MOSAIC RECORDS CELEBRATES THE JOHN COLTRANE QUARTET -
THE COMPLETE SUN SHIP SESSION RELEASED FOR THE FIRST TIME
Please Note New Street Date:
Three LP Set Available Tuesday, August 6
Mosaic Records Celebrates 30th Anniversary in 2013
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Photo Credit: Chuck Stewart
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Mosaic Records is set to release The Complete Sun Ship Session which includes newly discovered and previously unissued alternate takes from one of the final studio sessions by the John Coltrane Quartet. The three LP set will be released August 6 and was also made available on a two disc set through Verve Records on April 16.
Sun Ship, recorded August 26, 1965, captures one of the last sessions by the Classic John Coltrane Quartet (Coltrane, pianist McCoy Tyner, bassist Jimmy Garrison and drummer Elvin Jones).
It comes at the culmination of a year in which Coltrane arguably
reached his creative peak, a year rich in such masterworks. The Sun Ship album, though, was not issued until 1971, one of several Coltrane albums issued by Impulse Records after his death. And Sun Ship was, like many jazz albums, the product of editing between takes, a process overseen by John's widow Alice.
"This Complete Sun Ship Session
edition is much more: sourced from newly discovered original reels, the
set includes the album's five original compositions, unedited, in
sequence of recording, with all of the takes as they evolved, as well as
the surrounding conversations. More than just a sampling of a few
alternate takes, The Complete Sun Ship Session offers a rare opportunity to eavesdrop on an iconic master at work." - David Wild, liner notes
John Coltrane's Sun Ship
session was recorded at the RCA Recording studio on 24th Street by
engineer Bob Simpson who also did superb work with Sonny Rollins,
Charles Mingus, Albert Ayler and others. The original three-track
masters with the tenor sax on one track, the piano and bass on another
and the drums on the third track were recently discovered, enabling the
complete session to be released for the first time. Kevin Reeves remixed
the entire session from the original three-track masters with great
sonic results, improving greatly on the original LP mix. Mosaic has
remastered them and pressed them on 180-gram vinyl at the renowned
Record Technology Inc. plant in Camarillo, California.
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John Coltrane Quartet · The Complete Sun Ship Session
Mosaic Records · Release Date: August 6, 2013
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This limited edition set is available exclusively from Mosaic Records.
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