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INDEX TO 1967
SESSION GROUP REMARKS
670215 John Coltrane Quartet Stellar Regions vault issue
670222 John Coltrane/Rashied Ali Interstellar Space session
670227 John Coltrane Quintet Unissued (missing) session
670307 John Coltrane Quartet Ogunde session
670329 John Coltrane Quartet Unissued (missing) session
670423 John Coltrane Quartet Olatunji Center concert
670517 John Coltrane Sextet Unissued (missing) session
670000 John Coltrane Quintet Undated Expressions recordings

NOTES TO 1967

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670215          JOHN COLTRANE QUARTET:

Personnel: John Coltrane, alto or tenor saxophone; Alice Coltrane, piano; Jimmy Garrison, bass; Rashied Ali, drums.
Location: Van Gelder Studios,Englewood Cliffs NJ
Date: February 15, 1967
Engineer: Rudy Van Gelder

a. "Sun Star" (AT) (J. Coltrane) 8:05 
           Imp (CD) IMPD-169
b. "Sun Star" (J. Coltrane) 6:05
            Imp (CD) IMPD-169
c. "Stellar Regions" (J. Coltrane) 3:31
            Imp (CD) IMPD-169
d. "Stellar Regions" (AT) (J. Coltrane) 4:37
            Imp (CD) IMPD-169
e. "Configuration" (J. Coltrane) 4:01
            Imp (CD) IMPD-169
f. "Iris" (J. Coltrane) 3:50
            Imp (CD) IMPD-169
g. "Offering" (J. Coltrane) 8:20
            Imp A9120; more
h. "Seraphic Light" (J. Coltrane) 8:54
            Imp (CD) IMPD-169
i. "Tranesonic" (AT) (J. Coltrane) 2:48
            Imp (CD) IMPD-169
j. "Tranesonic" (J. Coltrane) 4:14
            Imp (CD) IMPD-169
k. "Jimmy’s Mode" (J. Coltrane) 5:58
            Imp (CD) IMPD-169
 

NOTE: John Coltrane plays alto saxophone on both takes of "Tranesonic". The composition "Stellar Regions" was recorded a week later (February 22, 1967) as part of the Interstellar Space duet session, under the title "Venus". Titles for the different compositions from this session (with the exception of "Offering") were provided by Alice Coltrane. "Expression" was originally credited to this session but was in fact not recorded at this date. See the notes for a discussion.

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670222          JOHN COLTRANE/RASHIED ALI:

Personnel: John Coltrane, tenor saxophone, bells; ; Rashied Ali, drums, percussion.
Location: 'Van Gelder Studios', Englewood Cliffs NJ
Date: 2/22/67
Engineer: Rudy Van Gelder

a. "Mars" (J. Coltrane) 10:41
Imp ASD 9277; more
b. "Leo" (J. Coltrane) 11:00
Imp IA9360 more
c. "Venus" (J. Coltrane) 8:17
Im ASD9277 more
d. "Jupiter Variation" (J. Coltrane) 6:45
Imp IA9360 more
e. "Jupiter" (J. Coltrane) 5:21
Imp ASD9277 more
f. "Saturn" (J. Coltrane) 11:35
Imp ASD9277 more

NOTE:The composition "Venus" (670222c), originally untitled, was also recorded at session 670215, and was released as "Stellar Regions". See the note to session 670215.

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670227          JOHN COLTRANE QUINTET:

Personnel: Marion Brown, as, bells; John Coltrane, tenor saxophone; Alice Coltrane, piano; Jimmy Garrison, bass; Rashied Ali, drums..
Location: 'Van Gelder Studios', Englewood Cliffs NJ
Date: 2/27/67
Engineer: Rudy Van Gelder

a. "E Minor" (J. Coltrane)
Impulse unknown
b. "Half Steps" (J. Coltrane)
Impulse unknown
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670307          JOHN COLTRANE QUARTET:

Personnel: John Coltrane, tenor saxophone; Alice Coltrane, piano; Jimmy Garrison, bass; Rashied Ali, drums.
Location: 'Van Gelder Studios', Englewood Cliffs NJ
Date: 3/7/67
Engineer: Rudy Van Gelder

a. "Number One" (J. Coltrane) 12:00
Imp IA9360 more
b. "Ogunde" (J. Coltrane) 3:34
Imp A9120 more
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670329          JOHN COLTRANE QUARTET:

Personnel: John Coltrane, tenor saxophone; Alice Coltrane, piano; Jimmy Garrison, bass; Rashied Ali, drums.
Location: 'Van Gelder Studios', Englewood Cliffs NJ
Date: 3/29/67
Engineer: Rudy Van Gelder

a. "Number Eight" (J. Coltrane )
Impulse unknown
b. "Number Seven" (J. Coltrane)
Impulse unknown
c. "Number Six" (J. Coltrane)
Impulse Unknown
d. "Number Five" (J. Coltrane)
Impulse Unknown
e. "Number Four" (J. Coltrane)
Impulse unknown
f. "Number Two" (J. Coltrane)
Impulse unknown
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670423          JOHN COLTRANE SEPTET:

Personnel: John Coltrane, soprano, tenor saxophone; Pharoah Sanders, tenor saxophone; Alice Coltrane, piano; Jimmy Garrison, bass; Rashied Ali, drums; Algie Dewitt, bata drum; probably Jumma Santos, perc.
Location: 'Olatunji Center of African Culture' New York City NY
Date: 4/23/67
Engineer: Bernard Drayton

First Performance:
a. "Ogunde" (Traditional, Arr. J. Coltrane) 28:25
Rhino [CD] R2-71255; Verve/Impulse 314 589 120-2
b. "My Favorite Things" (J. Coltrane) 34:38
Private tape; Verve/Impulse 314 589 120-2
Second Performance:
c. "Tunji" (J. Coltrane)
Private tape?
d. "Acknowledgement" (J. Coltrane)
Private tape?

NOTE:The complete first performance from this concert is on Verve/Impulse. The second performance does not appear to have been recorded.

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670517          JOHN COLTRANE SEXTET:

Personnel: Pharoah Sanders, alto saxophone; John Coltrane, tenor saxophone; Alice Coltrane, piano; Jimmy Garrison, bass; Rashied Ali, drums; Algie DeWitt, Bata drum
Location: 'Van Gelder Studios', Englewood Cliffs NJ
Date: 5/17/67
Engineer: Rudy Van Gelder

a. "None Other" (J. Coltrane)
Impulse unknown
b. "Collidoscope" (J. Coltrane)
Impulse unknown
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670000          JOHN COLTRANE QUARTET:

Personnel: John Coltrane, flute; tenor saxophone; Pharoah Sanders, picolo, flute; Alice Coltrane, piano; Jimmy Garrison, bass; Rashied Ali, drums.
Location: 'Van Gelder Studios', Englewood Cliffs NJ
Date: Spring 1967
Engineer: Rudy Van Gelder

a. "To Be" (J. Coltrane) 16:18
Imp A9120 more
b. "Expression" (J. Coltrane) 10:46
Imp A9120 more

NOTE: See the Notes for a discussion of the dating of these two recordings.

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