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John Coltrane - A Love Supreme, Live in Seattle makes FLOOD MAGAZINE: The Best Reissues and Box Sets of 2021

FLOOD MAGAZINE's AD Amorosi writes……At a time when austerity rules and excess is verboten, I say turn up the volume—loudness, bulk, intensity, magnitude—and tend to the most gi-hugic of box sets and multiple-edition musical collections when it comes to defining the releases of 2021. Ripe with the possibilities of endowing any music lover and/or curator with unique arcs, grace notes, and completism, for the stay-at-home pandemic worrier, these collections are essential.

Here are 10 oversized box sets to satisfy any and every brand of musical curiosity. The list includes; John Coltrane – A Love Supreme, Seattle 1965 (Impulse!)

From pianist McCoy Tyner’s wildly elongated improv during an already-dramatic “Pursuance,” to John Coltrane’s meditative monster solo on “Resolution,” this rare live full take on Coltrane’s then-recently released spiritualized epic A Love Supreme takes an already-perfect, prayerful work and pushes its edges just a little bit further. Taped at the famed Penthouse Club in 1965, but only discovered in buried house-recording form in 2008, the collection is hiss-filled yet still vivid, and features Coltrane’s Classic Quartet (Tyner, Jimmy Garrison, Elvin Jones) and tenor saxophonist Pharoah Sanders, alto saxophonist Carlos Ward, and second bassist Donald “Rafael” Garrett in the muddy mix.

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