Review: Jazz fans take note: Both Directions at Once: The Lost Album more than lives up to its name. It features previously unreleased recordings by the late, great John Coltrane and his regular accompanying players (pianist McCoy Tyner, bassist Jimmy Garrison and Drummer Elvin Jones). The reels of tape the tracks were salvaged from were dated 1963, around the time that the quartet laid down some of its most forward-thinking work for the legendary Impulse label. Much of the material consists of original Coltrane compilations, though there are a few notable covers (including a great version of jazz standard "Nature Boy") dotted throughout. As you'd expect, Coltrane's performance is incredible from start to finish.
Review: A match made in heaven, set up by Capitol Records and now Decca, between two of the foremost tenor saxophonists of their era. A snapshot of a fabled but singularly monumental day in jazz history - October 16, 1597 - Coleman Hawkins Encounters Ben Webster documents the day the two musicians crossed paths and subsequently jammed it out in the annals of Capitol's studio, based in Hollywood. Made in the fallout of the same session recorded for Hawkins' own The Genius Of Coleman Hawkins, an with a rhythm section led by Oscar Peterson, the album brings a large ensemble cast to this dialectic meeting of minds, and is a deeply affecting anachronism.
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