album · June 29, 2018
Both Directions at Once: The Lost Album
Impulse RecordsSee this day
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This posthumously released 1963 quartet session captures John Coltrane in a moment of profound creative exploration, recorded just prior to his more avant-garde explorations. The two-disc set presents alternate takes and fragments from a legendary, previously unissued studio date.
- Recorded in June 1963 at Van Gelder Studios in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, the session featured the classic Coltrane quartet of McCoy Tyner, Jimmy Garrison, and Elvin Jones, though Jones was not present for these specific recordings.
- The tapes for "Both Directions at Once" were discovered in a vuonna 1990 by Coltrane's first wife, Naima, Naima's son John Coltrane Jr., and his uncle, the saxophonist Pharoah Sanders.
- The 2018 release reached number 1 on the Billboard Jazz Albums chart and number 72 on the Billboard 200.
John Coltrane was a pioneering American jazz saxophonist and composer, widely regarded as one of the most influential musicians in jazz history. In 1963, Coltrane was at a creative peak, having recently recorded the seminal albums "A Love Supreme" and "Crescent" for the Impulse! Records label.
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