Stellar Regions

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This set is drawn from a February 15, 1967, recording session--one of John Coltrane's last days in the studio. The tapes had been in Alice Coltrane's care since the recording, and she gave titles to the pieces, overseeing their release on CD in 1995. All are previously unreleased with the exception of "Offering" which appeared on Expression. As on that release, there's evidence here that Coltrane's relentless musical search was drawing him ever further out. The performances are shorter, focused, with a magisterial lyricism seamlessly integrated with exclamatory shrieks and cries. There is an aching, though rough-hewn, beauty to Coltrane's playing on these tracks. With the exception of "Tranesonic" where he is on alto, he plays tenor sax throughout. His command of the instrument from the very bottom of the low register to the stratospheric heights of the altissimo is staggering--note in particular his "duet" with himself on "Sun Star" where he questions and answers with himself on the extreme ranges of the horn. There's a depth and wisdom to these recordings that only further extends the Coltrane legacy. --Michael Monhart

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Average customer rating: another mindblower. Interesting stuff A different quartet but the same result STELLAR REGIONS: worthwhile One of Coltrane's Deepest !

Stellar Regions John Coltrane Manufacturer: Grp Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Avant Garde & Free Jazz | Jazz | Styles | Music General | Jazz | Styles | Music GRP | Verve Music Group | Specialty Stores | Music Similar Items: Interstellar Space Sun Ship Kulu Se Mama Meditations Expression ASIN: B000003N7W Release Date: 1995-10-10

Tracks:

1. Seraphic Light
2. Sun Star
3. Stellar Regions
4. Iris
5. Offering
6. Configuration
7. Jimmy's Mode
8. Tranesonic
9. Stellar Regions (alternate)
10. Sun Star (alternate)
11. Tranesonic (alternate)

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This set is drawn from a February 15, 1967, recording session--one of John Coltrane's last days in the studio. The tapes had been in Alice Coltrane's care since the recording, and she gave titles to the pieces, overseeing their release on CD in 1995. All are previously unreleased with the exception of "Offering" which appeared on Expression. As on that release, there's evidence here that Coltrane's relentless musical search was drawing him ever further out. The performances are shorter, focused, with a magisterial lyricism seamlessly integrated with exclamatory shrieks and cries. There is an aching, though rough-hewn, beauty to Coltrane's playing on these tracks. With the exception of "Tranesonic" where he is on alto, he plays tenor sax throughout. His command of the instrument from the very bottom of the low register to the stratospheric heights of the altissimo is staggering--note in particular his "duet" with himself on "Sun Star" where he questions and answers with himself on the extreme ranges of the horn. There's a depth and wisdom to these recordings that only further extends the Coltrane legacy. --Michael Monhart

Customer Reviews:

another mindblower........2007-04-12

recorded 5 months before his death in 1967, but not released until 1995, this is another mindblowing impulse release of coltrane's super-sonic music. mr coltrane takes the idiom of jazz and makes it into an emotional language that's all his own. a pure poet of sound. intense and beautiful. his music is a blast of power that can be felt traveling through your entire body. my soul feels heightened when i listen to him speak through that saxophone the way he does on this album. "seraphic light," "stellar regions," "iris," and "offering" are particularly astonishing. "offering" has an insane outburst of aggressive passion about halfway through that's amongst the most breathtaking moments in all the jazz that i've heard. my head did just about explode having all that fire and fury blowing directly from my headphones into my ears. dangerous. i swear. anyway, don't miss this personal, extraordinary music. make way for it to become part of your life.

Interesting stuff.......2006-01-07

This is one of Coltrane's last and greatest albums. Like many of Coltrane's later outings the music sounds very 'out there' and at the same time it sounds so direct and almost spiritual, to risk sounding vague and mystical. Coltranes purposeful and determined approach as well as his willingness to experiment make him, along with Sonny Rollins, one of the key figures of the era (and any era for that matter). This album also boasts some of Coltrane's most beautiful compositions like 'Sun Star' and the title track 'Stellar Regions'. Also there are some almost crazed, trance like moments as in 'Offering'. Coltrane was completely in his element throughout the 60's and on this recording it is also evident that this man was a visionary.

A different quartet but the same result.......2005-11-19

This Coltrane is just another solid album. Seraphic Light is the best song on the album. This was recorded right before Interstellar space in February of 1967,5 months before Coltrane died of liver cancer.

STELLAR REGIONS: worthwhile.......2005-09-22

Stellar Regions is a very cool collection of studio outtakes from the later years of Coltrane's life. the playing is great and it's wonderful to hear his exploration of so many new ideas. it's a marvel to think of how further developed these songs might have become if Coltrane had lived longer. i'm glad that this was released to the public because it stands as a fascinating audio document to one of the greatest musical minds the world has ever known. i'd recommend this to experienced fans of John Coltrane, not to those who are just beginning their search through his vast back catalogue.

One of Coltrane's Deepest !.......2005-04-07

Coltrane's music was always spiritual. His sound, even in the 50's, always had that yearning, that searching quality. The searching never stopped, and in 1964, with "A Love Supreme", Coltrane added a religious content to his music, also through his song titles. That religious feeling was always universal, and in a way even Pagan - focusing on space and the cosmos.

This marvellous CD, was apparently titled by Coltrane's wife Alice, after his death. The general direction is outer space - Stellar Regions, Tranesonic, Sun Star. There is also Jimmy's Mode, a rather Bopish name, and Offering, Iris, and Configuration - earthy but spiritual.
This diversity is not reflected in the music. This is one of the most coherent albums I have ever heard. It seems Coltrane was absolutely sure of what he wanted to do at that moment in his ending life. Coltrane's sound is sharper than ever, and the urgency of it is as deep as it ever was. Going back to a quartet after a period of larger ensembles, Coltrane plays some of the more magical Tenor of his magical career.
Despite the spacy titles, this music is for me deep Earth, deeply Human, and deeply Enriching. Every human being should listen to it.

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