Seraphic Light
Sun Star
Stellar Regions
Iris
Offering
Configuration
Jimmy's Mode
Tranesonic
Stellar Regions - Alternate Take Version
Sun Star - Alternate Take Version
Tranesonic Alternate Take Version
Frogtoon Music Album Info: Stellar Regions
Published: 04 Apr 2010, 16:44
This Is A Major Set "new" Music From John Coltrane That Was Recorded February 15 1967 Five Months Before His Death But Not Released For The First Time Until 1995. One Of Several "lost" Sessions That Were Stored By Alice Coltrane For Decades Only One Selection "Offering" Which Was On Expression Among The Eight Numbers And Three Alternates Was Ever Out Before. The Music Although Well Worth Releasing Offers No Real Hints As To What Coltrane Might Have Been Playing Had He Lived Into The 1970s. The Performances By The Quartet With Pianist Alice Coltrane Bassist Jimmy Garrison And Drummer Rashied Ali Are Briefer From Two-And-A-Half To Five-Plus Minutes Than Coltrane's Recordings Of The Previous Year But That Might Have Been Due To The Fact That This Music Was Played In The Studio As Opposed To The Marathon Live Blowouts With Pharoah Sanders Or To Coltrane's Worsening Health. Actually 'Trane Who Sticks Exclusively To Tenor Here Is As Powerful As Usual Showing No Compromise In His Intense Flights And Indulging In Sound Explorations That Are As Free But With Purpose As Any He Had Ever Done. Coltrane's True Fans Will Want To Go Out Of Their Way To Acquire This Intriguing CD.