«Kafka sulla spiaggia si legge come il suo autore deve averlo scritto: con la sensazione di entrare a occhi aperti in un sogno visionario e risonante di profezie, dove le scoperte e le rivelazioni si susseguono, ma il cuore piú profondo resta segreto e inattingibile».
Giorgio Amitrano
Uno dei classici assoluti del jazz.
Collezione di classiche registrazioni di John Coltrane, per la Atlantic. Il suo perido più classic jazz. Una perfetta introduzione al grande sassofonista: 9 canzoni, tra cui classici come Naima, My Favorite Things, Giant Steps, Central Park West etc. Rimasterizzato 2017.
Registrazione della puntata della trasmissione radiofonica condotta dalla pianista jazz e dedicata a Elvis Costello con conversazioni tra i due alternate a canzoni. Registrata sulla National Public Radio Americana il 6 maggio 2003.
Tracks 1-4 Hollywood, CA., March 2, 1956
Tracks 5-7 Massachusetts, April 20, 1956
Tracks 8-11 Hackensack, New Jersey, September 21, 1956
(c) & (p) Gambit Records D.L. AND. 434-2005
Made in the EU
Tracks 1 and 4 recorded October 14, 1965 at Western Recorders, Los Angeles.
Tracks 2, 3, 5, and 6 recorded June 1965 at Van Gelder Recording Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey: track 3 recorded June 10; tracks 2, 5 and 6 recorded June 16.
Tracks 1 to 3 original-LP issue: "Kulu Sé Mama" Impulse AS-9106.
Track 4 original-LP issue: "Selflessness" Impulse AS-9161.
Track 5 original-LP issue: "Feelin' Good" Impulse IZ 9345/2.
Track 6 previously unreleased.
Master Numbers & Take:
Track 1 - 90676-1
Track 2 - 90319-2
Track 3 - 90312
Track 4 - 90677
Track 5 - 90318-2
Track 6 - 90318-2
Tracks 1 to 3 are in their original-LP sequence. Master numbers show the order in which the tracks were recorded.
Tracks 4 to 6 are bonus tracks.
Reissue mastered at Universal Mastering Studios-East.
In digipak case.
Photographs (C) 2000 Chuck Stewart.
(P) 2000 The Verve Music Group, a division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
All selections are stereo except #4-7 which are mono.
Tracks 1 and 2 recorded on September 15, 1957 at the Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack, New Jersey
Track 3 recorded on September 1, 1957 at the Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack, New Jersey
Tracks 4 and 5 recorded on September 21, 1956 at the Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack, New Jersey
Track 6 recorded in March 1956 at Western Recorders in Los Angeles
Source album info not given on this release:
Tracks 1 and 2 from John Coltrane - Blue Train
Track 3 from Sonny Clark - Sonny's Crib
Tracks 4 and 5 from Paul Chambers Sextet - Whims Of Chambers
Tracks 6 and 7 from Paul Chambers - Chambers' Music
Track 8 from John Coltrane - Coltrane Time (aka Cecil Taylor Quintet - Hard Driving Jazz)
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