Pre-Order: John Coltrane – The Tiberi Tapes [4LP Box]

Description

The Tiberi Tapes opens a door long-whispered about among Coltrane fans: intimate, previously-unheard live recordings made by saxophonist Frank Tiberi as he followed John Coltrane through Philadelphia and New York clubs in the early 1960s. Captured on modest reel-to-reel equipment, these performances trade polish for presence, placing the listener close to the bandstand as Coltrane and his bandmates test, stretch and transform the music in real time. The sound bears the immediacy of its origins: raw, direct and alive with discovery.

For Tiberi, these tapes were study materials, a private archive of harmonic information and musical inspiration. More than sixty years later, they emerge as something larger: a vital chapter in the Coltrane story, preserving the feeling, risk and relentless searching that made the bandstand his truest laboratory. Heard now, the music feels not archival but immediate, a living document of curiosity, discipline and ecstatic momentum.

Tracklist:
LP 1
Side 1
1. Giant Steps (228 bpm) (John Coltrane) 13:44
John Coltranetenor saxophone; McCoy Tynerpiano; Steve Davisbass; Pete La Rocadrums.
Recorded June or July 1960 at the Showboat, Philadelphia, PA or the Jazz Gallery, New York, NY.

2. Giant Steps (276 bpm) (John Coltrane) 10:15
John Coltranetenor saxophone; McCoy Tynerpiano; Steve Davisbass; Pete La Rocadrums.
Recorded July 22, 1960 at the Showboat, Philadelphia, PA.

Side 2
1. Thing in D Flat (John Coltrane) 15:51
John Coltranetenor saxophone; McCoy Tynerpiano; Steve Davisbass; Pete La Rocadrums.
Recorded July 1, 1960 at the Jazz Gallery, New York, NY.

LP 2
Side 1
1. Lover (Richard RodgersLorenz Hart) 4:07
John Coltranesoprano saxophone; McCoy Tynerpiano; Steve Davisbass; Pete La Rocadrums.
Recorded July 1, 1960 at the Jazz Gallery, New York, NY.

2. West 42nd St. (Wilbur Harden) 19:50
John Coltranetenor saxophone; Eric Dolphyalto saxophone; McCoy Tynerpiano; Reggie Workmanbass; Elvin Jonesdrums.
Recorded between July 2429, 1961 at the Showboat, Philadelphia, PA.

Side 2
1. Impressions (John Coltrane) 20:37
John Coltranetenor saxophone; Eric Dolphyalto saxophone; McCoy Tynerpiano; Reggie Workmanbass; Elvin Jonesdrums.
Recorded between July 2429, 1961 at the Showboat, Philadelphia, PA.

LP 3
Side 1
1. Untitled Original in F Minor (John Coltrane) 12:25
John Coltranetenor saxophone; McCoy Tynerpiano; Reggie Workmanbass; Elvin Jonesdrums.
Recorded between July 2429, 1961 at the Showboat, Philadelphia, PA.

2. Satellite (John Coltrane) 11:39
John Coltranetenor saxophone, soprano saxophone; McCoy Tynerpiano; Reggie Workmanbass; Elvin Jonesdrums.
Recorded between October 1621, 1961 at the Showboat, Philadelphia, PA.

Side 2
1. Good Bait (Tadd DameronWilliam Count Basie) 24:38
John Coltranetenor saxophone; McCoy Tynerpiano; Jimmy Garrisonbass; Elvin Jonesdrums.
Recorded between November 1117, 1963 at the Showboat, Philadelphia, PA.

LP 4
Side 1
1. Resolution (Part 1) (John Coltrane) 22:51
John Coltranetenor saxophone; McCoy Tynerpiano; Jimmy Garrisonbass; Elvin Jonesdrums.
Recorded September 18, 1964 at Peps, Philadelphia, PA.

Side 2
1. Resolution (Part 2) (John Coltrane) 9:23
John Coltranetenor saxophone; McCoy Tynerpiano; Jimmy Garrisonbass; Elvin Jonesdrums.
Recorded September 18, 1964 at Peps, Philadelphia, PA.

2. Its Easy to Remember (Richard RodgersLorenz Hart) 13:33
John Coltranetenor saxophone; Eric Dolphyalto saxophone, bass clarinet; McCoy Tynerpiano; Jimmy Garrisonbass; Elvin Jonesdrums.
Recorded October 19, 1962 at the Showboat, Philadelphia, PA.

UPC: 881061010791
Label: Impulse Records
Release Date: 11.6.26
Format: Vinyl