John Coltrane - Live In Japan [Box]

Artist:

Coltrane, John

UPC:

011105010221

See Also:

Cherry, Don (Trumpet) Mingus, Charles Blakey, Art John Coltrane/Bobby Jaspar/Idrees Sulieman/Webster Young - Interplay For 2 Trumpets And 2 Tenors Sonny Rollins Quartet - Tenor Madness Various Artists - Thank You, John! Ray Draper - The Ray Draper Quintet Featuring John Coltrane Chet Baker/John Coltrane/Stan Getz - Chet Baker For Lovers/John Coltrane For Lovers/Stan Getz For Lovers Hank Mobley/Cohn/John Coltrane/Sims - Tenor Conclave Tommy Flanagan/John Coltrane/Kenny Burrell - The Cats Sonny Rollins - Tenor Madness Duke Ellington/John Coltrane - Duke Ellington & John Coltrane [TBA] Kurt Elling - Live Album [6/23] * Complete 1961 Copenhagen Concert Hank Mobley/John Coltrane/Al Cohn/Zoot Sims - Tenor Conclave [9/12]

Description:

The John Coltrane Quintet: John Coltrane (soprano, alto & tenor saxophones, percussion); Pharoah Sanders (alto & tenor saxophones, bass clarinet, percussion); Alice Coltrane (piano); Jimmy Garrison (bass); Rashied Ali (drums).
Recorded live at Shinjuku Kosei Nenkin Hall and Sankei Hall, Tokyo, Japan on July 11 & 22, 1966. Includes liner notes by Alice Coltrane, Michael Cuscuna and Masamichi Okazaki
Disc 3 was previously released in the U.S. as LIVE IN JAPAN, all other material is previously unreleased in this country.
Personnel: John Coltrane (bass clarinet, soprano saxophone, alto saxophone, tenor saxophone, percussion); Pharoah Sanders (flute, bass clarinet, alto saxophone, tenor saxophone, percussion); Alice Coltrane (piano); Rashied Ali (drums).
Liner Note Authors: Masamichi Okazaki; Alice Coltrane.
Recording information: Sankei Hall, Tokyo, Japan (07/11/1966/07/22/1966); Shinjuku Kosei Nenkin Hall, Tokyo, Japan (07/11/1966/07/22/1966).
Editor: Michael Cuscuna.
Photographer: Akiyoshi Miyashita.
Translator: Kazunori Sugiyama .
The 1966 Japanese tour of John Coltrane and his quintet of Pharoah Sanders, Alice Coltrane, Jimmy Garrison and Rashied Ali marked not only the jazz master`s only visit to the country but the advent of his provocative, challenging avant-garde work. Taken from two Tokyo radio concerts, JOHN COLTRANE LIVE IN JAPAN captures the freeform, kinetic performances of the saxophonist with the jagged accompaniment of this quintet; a striking visceral adjustment from Coltrane`s usual quartet of McCoy Tyner, Garrison and Elvin Jones.
This is probably not the place for Coltrane newcomers to begin; the recordings are demanding since basic rhythmic structure soon gives way to what may sound to untrained ears like cacophony, rather than an intense, emotional dialogue between musicians. The solid firmament of such Coltrane recordings as A LOVE SUPREME or GIANT STEPS are better introductions to the man`s oeuvre. On LIVE IN JAPAN, hour and half-hour long jams like "Peace on Earth" and "Crescent" spiral off into bold, transcendental exchanges, breaking from established rhythms to free-spirited playing. Even the Coltrane staple "My Favorite Things" is deconstructed into an hour-long frenzy of abstract expressionism. A fascinating addition to Coltrane`s remarkable catalogue, LIVE IN JAPAN is a fevered stroke of unpredictable genius.

Track Listing:

DISC 1:

1. Afro Blue
2. Peace on Earth

DISC 2:

1. Crescent

DISC 3:

1. Peace on Earth
2. Leo

DISC 4:

1. My Favorite Things

Album Information

Release Date:

05/21/1991

Type:

Boxed Set

Genre:

Jazz Instrument

Subgenre:

Avant-Garde/Downtown

Label:

Impulse!

Producer:

Michael Cuscuna (Reissue)

Catalog Number:

4102

Original Release Year:

1991

# of Discs:

4

Studio/Live:

Live

Mono/Stereo:

Mono

Runtime:

247 : 1

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