John Coltrane
Live In Seattle (2LP)
LabelImpulse!, ABC RecordsGenreJazz & Improvisation
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condition (records/cover): VG+ (some surface noise throughout) / VG+ (ring and edges wear)
Gatefold sleeve with original innersleeve.
September 30th, 1965, the Penthouse in Seattle, and the classic quartet in the process of tearing itself apart on purpose. John Coltrane had brought Pharoah Sanders into the band, added Donald Garrett on second bass and bass clarinet and Carlos Ward on alto, and what happens across these four sides is the sound of a group deliberately overloading itself. Elvin Jones plays through the whole thing like a man arguing with the weather. Nearly an hour of "Evolution" occupies the centre of the set. Not released until 1971, well after Coltrane's death, and still one of the most extreme documents anyone put out under a major label logo.
Impulse! double LP, gatefold. Not the place to start. Absolutely the place to end up.
Release notes
Green bullseye ABC Impulse! labels. Auto-coupled release: Record 1 (Sides A and D), Record 2 (Sides B and C). Pressed by [l403953], indicated by a "T" in the runouts. Printed by [l955033], indicated by a "4" in the gatefold. On the back cover: A Product of ABC/Dunhill Records. © MCMLXXI, ABC/Dunhill Records. Printed in U.S.A. In the gatefold: Recorded in performance at The Penthouse, Seattle, Washington, September 30, 1965. Publishers: [A1, C, D1] Jowcol Music, BMI [A2, B] E. H. Morris,…
| A1 | Cosmos | 10:49 | |
| A2 | Out Of This World (Part One) | 8:44 | |
| B | Out Of This World (Part Two) | 15:34 | |
| C | Evolution (Part One) | 21:13 | |
| D1 | Evolution (Part Two) | 15:09 | |
| D2 | Tapestry In Sound | 6:07 |
- Jimmy Garrison
- Bass
- Donald Garrett
- Bass Clarinet
- Wallace Caldwell
- Design
- Elvin Jones
- Drums
- Jan Kurtis
- Engineer
- Paul Whalen
- Engineer
- Chuck Stewart
- Photography By
- McCoy Tyner
- Piano
- John Coltrane
- Producer, Saxophone
- Alice Coltrane
- Producer [Prepared For Release - Assisted By]
- Pharoah Sanders
- Producer [Prepared For Release - Assisted By], Saxophone
- Ed Michel
- Producer [Prepared For Release By]
