Today's Listen and Lesson:
John Coltrane -- BOTH DIRECTIONS AT ONCE : THE LOST TAPES
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sIv4elylwsA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=erlJD3Qo50c
Recorded in 1963. Released in 2018. WTF, you may ask.
2CD set.
The booklet is almost as compelling as the music. It gives the history of these recordings and an insight into the record business of that era.
The record labels used to record and hoard the music, not releasing it until they felt the economic / market situation was most favorable to their bottom line.
Coltrane, and others, would complain about fans wanting them to play their 'latest' hits, when in fact Coltrane had moved on. They were asking for music he had recorded years previous, but had just been released.
When Impulse was bought by ABC and moved to LA, many unreleased tapes by Coltrane and others were thrown out to save on 'storage costs'. Makes a man want to cry.
We have these recordings because of tapes Coltrane gave his ex-wife, Naima. If not for that action, all of this would have been lost, along with the countless gems that were thrown in the trash to save a few bucks.
LESSON: Do not let outsiders control or define your art.
Cheers