Coming soon from Impulse Records! & UMe Newly discovered, previously unreleased music from The Classic Quartet

Coming soon from Impulse Records! & UMe
Newly discovered, previously unreleased music from The Classic Quartet

(photo credit – Jim Marshall)

Release Date – September 27, 2019

·         In 1964, the National Film Board of Canada asked John Coltrane to record the soundtrack for a French-language film titled “Le chat dans le sac” (“The Cat in the Bag”).  Amazingly, no announcement was made that the iconic Coltrane was adding new performances to this film.

·         In June of that year, Coltrane’s ‘Classic Quartet’ entered Rudy Van Gelder’s studio and recorded five previously-recorded Coltrane originals. For many years, viewers of the film who recognized the music thought that they were listening to the original recordings, though in fact they were new and had never been heard.

·         Now, with the release of “Blue World”, we can hear these newly-discovered recordings for the first time.
·         This was recorded in June, 1964 between the recording of “Crescent” and “A Love Supreme”

·         At this time, Coltrane’s music was heading in an avant-garde direction. However, this a more straight-ahead recording.

·         Performed by the Classic Quartet – the same group from “Both Directions at Once” – John Coltrane (tenor saxophone), McCoy Tyner (piano) , Jimmy Garrison (bass), Elvin Jones (drums).

·         Recorded at Rudy Van Gelder’s studio in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey.

TRACKLIST
CD
01. Naima (Take 1) (4:34)
02. Village Blues (Take 2) (3:41)
03. Blue World (6:08)
04. Village Blues (Take 1) (3:51)
05. Village Blues (Take 3) (3:45)
06. Like Sonny (2:43)
07. Traneing In (7:42)
08. Naima (Take 2) (4:10)

VINYL
SIDE A
01. Naima (Take 1) (4:34)
02. Village Blues (Take 2) (3:41)
03. Blue World (6:08)
04. Village Blues (Take 1) (3:51)
SIDE B
01. Village Blues (Take 3) (3:45)
02. Like Sonny (2:43)
03. Traneing In (7:42)
04. Naima (Take 2) (4:10)