John Coltrane Quintet: John Coltrane soprano sax, tenor sax, McCoy Tyner piano, Jimmy Garrison bass, Art Davis, b Elvin Jones drums,
Recording: Commercial for Impulse.
Recording Engineer:
Alternative Issues:
Recent Available Issue: John Coltrane Quartet, Coltrane The Classic Quartet - Complete Impulse Studio Recordings, Impulse! IMPD8-280, times from there; John Coltrane The John Coltrane Quartet [sic] Plays. Impulse 20 bit super mastering CD IMPD-214; John Coltrane Quartet, Plays, AS-85.
1. Nature Boy (8:00)
2. Feelin’ Good (6:20)
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John Coltrane Session 65-03-19:
Date: 19 March 1965.
Place: Half Note, New York City.
Ensemble: John Coltrane Quartet: John Coltrane soprano sax, tenor sax, McCoy Tyner piano, Jimmy Garrison bass, Elvin Jones drums,
Recording: Private tape, radio broadcast.
Recording Engineer:
Alternative Issues:
Recent Available Issue: J for Jazz JFJ800; Chiaroscuro CR2023.
1. Lonnie’s Lament (?:??) (Unissued.)
2. Chim Chim Cheree (20:16)
3. Impressions (21:58)
Notes: Both 2 & 3 re incomplete on my copy of the private tape of this session: Chim Chim Cheree 19:15; and Impressions 15:32.
(Item 1 not in my collection.)
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John Coltrane Session 65-03-26:
Date: 26 March 1965.
Place: Half Note, New York City, NY.
Ensemble: John Coltrane Quartet: John Coltrane soprano sax, tenor sax, McCoy Tyner piano, Jimmy Garrison bass, Elvin Jones drums,
Recording: Private tape, radio broadcast.
Recording Engineer:
Alternative Issues:
Recent Available Issue:
1. One Up, One Down (14:28) (Incomplete.) (Unissued.)
Announcement (1:20)
2. Afro Blue (10:16) (Incomplete.) (Unissued.)
3. One Up, One Down (?:??) (Incomplete.) (Unissued.)
4. Afro Blue (?:??) (Incomplete.) (Unissued.)
Notes: This recently discovered session, referred to by Porter 1998, p. 372, who considers the above date the probable one for this recording.
The first three tracks on the CD-R of this recording had all but no sound on the right channel, most of the way through. Using computer soft this was boosted whereupon substantially more information became apparent in that track, equal that of the left. The first 0:35, begins with the show’s theme tune, and voice over of the presenter, Alan Grant, who then states that it is time to return to Jimmy Garrison. The theme is faded out after 0:14, when Jimmy Garrison’s bass solo can be heard fading in the background, with the voiceover continuing to introduce the broadcast and the musicians. The bass solo continues until 1:51, at very low volume, indeed dropping out almost completely around 1:49 on the left channel, when the volume suddenly increases and the solo becomes, bass drum duet. This duet continues until 2:13, when Coltrane joins in. However, when the level for both tracks, for the first 1:51 were boosted it is apparent that the bass solo comes in after 0:04. The piece ends at 14:30 with the announcement of John Coltrane, when the track ends at 14:32. There is a new track for the next announcements, similarly the right channel has only the barest of information, boosting of that brings it back. The announcer states:
“I, I, I want my listeners to know, because I think that it is important, because we went on the air at 11:15 and this tune started at twenty minutes before eleven, and it is fifteen minutes before we had a station break, it is WABC FM at 99.5 on your dial, and this is Alan Grant presenting Portraits in Jazz. John Coltrane will be appear here up until.. through April the 4th… How about a big hand for John Coltrane, John Coltrane (shortly after which there is a brief sound of some sax noodling)….”
The first version of Afro Blue fades out at 10:16.
From item 3, there is more information apparent in the right channel, though it remains weaker than the left.
There is the briefest fraction of an announcement as item 4 as faded out.
(Copy of this recording kindly supplied by Alain Venditti.)
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John Coltrane Session 65-03-28:
Date: 28 March 1965.
Place: Village Gate, New York City.
Ensemble: John Coltrane Quartet: John Coltrane soprano sax, tenor sax, McCoy Tyner piano, Jimmy Garrison bass, Elvin Jones drums,
Recording:
Recording Engineer:
Alternative Issues:
Recent Available Issue: Imp, A-90, for item 1.
1. Nature Boy (E. Ahbez) 7:54.
2. Bass Solo (?:??) (Unissued.)
3. One Down, One Up, (?:??) (Unissued.)
Notes: These were recorded as part of ‘New Black Music;’ concert, produced by Leroi Jones called ‘New Black Music;’ a benefit concert for the Black Arts Repertory Theatre/School. Information for this session from David Wild’s internet discography.
(All not in my collection.)
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John Coltrane Session 65-04-02:
Date: 02 April 1965.
Place: Half Note, New York City, NY.
Ensemble: John Coltrane Quartet: John Coltrane soprano sax, tenor sax, McCoy Tyner piano, Jimmy Garrison bass, Elvin Jones drums,
Recording: Private tape, radio broadcast.
Recording Engineer:
Alternative Issues:
Recent Available Issue: John Coltrane Quartet: Coast to Coast, Moon Records CD, MCD 035-2, for item 1, where is titled as Creation, time taken from there. Blue Parrot (E) AR700, for item 1.
1. Untitled Original (aka Creation) (23:11)
2. I Want To Talk About You (15:26) (Unissued.)
3. Afro-Blue (Incomplete.) (5:40) (Unissued.)
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John Coltrane Session 65-05-07:
Date: 07 May 1965.
Place: Half Note, New York City, NY.
Ensemble: John Coltrane Quartet: John Coltrane soprano sax, tenor sax, McCoy Tyner piano, Jimmy Garrison bass, Elvin Jones drums,
Recording: Private tape, radio broadcast.
Recording Engineer:
Alternative Issues:
Recent Available Issue: Ozone 21, for item 1; Blue Parrot (E) AR705, for item 2.
1. Song of Praise (J. Coltrane) (19:20)
2. My Favorite Things (R. Rodgers - O. Hammerstein) (23:05)
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John Coltrane Session 65-05-17:
Date: May 17, 1965.
Place: Van Gelder Studio- Englewood Cliffs, NJ.
Ensemble: John Coltrane Quartet: John Coltrane soprano sax, tenor sax, McCoy Tyner piano, Jimmy Garrison bass, Elvin Jones drums,
Recording: Commercial for Impulse.
Recording Engineer:
Alternative Issues:
Recent Available Issue: John Coltrane Quartet, Coltrane The Classic Quartet - Complete Impulse Studio Recordings, Impulse! IMPD8-280, times from there; John Coltrane The John Coltrane Quartet. Plays. Impulse 20 bit super mastering CD IMPD-214.
1. Chim Chim Cheree (6:56) (Incomplete.)
2. Brasilia (12:54)
3. Song of Praise (9:48)
Notes: Item 1 ends with a fade out.
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John Coltrane Session 65-05-26:
Date: 26 May 1965.
Place: Van Gelder Studio- Englewood Cliffs, NJ.
Ensemble: John Coltrane Quartet: John Coltrane tenor sax, McCoy Tyner piano, Jimmy Garrison bass, Roy Haynes drums,
Recording: Commercial for Impulse.
Recording Engineer:
Alternative Issues:
Recent Available Issue: John Coltrane Quartet, Coltrane The Classic Quartet - Complete Impulse Studio Recordings, Impulse! IMPD8-280, times from there; John Coltrane. Dear Old Stockholm; Impulse CD GRD-120.
1. After the Crescent (13:24)
2. Dear Lord (Breakdowns + alternate take) (7:42)
3. Dear Lord (5:33)
4. One Down, One Up, (15:26)
5. Welcome (?:??) (Unissued.)
Notes: Information for items 2 & 5 from Impulse! IMPD8-280 sleeve notes, where it is also written that item 5 was rejected. Item 2 is composed of a couple of break downs, with chatting, laughing, before the full song begins: intro breakdown (0:06) + announce 3, intro breakdown (0:08) + studio chat control room announcing 4 (0:30) intro breakdown (0:22) + studio talk, control room announces 4 (0:14) + intro first few bars (0:48) + studio chat, control room announces 5 (0:05) + breakdown (0:02) + control room 6 (0:03) + studio chat, control room 6 (0:06) + complete take (5:13) finishing with studio chat (0:02): the complete take has (5:13) of music.
(Item 5, not in my collection.)
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John Coltrane Session 65-06-10:
Date: 10 June 1965.
Place: Van Gelder Studio- Englewood Cliffs, NJ.
Ensemble: John Coltrane Quartet: John Coltrane tenor sax, McCoy Tyner piano, omit 2, Jimmy Garrison bass, Elvin Jones drums,
Recording: Commercial for Impulse.
Recording Engineer:
Alternative Issues:
Recent Available Issue: John Coltrane Quartet, Coltrane The Classic Quartet - Complete Impulse Studio Recordings, Impulse! IMPD8-280, times from there; John Coltrane, Living Space, Impulse 20 bit super mapping CD, IMPD-246, for items 2, & 3; Imp, A9106, for item 1; Imp, IZ9345-2, for item 3; Imp, A9195, for items 4 & 5.
1. Welcome (5:24)
2. The Last Blues (4:22)
3. Untitled Original (14:44)
4. Transition (15:26)
5. Suite (21:16)
Part I--Prayer and Meditation: Day
Part II--Peace and After
Part III--Prayer and Meditation: Evening
Part IV--Affirmation”
Part V--Prayer and Meditation: 4 A.M.
Notes: Information for item from Impulse! IMPD8-280 sleeve notes, which notes that the master for item 2 no longer exists, that the mono copy is from the Coltrane family collection.
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John Coltrane Session 65-06-16:
Date: 16 June 1965.
Place: Van Gelder Studio- Englewood Cliffs, NJ.
Ensemble: John Coltrane Quartet: John Coltrane soprano sax, tenor sax, McCoy Tyner piano, except 3, Jimmy Garrison bass, except 3, Elvin Jones drums,
Recording: Commercial for Impulse.
Recording Engineer:
Alternative Issues:
Recent Available Issue: John Coltrane Quartet, Coltrane The Classic Quartet - Complete Impulse Studio Recordings, Impulse! IMPD8-280, Discs 5 - 6 for items 2 – 5, disc 8 for item 1, times from there; John Coltrane, Living Space, Impulse 20 bit super mapping CD, IMPD-246, times from there; Imp, IZ9345-2, for items 1, 2, & 4; Imp, A9106, for item 3.
Control room announcement (0:07)
1. Living Space (Incomplete, break down.) (3:45) (Alternate take) (13:54)
Studio chat (0:08)
2. Living Space (Alternate take) (9:54)
3. Living Space (10:19)
4. Dusk Dawn (10:45)
5. Vigil (9:36)
6. Untitled Original (10:43)
Notes: Information for item 1, from Impulse! IMPD8-280 sleeve notes.
David Wild, in his internet discography wrote the following: “Two versions exist of 650616a, Living Space. The original release of this music was on Impulse A9225, Infinity. For that album (assembled in 1972) Alice Coltrane over-dubbed herself on harp, and tamboura, Joan Chapman, tamboura; Oran Coltrane bells; and a string orchestra. On the later release Feelin’ Good, Impulse! IZ9345-2, the original quartet version of the track was released. Note that Coltrane over-dubbed himself on soprano saxophone on this title (at the original session).”
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John Coltrane Session 69-06-28:
Date: 28 June 1965.
Place: Van Gelder Studio- Englewood Cliffs, NJ.
Ensemble: John Coltrane Orchestra: Freddie Hubbard, Dewey Johnson trumpet, John Tchicai Marion Brown alto sax, Coltrane Pharoah Sanders, Archie Shepp tenor sax, McCoy Tyner piano, Art Davis, Jimmy Garrison bass, Elvin Jones dr.
Recording:
Recording Engineer:
Alternative Issues:
Recent Available Issue: Imp, A-95.
1. Ascension Ed I Pt I (18:55)
2. Ascension Ed I Pt II (19:42)
3. Ascension Ed II Pt I (18:35)
4. Ascension Ed II Pt II (19:55)
Notes: Of these recordings David Wild in his discography (April 1979, and on the internet, from where the information for this session derived) gave the following information: There were two recordings, complete takes, of Accension, these were commonly identified Editions I & II; which was the first take is uncertain. Edition 1, the only one where Elvin Jones solos, was released first but later Edition II was substituted, released, at Coltrane’s request. Each was divided, as shown, to fit LP format. Solo patterns are; Edition I Pt 1; JC, DJ, PSS, FH; Edition 1 Pt 2; A, JT, MB, MT, AD/JG, EJ; Edition II Pt 1; JC, DJ, PS, FH; Edition 1I Pt 2; A, JT, MB, MT, AD/JG.
(All not in my collection.)
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John Coltrane Session 65-07-02:
Date: 02 July 1965.
Place: Newport Jazz Festival, Newport, RI.
Ensemble: John Coltrane Quartet: John Coltrane soprano sax, tenor sax, McCoy Tyner piano, Jimmy Garrison bass, Elvin Jones drums, Norman O’Connor, narrator.
Recording: Commercial for Impulse.
Recording Engineer:
Alternative Issues:
Recent Available Issue: Imp, A-94, for item 1; Imp, IZ9345-2 for item 2.
1. One Down, One Up, (12:42)
2. My Favorite Things (14:44)
Notes: Information for this session from David Wild’s internet discography.
(All not in my collection.)
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John Coltrane Session 65-07-26:
Date: 26 July 1965.
Place: Juan-Les-Pins Jazz Festival, Antibes, France.
Ensemble: John Coltrane Quartet: John Coltrane soprano sax, tenor sax, McCoy Tyner piano, Jimmy Garrison bass, Elvin Jones drums,
Recording: Private tape, radio broadcast.
Recording Engineer:
Alternative Issues:
Recent Available Issue: John Coltrane Quartet in France 1965, A Love Supreme Live. Norma 24 bit CD Norma NOCD 5641.
1. Suite: A Love Supreme (Total time 47:44)
Part I Acknowledgement
Part II Resolution
Part III Pursuance
Part IV Psalm
Notes: David Wild notes in his internet discography that the complete session runs for 48:00, that most versions are about 40:00, lacking a Jimmy Garrison bass solo; does that mean that the tapes run a little fast with this one?
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John Coltrane Session 65-07-27:
Date: 27 July 1965.
Place: Juan-Les-Pins Jazz Festival, Antibes, France.
Ensemble: John Coltrane Quartet: John Coltrane soprano sax, tenor sax, McCoy Tyner piano, Jimmy Garrison bass, Elvin Jones drums,
Recording: Private tape.
Recording Engineer:
Alternative Issues:
Recent Available Issue: John Coltrane Quartet in France 1965, Live at Antibes. Norma 24 bit CD, Norma NOCD 5642, listings and times from there.
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Announcements (0:49)
1. Naima (7:01)
2. Blue Valse (14:58) straight into:
3. My Favorite Things (17:40)
4. Impressions (21:10)
Notes: Blue Valse is actually a quartet version of Ascension; the 15:00 time includes the 3:00 drum solo, which follows it. A bass solo, 10:00, precedes Impressions, also included in the 21:10 time here.
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John Coltrane Session 65-07-28:
Date: 28 July 1965.
Place: Salle Pleyel, Paris, France.
Ensemble: John Coltrane Quartet: John Coltrane soprano sax, tenor sax, McCoy Tyner piano, Jimmy Garrison bass, Elvin Jones drums,
Recording: Private tape, radio broadcast.
Recording Engineer:
Alternative Issues:
Recent Available Issue: John Coltrane Quartet in France 1965, Live in Paris. Norma 24 bit CD Norma NOCD 5643, times for all item from there.
1. Afro-Blue (Incomplete.) (10:10)
2. Impressions (15:44)
3. Blue Valse (22:22)
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John Coltrane Session 65-08-01:
Date: 01 August 1965.
Place: Comblain, La Tour, Belgium.
Ensemble: John Coltrane Quartet: John Coltrane soprano sax, tenor sax, McCoy Tyner piano, Jimmy Garrison bass, Elvin Jones drums,
Recording: Private tape.
Recording Engineer:
Alternative Issues:
Recent Available Issue: John Coltrane Quartet, The Promise, Moon Records, CD MCD0582 time from there.
1. Untitled Original (9:09)
2. Naima (7:38)
3. My Favorite Things (20:47)
Notes: With the Moon CD release, item two is given the title Modal Excursion, furthermore it is possible to hear someone, probably Coltrane counting in the time by stamping his foot at the beginning of item 3, the item ends with whistle blowing.
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John Coltrane Session 65-08-15:
Date: 15 August 1965.
Place: Down Beat Jazz Festival, Soldier’s Field, Chicago, IL.
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Alternative Issues:
Recent Available Issue:
1. Nature Boy ~ Blue Valse (38:30) (Unissued.)
2. Announcement (0:10) (Unissued.)
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John Coltrane Session 65-08-26:
Date: 26 August 1965.
Place: ‘RCA-Victor Studios’, New York City, NY.
Ensemble: John Coltrane Quartet: John Coltrane soprano sax, tenor sax, McCoy Tyner piano, Jimmy Garrison bass, Elvin Jones drums,
Recording: Commercial for Impulse.
Recording Engineer:
Alternative Issues:
Recent Available Issue: John Coltrane Quartet, Coltrane The Classic Quartet - Complete Impulse Studio Recordings, Impulse! IMPD8-280, Disc 6; Imp, A9211, for all items.
1. Dearly Beloved (6:27)
2. Attaining (11:26)
3. Sunship, (6:12)
4. Ascent (10:10)
5. Amen (8:16)
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John Coltrane Session 65-09-02:
Date: 02 September 1965.
Place: Van Gelder Studio- Englewood Cliffs, NJ.
Ensemble: John Coltrane Quartet: John Coltrane soprano sax, tenor sax, McCoy Tyner piano, Jimmy Garrison bass, Elvin Jones drums,
Recording: Commercial for Impulse.
Recording Engineer:
Alternative Issues:
Recent Available Issue: John Coltrane Quartet, Coltrane The Classic Quartet - Complete Impulse Studio Recordings, Impulse! IMPD8-280, Disc 7; Imp, AS9332, for all items.
Suite: Meditations
1. Love (8:00)
2. Compassion (8:30)
3. Joy (8:53)
4. Consequences (7:15)
5. Serenity (6:11)
Notes: Information for this session from David Wild’s internet discography, who points out that items 1, 2, & 3 are continuous, as are item 4 & 5.
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John Coltrane Session 65-09-00:
Date: ?? September 1965.
Place: Unknown; either Showboat, Philadelphia or the Village Gate, New York City, NY.
Ensemble: John Coltrane Quartet: John Coltrane soprano sax, tenor sax, McCoy Tyner piano, Jimmy Garrison bass, Elvin Jones drums,
Recording: Private tape.
Recording Engineer:
Alternative Issues:
Recent Available Issue:
1. But Not For Me (?) (?:??) (Unissued.)
2. Unknown title (?:??) (Unissued.)
Notes: Information for this session, Porter, 1998, who said that the tape owner usually recorded at the above locations, but that this may also have been from California, and Fujioka (1995).
(All not in my collection.)
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John Coltrane Session 65-09-22:
Date: 22 September 1965.
Place: ‘Coast Recorders’, San Francisco CA.
Ensemble: John Coltrane Quartet: John Coltrane soprano sax, tenor sax, McCoy Tyner piano, Jimmy Garrison bass, Elvin Jones drums,
Recording:
Recording Engineer:
Alternative Issues:
Recent Available Issue: John Coltrane Quartet, Coltrane The Classic Quartet - Complete Impulse Studio Recordings, Impulse! IMPD8-280, Disc 7;Impulse!, A9225, for this item.
1. Joy (12:10)
Notes: Unfortunately or not, depending on your perspective on this and aesthetic, this is the last studio recording of the quartet. David Wild, in his internet discography, writes: “This version of Joy is the only title extant from what was a private Coltrane session. It was initially released on the Infinity album, in edited format with strings, harp, vibes and an additional bassist (Charlie Haden) over-dubbed, at a length of 8:01. On Impulse IZ9345-2 and equivalents the title has been restored to its original format and length.”
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John Coltrane Session 65-09-30:
Date: 30 September 1965.
Place: The Penthouse, Seattle, Washington.
Ensemble: John Coltrane Group: John Coltrane , tenor sax, except 4 & 5, Pharaoh Sanders tenor sax, McCoy Tyner piano, arrangements for 5 & 6, Donald Garrett bass clarinet, bass, Jimmy Garrison bass, Elvin Jones drums,
Recording:
Recording Engineer:
Alternative Issues:
Recent Available Issue: Imp, A9202-2, for item 1, & 3; Imp, A9202, for item 2; Impulse GRD-2-146, for items 7 & 8.
1. Cosmos (10:49)
2. Out of This World (24:18)
3. Evolution (36:22)
4. Tapestry in Sound (Bass solo) 6:07.
5. Bass Duet (Unissued.)
6. Thumb, Piano Piece (Unissued.)
7. Body and Soul (21:03)
8. Afro-Blue (Incomplete.) (34:15)
Notes: David Wild’s internet discography, who points out that Coltrane paid for recording of this performances in Seattle. An additional radio broadcast was possibly on the same night.
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John Coltrane Session 65-10-01:
Date: 01 October 1965.
Place: ‘Camelot Sound Studios’, Lynwood, WA.
Ensemble: John Coltrane Group: John Coltrane soprano sax, tenor sax, Pharaoh Sanders tenor sax, Joe Brazil, flute, McCoy Tyner piano, Donald Garrett bass, bass clarinet, Jimmy Garrison bass, Elvin Jones drums,
Recording:
Recording Engineer:
Alternative Issues:
Recent Available Issue: Imp, A9140, for both items.
1. Om Pt I (15:02)
2. Om Pt II (13:58)
Notes: Information for this session from David Wild’s internet discography. The piece is opened and closed with a chant.
(All not in my collection.)
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John Coltrane Session 65-10-14:
Date: 14 October 1965.
Place: Western Recorders, Los Angeles, CA.
Ensemble: John Coltrane Octet: John Coltrane tenor sax, Pharaoh Sanders tenor sax, Donald Garrett bass clarinet, bass, McCoy Tyner piano, Jimmy Garrison bass, Elvin Jones drums, Frank Butler drums, percussion, Juno Lewis percussion, vocal.
Recording: Commercial for Impulse.
Recording Engineer:
Alternative Issues:
Recent Available Issue: Imp, A9106, for item 1; Imp, A9161, for item 2.
1. Kulu Se Mama (18:19)
2. Selflessness (14:47)
Notes: Information for this session from David Wild’s internet discography.
(All not in my collection.)
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John Coltrane Session 65-11-23:
Date: 23 November 1965.
Place: Van Gelder Studio- Englewood Cliffs, NJ.
Ensemble: John Coltrane Sextet: John Coltrane tenor sax, percussion, Pharaoh Sanders tenor sax, tambourine, bells, McCoy Tyner piano, Jimmy Garrison bass, Elvin Jones drums, Rashied Ali drums,
Recording: Commercial for Impulse.
Recording Engineer:
Alternative Issues:
Recent Available Issue: John Coltrane Meditations; Impulse 20 bit super mapping CD, IMPD-199, for all items, times for each track taken from the disc reading of that issue.
Suite: Meditations
1. The Father and the Son and the Holy Ghost (12:51)
2. Compassion (6:47)
3. Love (8:10)
4. Serenity (9:12)
5. Consequences (3:30)
Notes: Items 1 & 2 are continuous, total time of 19:38; the same foe 3, 4 & 5; yielding a total of 20:51. The sleeve for IMPD-199, provides the following information Coltrane for all of his instruments, comes through the left channel; Sanders the same on the right channel; and Jones and Ali on right and left channels, respectively.
These are the last recordings of McCoy Tyner with John Coltrane. McCoy Tyner left the group at the end of 1965, complaining that he could no longer hear himself play due to the double drummer situation. He was soon followed by Elvin Jones, who advanced the same reason for leaving, which puts to death the contestation of some that McCoy left because he was insufficiently avant-garde to follow the direction Coltrane was taking.
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John Coltrane Session 66-00-00:
Date: ? ??, 1966
Place:
Ensemble: John Coltrane: details unknown.
Recording:
Recording Engineer:
Alternative Issues:
Recent Available Issue:
1. Lush Life (?:??)
2. Set list unknown.
Notes: Information from Porter 1998, p. 374, regarding these recordings, he wrote: “Probably somewhere in 1966: Coltrane in rehearsal, taped on several occasions; “Lush Life” and other pieces.” Will these see the light of day in issued recordings?
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John Coltrane Session 66-02-02:
Date: 02 February 1966.
Place: Coast Recorders, San Francisco, CA.
Ensemble: John Coltrane tenor sax, on all, bcl on 2 only, Pharaoh Sanders tenor sax, & pic on 1 only, flute, on 3, Alice Coltrane piano, Jimmy Garrison bass, Rashied Ali drums, Ray Appleton percussion.
Recording: Commercial for Impulse.
Recording Engineer:
Alternative Issues:
Recent Available Issue: Imp, ASS9223-1, for item 1; CRC AU4590, for item 2; Imp, A9225 for items 3 & 4.
1. Manifestation (11:44)
2. Reverend King (10:45)
3. Peace On Earth (9:03)
4. Leo (10:08)
Notes: In 1972 Alice Coltrane over-dubbed herself on vibraphone and organ, and a string section on all, substituted bass parts by Charlie Haden for those by Jimmy Garrison on items 3 & 4; now item 3 exists in two versions the original 1966 recording and the 1972 over-dubbed version. Information for this session from David Wild’s Coltrane Discography, (Spring 1979).
(All not in my collection.)
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John Coltrane Session 66-02-19:
Date: 19 February 1966.
Place: Philharmonic Hall, New York City, NY.
Ensemble: John Coltrane soprano sax, tenor sax, Donald Ayler trumpet, Carlos Ward tenor sax, Pharoah Sanders, Albert Ayler tenor sax, Alice Coltrane piano, Jimmy Garrison bass, Rasjied Ali, J. C. Moses drums,
Recording: Private tape, generally unavailable.
Recording Engineer:
Alternative Issues:
Recent Available Issue:
1. My Favorite Things (?:??) (Unissued.)
2. Om (?:??) (Unissued.)
Notes: The tape is in the possession of the Coltrane family. Information for this session from David Wild’s Coltrane Discography, (Spring 1979). Porter states that the session was due to take place on January 14, with Archie Shepp, but that this was postponed due to a transit strike, and Shepp was replaced by Zoot Sims, 1998 p.274.
(All not in my collection.)
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John Coltrane Session 66-04-21:
Date: 21 April 1966.
Place: Van Gelder Studio- Englewood Cliffs, NJ.
Ensemble: John Coltrane Quintet: John Coltrane soprano sax, tenor sax, Pharoah Sanders flute, tenor sax, Alice Coltrane piano, Jimmy Garrison bass, Rashied Ali drums,
Recording: Commercial for Impulse.
Recording Engineer:
Alternative Issues:
Recent Available Issue:
1. Darkness (10:43) (Unissued.)
2. Lead Us On (8:20) (Unissued.)
3. Leo (18:00) (Unissued.)
4. Peace on Earth (5:20) (Unissued.)
Notes: Tapes for this session were recently discovered, and are rumoured to be released sometime in the future.
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John Coltrane Session 66-04-28:
Date: 28 April, 1966.
Place: Van Gelder Studio- Englewood Cliffs, NJ.
Ensemble: John Coltrane Quintet: John Coltrane soprano sax, tenor sax, Pharoah Sanders flute, tenor sax, Alice Coltrane piano, Jimmy Garrison bass, Rashied Ali drums,
Recording: Commercial for Impulse.
Recording Engineer:
Alternative Issues:
Recent Available Issue:
1. Call (9:20) (Unissued.)
2. Leo (9:40) (Unissued.)
Notes: Tapes for this session were recently discovered, and are rumoured to be released sometime in the future.
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John Coltrane Session 66-05-28:
Date: 28 May 1966.
Place: Village Vanguard, New York City, NY.
Ensemble: John Coltrane Sextet: John Coltrane soprano sax, tenor sax, bcl Pharaoh Sanders tenor sax, flute, Alice Coltrane piano, Jimmy Garrison bass, Rashied Ali drums, Emanuel Rahim, percussion.
Recording: Commercial for Impulse.
Recording Engineer:
Alternative Issues:
Recent Available Issue: John Coltrane, More Live at the Villaage Vanguard, Impulse 20 bit K2 super coding CD, MCVZ-85 Imp, times from there; A9124.
1. My Favorite Things (26:27)
2. Naima (15:07)
Notes: With the MCVZ-85 issue of this item 1 is divided into two tracks; introduction to My Favorite Things and My Favorite Things, the first is a 6:07 minute bass solo, with a slight, but noticeable splice at 6:07 when track 3, MFT, begins.
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John Coltrane Session 66-07-02:
Date: 02 July 1966.
Place: Newport Jazz Festival, Newport, RI.
Ensemble: John Coltrane Quintet: John Coltrane soprano sax, tenor sax, percussion., Alice Coltrane piano, Jimmy Garrison bass, Elvin Jones drums,
Recording: Private tape.
Recording Engineer:
Alternative Issues:
Recent Available Issue: Video Arts LD (J) VALJ-3165; Video Arts Video (J) VALJ-165.
1. My Favourite Things (Incomplete) (22:05)
2. Peace on Earth (11:28)
3. Leo (23:17)
announcement (0:25) (Unissued.)
Notes:
(Copy of this recording kindly supplied by Chris DeVito.)
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John Coltrane Session 66-07-11:
Date: 11 July 1966.
Place: Sankei Hall, Tokyo, Japan.
Ensemble: John Coltrane Quintet: John Coltrane soprano sax, tenor sax, Pharoah Sanders flute, tenor sax, Alice Coltrane piano, Jimmy Garrison bass, Rashied Ali drums,
Recording: Commercial for Impulse.
Recording Engineer:
Alternative Issues:
Recent Available Issue: John Coltrane, Live in Japan, Volume 2, Impulse CD, IMP 55XD579-80.
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Announcement (2:25)
1. Afro-Blue (39:10)
2. Peace on Earth (26:15)
3. Bass Solo Introduction to Crescent
Crescent (53:15)
4. Leo (1:03)
Notes: John Coltrane performed here from July 10 – 11, 1996.
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John Coltrane Session 66-07-12:
Date: 12 July 1966.
Place: Festival Hall, Osaka, Japan
Ensemble: John Coltrane Quintet: John Coltrane soprano sax, tenor sax, Pharoah Sanders flute, tenor sax, Alice Coltrane piano, Jimmy Garrison bass, Rashied Ali drums,
Recording: Private audience tape.
Recording Engineer:
Alternative Issues:
Recent Available Issue:
1. Unknown set list (?:??) (Unissued.)
Notes:
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John Coltrane Session 66-07-17:
Date: July 17, 1966.
Place: Kokusai-Kaikan, Kobe, Japan
Ensemble: John Coltrane Quintet: John Coltrane soprano sax, tenor sax, Pharoah Sanders flute, tenor sax, Alice Coltrane piano, Jimmy Garrison bass, Rashied Ali drums,
Recording: Private audience tape.
Recording Engineer:
Alternative Issues:
Recent Available Issue:
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Announcements (3:03)
1. Niama (20:10) (Unissued.)
2. My Favorite Things (56:50) (Unissued.)
3. Leo (40:00) (Unissued.)
Notes: Kokusai means international in Japanese.
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John Coltrane Session 66-07-20:
Date: 20 July 1966.
Place: Festival Hall, Osaka, Japan
Ensemble: John Coltrane Quintet: John Coltrane soprano sax, tenor sax, Pharoah Sanders flute, tenor sax, Alice Coltrane piano, Jimmy Garrison bass, Rashied Ali drums,
Recording: Private audience tape.
Recording Engineer:
Alternative Issues:
Recent Available Issue:
1. Unknown set list (?:??) (Unissued.)
Notes:
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John Coltrane Session 235:
Date: 22 July 1966.
Place: Koseinenkin Hall, Tokyo, Japan
Ensemble: John Coltrane Quintet: John Coltrane soprano sax, tenor sax, Pharaoh Sanders tenor sax, Alice Coltrane piano, Jimmy Garrison bass, Rashied Ali drums,
Recording: Commercial for Impulse.
Recording Engineer:
Alternative Issues:
Recent Available Issue: John Coltrane, Live in Japan, Volume 2, Impulse CD, IMP 55XD579-80.
1. Meditations/Leo (43:31)
2. Peace On Earth (26:04)
3. My Favourite Things (56:14)
Notes: Item 1 is an excerpt from the Meditations Suite, which introduces Leo.
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John Coltrane Session 66-12-26:
Date: 26 December 1966.
Place: Village Theatre, New York City, NY.
Ensemble: John Coltrane: John Coltrane soprano sax, tenor sax, Pharaoh Sanders tenor sax, Alice Coltrane piano, Jimmy Garrison bass, Lionel ‘Sonny’ Johnson bass, Rashied Ali drums, Omar Ali congo, Algie DeWitt Bata drum, Unknown taboura.
Recording: Private tape.
Recording Engineer:
Alternative Issues:
Recent Available Issue:
1. Original (?:??) (Unissued.)
2. Hymn (?:??) (Unissued.)
3. Original (?:??) (Unissued.)
4. My Favorite Things (?:??) (Unissued.)
Notes: A private tape of this session is known, is said, to exist but is not in circulation among collectors. Information for this session from David Wild’s Coltrane Discography, (Spring 1979).
(All not in my collection.)
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John Coltrane Session 67-02-15:
Date: 15 February 1967.
Place: Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, N.J.
Ensemble: John Coltrane Quartet: John Coltrane alto sax, on 9 & 10, tenor sax, on al others, Alice Coltrane piano, Jimmy Garrison bass, Rashied Ali drums,
Recording: Commercial for Impulse.
Recording Engineer:
Alternative Issues:
Recent Available Issue: John Coltrane Stellar Regions. 20 bit super mapping CD, IMPD-169, times for all items from there.
1. Sun Star (Alternate take) (8:05)
2. Sun Star (6:05)
3. Stellar Regions (3:31)
4. Stellar Regions (Alternate take) (4:37)
5. Configuration (4:01)
6. Iris (3:50)
7. Offering (8:20)
8. Seraphic Light (8:54)
9. Tranesonic (Alternate take) (2:48)
10. Tranesonic (4:14)
11. Jimmy’s Mode (5:58)
Notes: Information regarding the order of recording from Information for this session from David Wild’s internet discography, where he also indicates that Stellar Regions was recorded on February 22, but was given the title Venus. All of the titles for the compositions here, other than ‘Offering,’ were given by Alice Coltrane,
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John Coltrane Session 67-02-22:
Date: 22 February 1967.
Place: Van Gelder Studio- Englewood Cliffs, NJ.
Ensemble: John Coltrane / Rashied Ali: John Coltrane tenor sax, Rashied Ali drums,
Recording: Commercial for Impulse.
Recording Engineer:
Alternative Issues:
Recent Available Issue: Imp, ASD 9277, for items 1, 3, 4, 5, & 6; Impulse IA9560 for item 2.
1. Mars(10:41)
2. Leo (11:00)
3. Venus (8:17)
4. Jupiter Variation (6:45)
5. Jupiter (5:21)
6. Saturn (11:35)
Notes: Information for this session from David Wild’s Coltrane Discography, (Spring 1979).
(All not in my collection.)
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John Coltrane Session 67-02-27:
Date: 27 February 1967.
Place: Van Gelder Studio- Englewood Cliffs, NJ.
Ensemble: John Coltrane Quintet: John Coltrane tenor sax, Alice Coltrane piano, Jimmy Garrison bass, Rashied Ali drums, Marion Brown bells.
Recording: Commercial for Impulse.
Recording Engineer:
Alternative Issues:
Recent Available Issue:
1. E Minor (6:61) (Unissued.)
2. Half Steps (7:10) (Unissued.)
Notes: for this session were recently discovered, and are rumoured to be released sometime in the future.
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John Coltrane Session 67-03-07:
Date: 07 March 1967.
Place: Van Gelder Studio- Englewood Cliffs, NJ.
Ensemble: John Coltrane Quartet: John Coltrane tenor sax, Alice Coltrane piano, Jimmy Garrison bass, Rashied Ali drums,
Recording: Commercial for Impulse.
Recording Engineer:
Alternative Issues:
Recent Available Issue: Imp, IA9360, for item 1; Imp, A9120, for item 2.
1. Number One (12:00)
2. Ogunde Verere (3:34)
Notes: Information for this session from David Wild’s Coltrane Discography, (Spring 1979).
(All not in my collection.)
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John Coltrane Session 67-00-00:
Date: Spring 1967.
Place: Van Gelder Studio- Englewood Cliffs, NJ.
Ensemble: John Coltrane Quartet: John Coltrane tenor sax, Alice Coltrane piano, Jimmy Garrison bass, Rashied Ali drums,
Recording:
Recording Engineer:
Alternative Issues:
Recent Available Issue: Imp, A9120.
1. Expression.
Notes: The precise date for this session is unknown; in fact any of the ‘missing’ sessions made shortly before he died could be the source. Complete session tapes exist only for the sessions of February 15, and 22, and March 7, and this material is not from any of these. Information for this session from David Wild’s Coltrane Discography, (Spring 1979).
(Not in my collection.)
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John Coltrane Session 67-03-29:
Date: 23 March 29, 1967.
Place: Van Gelder Studio- Englewood Cliffs, NJ.
Ensemble: John Coltrane Quartet: John Coltrane tenor sax, Alice Coltrane piano, Jimmy Garrison bass, Rashied Ali drums,
Recording: Commercial for Impulse.
Recording Engineer:
Alternative Issues:
Recent Available Issue:
1. Number Eight (5:01) (Unissued.)
2. Number Seven (3:18) (Unissued.)
3. Number Six (2:12) (Unissued.)
4. Number Five (6:18) (Unissued.)
5. Number Four (4:02) (Unissued.)
6. Number Two (4:09) (Unissued.)
Notes: Tapes for this session were recently discovered, and are rumoured to be released sometime in the future.
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John Coltrane Session 67-04-23:
Date: 23 April 1967
Place: Olatunji Center of African culture, New York City, NY>
Ensemble: John Coltrane Septet: John Coltrane soprano sax, tenor sax, Pharoah Sanders tenor sax, Alice Coltrane piano, Jimmy Garrison bass, Rashied Ali drums, Algie DeWitt Bata drum, Juma percussion, Billy Taylor ann.
Recording: Private tape, radio broadcast.
Recording Engineer:
Alternative Issues:
Recent Available Issue: John Coltrane. The Last Giant, the John Coltrane Anthology. Rhino CD R2 71255, for a sample from item 1, a bare 1:32 of the complete performance!
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Applause and introduction of John Coltrane (0:40) (Unissued.)
1. Ogunde (29:03) (Unissued.)
Applause, cough (0:18) (Unissued.)
2. My Favorite Things (35:57) (Unissued.)
3. Tunji (?:??) (Unissued.)
4. A Love Supreme; Acknowledgement (?:??) (Unissued.)
Notes: My Favorite Things begins with a 7:40 bass solo.
(Items 3 and 4 not in my collection, a copy of the recording kindly supplied by…)
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John Coltrane Session 67-05-17:
Date: 17 May 1967.
Place: Van Gelder Studio- Englewood Cliffs, NJ.
Ensemble: John Coltrane Sextet: John Coltrane tenor sax, Pharoah Sanders alto sax, Alice Coltrane piano, Jimmy Garrison bass, Rashied Ali drums, Algie DeWitt Bata drum.
Recording: Commercial for Impulse.
Recording Engineer:
Alternative Issues:
Recent Available Issue:
1. None Other (14:28) (Unissued.)
2. Collidoscope (35:52) (Unissued.)
Notes: Tapes for this session were recently discovered, and are rumoured to be released sometime in the future.
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