VIDEO + AUDIO: Happy Birthday John Coltrane

JOHN COLTRANE

 

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Sun, 23 September 2012

September 23 marks the anniversary of the birth of John William Coltrane in Hamlet, North Carolina. His impact on the world of jazz is still being felt three quarters of a century later.

One of the more unusal aspects of Coltrane's legacy is the founding of the St.John Coltrane African Orthodox Church in San Francisco. Quoting from their webpage:

Founders Archbishop Franzo King and Reverend Mother Marina King began this work in 1971 under the name of “One Mind Temple Evolutionary Transitional Body of Christ.” The inspiration came after the young couple had seen John Coltrane perform live in San Francisco in the year 1965. Being raised in the Pentecostal Church, Franzo King knew the presence of the Lord when it came through the power of the Holy Ghost. Seeing John Coltrane and hearing his sound that night was that familiar feeling he knew since childhood. It was the presence of God. Archbishop King refers to this as a “sound baptism” which touched their hearts and minds. Further investigation into this man proved him to be not just a “jazz musician” but one who was chosen to guide souls back to God.

Whatever your religious denomination or affiation, you have to agree these are not bad thoughts on a Sunday in Autumn 2012.

To celebrate Trane's birthay 11 years ago, WKCR made a broadcast containing the unreleased takes of the Sunship Album. These takes have never been released officially, but you can find them at Big O Worldwide today. The band is the famous Coltrane Quartet of Coltrane on sax, McCoy Tyner on piano, Jimmy Garrison on bass and Elvin Jones on drums.

 

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SET THE CONTROLS FOR

THE HEART OF THE SUN

September 10, 2012 – 4:28 am  

You’ll need a ship, captain.

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JOHN COLTRANE QUARTET
The Sun Ship Sessions 1965 [no label, 1CD]

Sessions at RCA-Victor Studios, New York City, August 26, 1965. Broadcast on WKCR, Sept 23, 2001. Ex FM stereo.

“In 2001, WKCR made a broadcast containing the unreleased takes of the Sunship Album. These takes have never been released officially.” - Maurizio.

Sun Ship was an album that followed in the same vein as the late 1964 album, A Love Supreme. That was Coltrane’s famous album dedicated to the Supreme Being, God. After A Love Supreme, Coltrane continued with his spiritual journey which gave power to his music. The albums that followed, Ascension, Meditations, Kulu Se Mama and the post-humously released Om and Infinity, all recorded in 1965, displayed a man describing his faith and beliefs through music and chants. Sun Ship was recorded in August of that year.

Coltrane chose free jazz as the vehicle for his searching. Although neither Albert Ayler nor Archie Shepp or Pharoah Sanders, the free jazz advocates, sit in on these sessions, Tyner, Garrison and Jones felt the music just as deeply.

Sun Ship is an underrated album in the Coltrane canon but as the reviewers at the Penguin Guide To Jazz suggest, “it’s high time this fine record was better known”.

Thanks to Maurizio and u014945 who uploaded the show on Dime, April, 2012.
- Professor Red 

Click on the highlighted tracks to download the MP3s (224 kbps). As far as we can ascertain, these tracks have never been officially released on CD.

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Track 01. Dearly Beloved take 2 4:28 (7.0MB)
Track 02. Dearly Beloved take 3 1:30 (2.4MB)
Dearly Beloved master 6:08 (Not present here)

Track 03. Attaining Take I 14:07 (22.6MB)
Track 04. Attaining Take 2 1:03 (1.7MB)
Attaining Take 3 10:55 not present here because the first 7:24 of this track plus the the last 3:58 of Insert 1 are the Master take

Track 05. Insert 1 00:40 (1.1MB)
Present here the first 40″ of 4:55 mainly to present some studio chatter

Track 06. Sunship Take I 1:06 (1.7MB)
Track 07. Sunship Take 2 - Incomplete 2:30 (cut) (4.0MB)
TT: 25:29; some of the broadcast tracks have been omitted as they are officially released. Buy the album.

Lineup:
John Coltrane - soprano, tenor sax
McCoy Tyner - piano
Jimmy Garrison - bass
Elvin Jones - drums

John Coltrane’s Sun Ship was released two years before his death. Buy the CD or MP3 here.

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