John Coltrane Quintet: At Temple University 1966

Avant Jazz / Free Improvisation / Avant-Garde
premiera polska: 2010-07-16
kontynent: Ameryka Północna
kraj: USA
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Jeden z ostatnich koncertów Johna Coltrane'a. Po raz pierwszy na płycie kompaktowej!
Już sam skład przyprawia o zawrót głowy: poza liderem usłyszymy Pharoaha Sandersa na tenorze, Alice Coltrane na fortepianie, Rashieda Ali na perkusji i Jimmy'ego Garrisona na kontrabasie.
Trzy epokowe kompozycje Johna Coltrane'a - "Naima", "Crescent" i "Leo" w fenomenalnych, koncertowych wersjach z Temple University w Filadelfii.
Słuchając tego kwintetu, wydaje się, jakby wolność improwizacji nie miała granic, doskonałe jakościowo nagranie pozwala zasmakować w tej wyjątkowej atmosferze, kiedy to muzycy jazzowi byli posłannikami postawy artystycznie twórczej i zaangażowanej społecznie. Jazz, który daleko oddalił się od rozrywki, utożsamianej z tworzącą się wtedy kulturą masową miał tę siłę, która potrafiła oddziaływać nie tylko na środowisko jazzowe, tak jak to miało to miejsce później.
Na szczególną uwagę zasługuje tutaj ekstatyczna wersja utworu "Naima" [Naima to imię pierwszej żony Johna Coltrane'a], jest to chyba jego najbardziej awangardowa wersja.
autor: Andrzej Fikus
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Editor's info:
PREVIOUSLY UNISSUED!!!
One of John Coltrane's last preserved live performances ever.
Taped in Philadelphia with excellent sound quality, this set presents Coltrane playing probably the freest version of "Naima", along with readings of two more of his compositions: "Crescent" and a powerful version of "Leo".
Coltrane died shortly after this performance at the age of 40 on July 17, 1967.
ALL TRACKS NEVER BEFORE RELEASED

This previously unheard Philadelphia performance was one of the very last occasions in which John Coltrane was recorded live. After this set, taped on November 11, 1966, he would record a number of sessions for Impulse (which would mostly be issued posthumously), and would be recorded privately at the Village Theatre in New York on December 26 (this performance is mentioned in discographies as circulating among collectors, but it has never been released; the audio quality is unknown), and finally at New York's Olatunji Center, on April 23, 1967. The latter would prove to be his final live performance, which Trane gave despite feeling extreme pain. He died of liver cancer on July 17, 1967. The Temple University concert, which appears here for the first time ever on CD, showcased Coltrane with the last group he fronted, which was moving further and further in the direction of free jazz. From the classic quartet, only bassist Jimmy Garrison remained. Coltrane's wife Alice McLeod (aka Alice Coltrane) is on the piano, Rashied Ali is on drums, and Pharoah Sanders (who had also collaborated with Coltrane on his 1965 album Ascension) plays a second tenor sax (he also performed piccolo and percussion with the band, but he is not heard on those instruments here).

muzycy:
JOHN COLTRANE: tenor sax
PHAROAH SANDERS: tenor sax
ALICE COLTRANE: piano
JIMMY GARRISON: bass
RASHIED ALI: drums

utwory:
01. NAIMA (John Coltrane) 16:47
02. CRESCENT (John Coltrane) 26:15
03. LEO (John Coltrane) 20:43

total time - 63:46
wydano: 2010-07-01
nagrano: Live at Temple University, Philadelphia, November 11, 1966
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