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John Coltrane 100: Transition and Sunship

With the release of Expression, Coltrane's final studio album, it must have felt like a narrative had been cut short of its intended ending. What she also did was listen to unreleased recordings by John and prepare them for release.

John Coltrane 100: Transition and Sunship

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With the release of Expression, Coltrane's final studio album, it must have felt like a narrative had been cut short of its intended ending.

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What she also did was listen to unreleased recordings by John and prepare them for release.

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With the release of Expression, Coltrane's final studio album, it must have felt like a narrative had been cut short of its intended ending. What she also did was listen to unreleased recordings by John and prepare them for release. Among the recordings made public in the immediate years following John's passing were two absolutely (I can't emphasize this word enough–!

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  • We know the story 100 years after Trane's birth, however.
  • ) recordings by the famed Classic Quartet of Trane, McCoy Tyner, Jimmy Garrison, and Elvin Jones:

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When John Coltrane died in 1967 the jazz world felt a startling void. Did he ever record material that had yet to be released!

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