Sono passati 50 anni dall’uscita di “A Love Supreme”, capolavoro di John Coltrane e pietra miliare del jazz. Per l’occasione, l’etichetta Verve Music Group pubblicherà a novembre un’edizione speciale dell’album dal titolo “A Love Supreme: The Complete Masters”.
La raccolta, disponibile a partire dal 6 novembre, racchiuderà tutto il materiale audio risalente ai due giorni di registrazioni (9-10 dicembre 1964) di “A Love Supreme”, cioè ogni singola take, ma perfino le conversazioni tra i musicisti in studio.
Materiale da collezionisti e amanti incalliti di Coltrane in un doppio cd che conterrà comunque anche il disco originale, oltre a sette tracce inedite e un ricco booklet di 32 pagine.
Prevista anche una Super Deluxe Edition, un triplo album che conterrà una performance del musicista statunitense al Festival Mondial du Jazz Antibes del luglio del 1965, a 5 mesi dall’uscita dell’album.
Qui sotto tracklist e copertina di “A Love Supreme: The Complete Masters”:
Disco: 1
1. The Original Stereo Album, Impulse! AS-77 Part I Acknowledgement
2. The Original Stereo Album, Impulse! AS-77 Part II Resolution
3. The Original Stereo Album, Impulse! AS-77 Part III Pursuance
4. The Original Stereo Album, Impulse! AS-77 Part IV Psalm
5. Trane’s Original Mono Reference Masters Part I Acknowledgement
6. Trane’s Original Mono Reference Masters Part II Resolution
7. Trane’s Original Mono Reference Masters Part III Pursuance
8. Trane’s Original Mono Reference Masters Part IV Psalm
Disco 2
1. Day 1: December 9, 1964 Part I Acknowledgement undubbed version
2. Day 1: December 9, 1964 Part I Acknowledgement vocal overdub 2
3. Day 1: December 9, 1964 Part I Acknowledgement vocal overdub 3
4. Day 1: December 9, 1964 Part II Resolution take 1 / breakdown
5. Day 1: December 9, 1964 Part II Resolution take 2 / breakdown
6. Day 1: December 9, 1964 Part II Resolution take 3 / breakdown
7. Day 1: December 9, 1964 Part II Resolution take 4 / alternate
8. Day 1: December 9, 1964 Part II Resolution take 5 / breakdown
9. Day 1: December 9, 1964 Part II Resolution take 6 / breakdown
10. Day 1: December 9, 1964 Part IV Psalm undubbed version
11. Day 2: December 10, 1964 Part I – Acknowledgement take 1 / alternate
12. Day 2: December 10, 1964 Part I – Acknowledgement take 2 / alternate
13. Day 2: December 10, 1964 Part I – Acknowledgement take 3 / breakdown with studio dialogue
14. Day 2: December 10, 1964 Part I – Acknowledgement take 4 / alternate
15. Day 2: December 10, 1964 Part I – Acknowledgement take 5 / false start
16. Day 2: December 10, 1964 Part I – Acknowledgement take 6 / alternate
Disco 3
1. Live At Festival Mondial du Jazz Antibes, July 26, 1965 Introduction by M.C. Andre Francis
2. Live At Festival Mondial du Jazz Antibes, July 26, 1965 Part I – Acknowledgement (Live)
3. Live At Festival Mondial du Jazz Antibes, July 26, 1965 Part II – Resolution (Live)
4. Live At Festival Mondial du Jazz Antibes, July 26, 1965 Part III – Pursuance (Live)
5. Live At Festival Mondial du Jazz Antibes, July 26, 1965 Part IV – Psalm (Live)