First glimpse of John Coltrane's "Tiberi Tapes" on the way for RSD

The first release of Frank Tiberi's long-rumoured private recordings of John Coltrane in action are due out Saturday. 

Here's the scoop...

“THE TIBERI TAPES: A PREVIEW OF THE MYTHICAL RECORDINGS” is a special single-LP release, available exclusively at participating Record Store Day stores and offering an early glimpse ahead of the full release arriving September 2026 via Impulse! as part of Coltrane’s centennial celebration.

For decades, the private recordings of John Coltrane’s group, captured by musician Frank Tiberi in the early 1960s, have lived in legend, surrounded by rumour and deep intrigue. Following Coltrane through clubs in New York and Philadelphia, Tiberi documented the boundary-pushing, otherworldly performances unfolding night after night on his portable tape recorder.

For the first time ever, these recordings will be made available in September 2026 as part of John Coltrane’s centennial celebration. “THE TIBERI TAPES: A PREVIEW OF THE MYTHICAL RECORDINGS” offers a single-LP preview of these historic recordings with liner notes by Ashley Kahn and will be available April 18th at participating Record Store Day stores. Thanks to producer Ken Drucker for making it happen. 

Saxophonist James Brandon Lewis joins The Messthetics for new album

The Messthetics – featuring Fugazi members Brendan Canty & Joe Lally – cut a jazzy LP with James Brandon Lewis for Impulse!

The album that Messthetics made with James Brandon Lewis took just two days to record – it's out March 15th. 

R.I.P. Creed Taylor, 1929-2022

Sadly, legendary music producer Creed Taylor behind numerous classic Verve, Impulse! and CTI recordings, has passed away. 

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Unheard live recording of John Coltrane's A Love Supreme due October 8th

John Coltrane's 1965 performance at The Penthouse in Seattle was recorded on reel-to-reel with two mics by pal Joe Brazil.  

Here's how Joe Brazil's 'Supreme' tape resurfaced...

George Klabin and Zev Feldman have been involved in some major tape discoveries over the years at Resonance, but this one probably takes the cake over them all. Several years back, Zev's good friend at the Coltrane House of Osaka, Japan, Yasuhiro Fujioka, introduced him to the film producer Kiku Lani Iwata who was working on the 2017 "Chasing Trane" documentary. Kiku put Zev in touch with saxophonist Steve Griggs, who introduced them to Virginia Brazil, widow of saxophonist Joe Brazil - who was a friend of Coltrane's and recorded him at the Penthouse. After a number of meetings, Resonance was able to strike a deal to acquire tapes of John Coltrane performing the entire "A Love Supreme" suite live at the Penthouse jazz club in Seattle, WA on October 2, 1965. George and Zev were fortunate to have been able to acquire these important tapes to make sure they stayed out of the wrong hands, and safely into the hands of the good folks at Verve Label Group/Impulse! George and Zev want to thank Ken Druker, Jamie Krents and everyone at the label for allowing us to be co-producers on this incredible journey. Thanks also to Ashley Kahn, Steve Griggs, Lewis Porter, Charlie Puzzo Jr., Yasuhiro Fujioka, Kiku Lani Iwata and everyone else who helped make this project happen. 

You can pre-order John Coltrane – A Love Supreme: Live In Seattle right here. Listen to "A Love Supreme Part IV: Psalm" from the album below. 
 

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NPR John Coltrane's masterpiece breathes new life with 'A Love Supreme: Live in Seattle'

One For The Weekend: John Coltrane

Here's the title track off the just released "Blue World" album recorded by John Coltrane's classic quartet on June 24, 1964. 

Yet another "lost" John Coltrane album Blue World due Sept 27

The music of Blue World was cut by John Coltrane's classic quartet for Gilles Groulx's 1964 film Le Chat Dans Le Sac.

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Lost John Coltrane recording with classic quartet due June 29th

John Coltrane's session from March 6, 1963 – featuring three unknown compositions – will be issued as Both Directions At Once.