John Coltrane began a West Coast tour in the fall of 1965 with tenor saxophonist Pharoah Sanders as a regular member of the band, and in Seattle he added Donald Garrett, playing both bass clarinet and bass, and drummer Frank Butler to the group before heading to Los Angeles to perform and record. Juno Lewis, a singer and percussionist brought a strongly African element into the expanding band. The developing relationship between Coltrane and Sanders is particularly arresting, the two saxophonists both mirroring and expanding one another's ideas in stunning joint improvisations.
The beauty of “Kulu Sé Mama”, recorded in 1965, is that it is informed by Trane's study of free form styles, but balanced by some classic quartet pieces recorded a few months earlier. Simultaneously psychedelic, spiritual, soulful, preaching, pleading, angry, accepting, unsettling and healing. A truly remarkable album. Essential Coltrane at his best.



John Coltrane 

Kulu Sé Mama

Recorded in 1965, released in 1967 

 

  CD / 2007 / Remastered / 320Kbps


Tracklist:

1. Kulu Sé Mama (October 14, 1965)

2. Vigil (June 10, 1965)

3. Welcome (June 10, 1965)

4. Selflessness (October 14, 1965)

5. Dusk Dawn (June 10, 1965)	

6. Dusk Dawn [Alternate Take] (June 10, 1965)	


Personnel:

John Coltrane — tenor saxophone

Pharoah Sanders — tenor saxophone, percussion (tracks 1, 4)

McCoy Tyner — piano (#1, 3-6)

Jimmy Garrison — double bass (#1, 3-6)

Donald Rafael Garrett — bass clarinet, double bass, percussion (#1, 4)

Frank Butler —drums, vocals (#1, 4)

Elvin Jones — drums

Juno Lewis — vocals, percussion, conch shell, hand drums (#1, 4)


John Coltrane 
Kulu Sé Mama
Recorded in 1965, released in 1967