Both Directions At Once/ The Lost John Coltrane Album

Reviewed: 2018-05-05
Genre: Jazz
FCCs: none
Review: Simply put, the group – featuring pianist McCoy Tyner, bassist Jimmy Garrison and drummer Elvin Jones – was Coltrane's greatest band, a unit perfectly poised between hard-edged swing and gravity-defying exploration. And here, suddenly, we have 48 minutes of excellent-sounding material from them that most never knew existed. Recorded in 1963
If You Like: Pharoah Sanders, Wayne Shorter, Ron Carter, Max Roach
Track Review (favorites denoted by *):
*1/ Untitled Original 11383 (5:41) – (spoken words) sax starts> uptempo jam> piano solo> bowed bass solo> bass solo> uptempo jam> crescendo end
2/ Nature Boy (3:23) – bass/drums start> midtempo jam> sax solo> midtempo jam> slow fade
**3/ Untitled Original 11386 (8:38) – sax starts> midtempo jam> sax solo swings wild> midtempo jam> piano solo> uptempo jam> bass/drums duet> uptempo jam> crescendo end
*4/ Vilia (5:32) – sax starts> bouncy uptempo jam> sax solo> piano solo> uptempo jam> crescendo end
**5/ Impressions (4:30) – sax starts> uptempo jam> sizzling sax solo> uptempo jam> crescendo end
6/ Slow Blues (11:25) – sax starts> slow jam> sax solo> piano solo> midtempo jam> sax solo> midtempo jam> crescendo end
*7/ One Up, One Down (7:58) -drums/sax start> fast jam> wailing sax solo interspersed with drum flurries> piano solo> drum solo> bass solo> fast jam> drum solo> fast jam> crescendo end