John Coltrane Sextet - "The Missing Seattle Parts"
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The Penthouse Seattle WA
1965-09-30


Source parts - All FM > ? > ALAC > i-Sound (44.1k wav), confirmed lossless with TLH + Audition Freq / Phase plots

1. First Cosmos broadcast (up to 4:24 track 02)
2. Second Cosmos broadcast (from 4:24 track 02 and all track 03)
3. Bass Solo + Thumb Piano (initial applause overlaps official Cosmos end)
4. Afro Blue End
5. Lush Life + MFT

Contrast Clause:

The Unissued Seattle Broadcast 1965 Boot is mono and omits 7:79 of the Bass Duet (Second Cosmos Broadcast)
u014945 posted this pitch fixed version http://www.dimeadozen.org/torrents-details.php?id=440115
Bass Solo (aborted) contains 4sec of the official Cosmos track applause (meets Dime rules)

Monumental Lewojazz art is included, including multiple CD labels, for both this post and the full re-consituted concert
for those interested- many thanks for this great effort !!

Quality: Historic, ranges from A+ to B-
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Having bought the original 2LP vinyl and then single and finally 2CD versions, I was very happy with the music but
there were obvious distractingly large balance variations and droppouts, plus the material was not continuous and
it was obvious there was music missing.

Dimer u014945 posted with better sound quality what was later to become the mono 'Unissued Broadcast' boot that added
some material but quality was still not great, so I started searching for better versions, only for u014945 to find this
collection of several sources of new stereo material that allows presentation of the complete concert. The waveform is
identical to the official releases and it too has the extremebalance and dropout variations, especially the end of Afro
Blue which was so bad, it was obvious why it never made it to official release.

Goody did speed correction on all the source parts we were sent, then I started occasional work well over a year ago to
improve the quality, always finding that the work I did was not nearly enough on first or second passes, so I've continued
occasional work whenever I could until u014945 asked if we could post on the 50th Anniversary of Coltrane's death.

So what you have here is a very acceptable work-in-progress version of this concert that with the exception of a few
seconds missing between Afro Blue parts, is continuous with the official material and in the correct set list order with
flac tags / artwork so those with a modicum of editing ability will be able to re-insert their own official material.

There are still quality variations at the transitions between sources (and official material) and lower level balance and
dropouts plus phase offset variations that I will continue to occasionally work on and hope to post some time in the future.

TomP post on Dime, July 2017...Enjoy !!


Donald Garrett (cl, b)
John Coltrane (ss, ts)
Pharoah Sanders (ts)
McCoy Tyner (p)
Jimmy Garrison (b)
Elvin Jones (d)


SET 1 (Total 118:38)

Cosmos (Coltrane) 48:39

01 - FM Intro 0:37 Private Recording
02 - Cosmos Introduction 25:09 Private Recording
-) Broadcast I Beginning 5:02
-) Broadcast II Sanders 3:27
-) Broadcast III Trane 7:27
-) Broadcast IV McCoy 9:13
03 - Bass Duet 12:03 Private Recording
xx - Cosmos 10:50 Impulse AS9202-2, AS 9267-2, ASH 9278-2 91198

Evolution (Coltrane) 39:34

05 - Bass Solo (aborted) 0:27 Private Recording
06 - Thumb Piano Piece 2:45 Private Recording
xx - Evolution 36:22 Impulse AS 9202-2 91200

xx - Tapestry In Sound (Garrison bass solo) 6:07 Impulse AS 9202-2
xx - Out Of This World (H. Arlen - J. Mercer) 24:18 Impulse AS 9202-2 91199



SET 2 (Total 95:01)

xx - Body And Soul (Green-Eyton-Heyman-Sour) 21:24 Impulse GRD 2-146

Afro Blue (M. Santamaria) 53:19

xx - Afro Blue First Part 34:43 Impulse GRD 2-146
12 - Afro Blue Last Part 18:36 Private Recording
-) Saxes + piano 5:45
-) Drum solo 6:30
-) Finale 6:21

13 - Lush life 10:02 Private Recording
14 - My Favorite Things (inc) 10:16 Private Recording

Total new music = 79:56

XX = Official tracks REMOVED

For the complete reconstituted concert, the natural CD splits are between the sets and...
Set 1: Between Cosmos and Bass Solo (aborted)
Set 2: Afro Blue First Part and Afro Blue Final Part


Source comment:
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"I am coming to the conclusion that tracks from the performance on Sept 30, 1965 that have been until now
been published as separate and distinct pieces are all one long performance of "Cosmos." During the "untitled
original" from "The Unissued Seattle Broadcast" that begins the first set on Sept 30, Coltrane told Wilke that
the piece was going to be longer than the 30 minute broadcast.

Coltrane may also have had to start performing without being ready because Wilke reported that McCoy Tyner was
absent when the broadcast began. Perhaps this stretched out what I am considering a introduction. You can hear
Tyner play his first notes around the 15 minute mark as he launches into a solo.

The bass duet that follows has no musical break from the preceding ensemble even though the audience applauds
as the horns, piano, and drums subside. Interludes of bass solos were a common practice of Coltrane's group as
heard on A Love Supreme recorded almost a year earlier. Coltrane's statement of the "Cosmos" melody from "Live
in Seattle" bursts into the bass duet with no musical pause.

After "Cosmos," Garrison segues into a bass solo, followed immediately by Garrett's kalimba (Thumb Piano) solo.
With less than 5 seconds of silence, "Evolution" begins. I think this is actually the conclusion of "Cosmos"
because Coltrane states the "Cosmos" melody several times. (The groaning during this track foreshadows the
recording session for Om the following day.)

From the first note of the "untitled original" to the end of "Evolution" is about 86 minutes, but the 1st set
at the Penthouse on Sept 30 was not over yet. Garrison immediately launches into a 6 minute bass solo that has
been titled "Tapestry in Sound" as a segue into a 24 minute standard "Out of This World" to close the set.

At this point in Coltrane's career, he was using music to interpret ideas. The idea of cosmic space, universality,
and expanded consciousness as the opening of his live radio broadcast and the first set on his first self financed
live recording fits with his approach toward music in 1965. Pairing "Cosmos" with an other-worldly interpretation
of "Out of This World" has a thematic integrity consistent with this theory. The later set(s) on Sept 30 included
typical songs from his repertoire, Afro Blue, Body and Soul, My Favorite Things, and a surprise - Lush Life".


Edit details:

Goody pitch correction

Cosmos +48 cents
Bass + Thumb Piano +48 cents
Afro Blue End -37 cents
Lush Life & MFT +38 cents

TomP changes (Nero 8 unless indicated)

Clip restoration (Audition 3)
Removed the additional announcer at the beginning of source 2
Stitched sources and official tracks to match the Source comment above
Corrected 1000+ large balance and dropout fluctuations
Phase offset correction of FM and tape variations


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