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Thanks for another great BFT. Some great selections. Loved the Benson, the Johnson and Lewis tracks!

I’ve got the Mal 81/Run About Mal release an that one is definitely not a CDR

Oh yes it’s always a good time to revisit Sun Ship. Such a stunning piece of work

Of course there are more artists who changed directions so many times. It was really the time frame Trane was doing it in that I wanted to point out

Well everyone experiences it in his own way of course. If music doesn’t speak to you, it just doesn’t. But I sometimes feel that people listen to some of those records prepossessed, influenced by the reviews of so called ‘experts’. The constant quality of the body of Trane’s work has always amazed me. There’s no artist who has produced so many highlights in his musical career to me, not even my beloved Mal. I also don’t know anyone who has changed directions so many times in a revolutionary way in such a short time. The evolution of Coltrane in, say 6 years is fascinating. When you listen to The Village Vanguard Records with Dolphy, then Africa/Brass, then Crescent, then Transition, then Ascenscion, then Sun Ship, then Live in Japan, then Stellar Regions and finally Interstellar Space. That evolution in his playing is just amazing.

I never got the criticism of Om, Live in Seattle and this period in general. Though not Tranes best albums they aren’t bad either. There’s still a lot of magic. I’ve always had a feeling that lots of people just parrot the critics on these albums (not saying you do Felser, don’t get me wrong). Same goes for albums like ‘Interstellar Space’, ‘Live in Japan’ and the stunning ‘Stellar Regions’. Comments like: Pharoah didn’t knew what he was doing, Alice was an unworthy successor of McCoy or that Trane definitely lost his way here… bullshit if you ask me. In fact they are among my favorite albums.

According to the NPR article, Ward is making a guest appearance. I don’t think he’s on all of the tracks. Here’s a first sample It sounds very good

It really is new unreleased stuff….. oh boy I really need to get this https://johncoltrane.lnk.to/LiveInSeattlePR https://www.npr.org/2021/08/26/1031013271/john-coltranes-masterpiece-breathes-new-life-with-a-love-supreme-live-in-seattle?t=1629969077178

That mosaic is amazing!

I’ve pre-ordered that one. From the samples I could say: it’s outstanding!

So do I!

That record is early ‘50’s. This ones end of the 80’s. I am guessing Joe Pass on guitar, NHØP on bass and Martin Drew on drums something like that?

Mmm okay. I suppose those are the titles that already have been released, both officially as unofficially?

Well can’t say I like everything he did in the ‘70’s but he is easily forgiven. But I could easily recommend every single record he made in the 60’s. And Patterns is among his best. Cowell is kicking ass on that album and the Workman Chambers duo is very, very solid.

I’ve got a feeling it is. Doesn’t ‘The John Coltrane Reference’ mention any other recorded Seattle concerts? Someone around here with that book?

Well I know that one bootleg but I doubt it’s that. Audio quality is so immensely bad I don’t think even the best engineer could make something out of it. And I don’t see Impulse! releasing such a product.

Oh yes you do! You won’t regret it.

Nah cd as well. I don’t see Dusty Groove as a shop that lists a recording that does not exist.

Oh boy what’s this? https://www.dustygroove.com/item/992329?cat=jazz&incl_cs=1&no_incl_in=1&sort_order=release_date completely new record or was this released as a bootleg before?

Patterns is an amazing record and yes the whole album is as good as the title track. It took me quite a while to obtain a copy. It’s pretty rare both in vinyl and cd. Still don’t understand why they did not select it for the Tone Poet series.

My favorite Stitt album besides ‘Tune Up’ and ‘Constellation’ is the session with Bud Powell and JJ Johnson. Also: Personal Appereance on Verve.

Well it’s always a wild guess with things like this isn’t it? Maybe the copycat issue has something to do with it. Maybe the fact that Dexter signed up with Blue Note?

No issues here with the Tone Poets as well. Got 5 of them and they all sound great. Same goes for the classic series: nice pressings without any issues.

Great to see Billy playing again. Haven’t heard anything about his situation since last incident.