2021-10-22
A Love Supreme: Live In Seattle
John Coltrane
By Maeve C.
Joe Brazil, a Seattle saxophonist and educator, taped John Coltrane’s band at the Penthouse club on 2 October 1965, the final night of a week-long run. The reels stayed in his private collection until after his death, and Impulse! issued this performance of A Love Supreme from them in 2021.
The quartet of Coltrane, McCoy Tyner, Jimmy Garrison and Elvin Jones is expanded by Pharoah Sanders, a second bassist in Donald Garrett, and Carlos Ward sitting in. The four parts, from “Acknowledgement” to “Psalm”, are separated by interludes, and the whole set runs to about 75 minutes.
Sources
Label (Universal Music Canada) release: “for release October 22, on Impulse! Records/Ume”; recorded 2 October 1965 at The Penthouse, Seattle, by Joe Brazil from his private collection; personnel incl. Pharoah Sanders, Donald Garrett, Carlos Ward. Note: a US version of the August 2021 announcement gave 8 October; the October 2021 report below and later listings confirm the album came out on 22 October.Contemporary October 2021 report (WJCT/NPR Music listening party): “Mythical John Coltrane recording to be released on October 22”; Penthouse, October 1965.
Corroborates release October 22, 2021 by Impulse!; recorded October 2, 1965 by Joe Brazil; tapes found after Brazil’s 2008 death; personnel; length 75:28.