John Coltrane

VERVE RECORDS/UMe PARTNERS WITH THIRD MAN RECORDS TO RELAUNCH VERVE BY REQUEST AS VINYL REISSUE SERIES

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Tuesday, October 11, 2022

LOS ANGELES, Oct. 11, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Verve Records/UMe and Third Man Records have partnered to resurrect the popular reissue series, Verve By Request, with a vinyl twist. Focusing on rare gems and fan-requested jazz albums from the Verve Label Group's stable of iconic labels, the series will offer two titles per month – each hand-picked by Verve and Third Man Records. The records will include both long-out-of-print titles from the vault as well as the first-ever vinyl pressings for albums released in the '90s and aughts that were only originally released on CD.  

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  • ONGOING SERIES LAUNCHES NOVEMBER 11 WITH ALICE COLTRANE'SPTAH, THE EL DAOUD AND ROY BROOKS' BEAT
    LOS ANGELES, Oct. 11, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Verve Records/UMeand Third Man Records have partnered to resurrect the popular reissue series, Verve By Request, with a vinyl twist.
  • Focusing on rare gems and fan-requested jazz albums from the Verve Label Group's stable of iconic labels, the series will offer two titles per month each hand-picked by Verve and Third Man Records.
  • Albums will be newly remastered from original analog sources, when available, and pressed on audiophile-quality, 180-gram vinylat Third Man Pressing in Detroit.
  • Each month, a limited Third Man Edition yellow color variant of each LP will also be available exclusively via Third Man Records and uDiscoverMusic.

Tier-One MBE Automotive Supplier MAI & Coltrane Logistics Announce Strategic Alliance

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Wednesday, May 18, 2022

Coltrane's proven agility to solve tough logistics challenges, unmatched personalized service, commitment to transparent and fair pricing, and on-time reliability earned Coltrane status as a trusted supplier and paved the way to the creation of this strategic logistics alliance.

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  • Coltrane's proven agility to solve tough logistics challenges, unmatched personalized service, commitment to transparent and fair pricing, and on-time reliability earned Coltrane status as a trusted supplier and paved the way to the creation of this strategic logistics alliance.
  • MAI is an award-winning supplier to the automotive industry in the U.S. and internationally and is a tier-one Honda North America Supplier.
  • The MAI strategic alliance expands Coltrane's footprint in the Automotive space.
  • "Trust is always earned, and we are honored that the MAI leadership team is putting their trust in Coltrane to meet their critical logistics supply chain needs," responded Adam Claytor, President of Coltrane Logistics.

ACOUSTIC SOUNDS, VERVE/UMe's ACCLAIMED AUDIOPHILE VINYL REISSUE SERIES, TO DELIVER MORE DEFINITIVE PRESSINGS OF SOME OF THE LABEL'S BEST-KNOWN JAZZ ALBUMS AS IT ENTERS ITS THIRD YEAR

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Thursday, May 5, 2022

LOS ANGELES, May 5, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Since launching in 2020, Verve/UMe's all-analog vinyl reissue series, Acoustic Sounds, has provided definitive, best-in-class audiophile grade pressings of some of the most important and beloved jazz records of all time, each mastered from the original tapes and produced with the utmost care. The nearly two dozen releases to date feature many of the timeless, classic albums from the Verve Label Group's stable of labels including Decca, EmArcy, Impulse! Records, Philips Records and Verve, and thus far have included Bill Evans' Trio '64, Clifford Brown and Max Roach's A Study In Brown, Gil Evans Orchestra's Out of the Cool, John Coltrane's A Love Supreme and Ballads, Louis Armstrong and Oscar Peterson's Louis Armstrong Meets Oscar Peterson, Nina Simone's I Put a Spell on You and Pastel Blues, Oliver Nelson's Blues And The Abstract Truth, Peggy Lee's Black Coffee and Sarah Vaughan's Sarah Vaughan, and Stan Getz and João Gilberto's Getz/Gilberto.

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  • The nearly two dozen releases to date feature many of the timeless, classic albums from the Verve Label Group's stable of labels including Decca, EmArcy, Impulse!
  • but will also feature several important albums released by Verve between 1956-65.
  • Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrong's immortal duets albums will follow with Ella & Louis (1956) on July 15 and Ella & Louis Again (1957) on September 16.
  • All albums will be pressed on 180-gram vinyl and packaged in high-quality tip-on gatefold jackets, replicating the original packaging.

John Coltrane's Spiritual Jazz Masterpiece, "A Love Supreme," Certified Platinum In The U.S.

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Wednesday, November 10, 2021

LOS ANGELES, Nov. 10, 2021 /PRNewswire/ --John Coltrane's spiritual jazz masterpiece, A Love Supreme, has been certified platinum by the RIAA for sales of 1 million albums in the U.S.

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  • LOS ANGELES, Nov. 10, 2021 /PRNewswire/ --John Coltrane's spiritual jazz masterpiece, A Love Supreme, has been certified platinum by the RIAA for sales of 1 million albums in the U.S.
  • The achievement garners Coltrane his first-ever platinum record and is the first jazz album of the 1960s to receive platinum status, underscoring its enduring legacy and importance.
  • The presentation took place at The John & Alice Coltrane Home in Dix Hills, Long Island, N.Y., where John Coltrane composed the four-part suite.
  • Watch "A Love Supreme: Deep Dive," which explores the lasting musical and historical importance of this seminal recording.

Never-Before-Released Album Of Devotional Songs From Spiritual Jazz Legend Alice Coltrane

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Wednesday, June 2, 2021

Though known by many as the musical partner and wife of John Coltrane, Alice Coltrane is revered for her groundbreaking contributions to spiritual jazz with her legendary Impulse!

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  • Though known by many as the musical partner and wife of John Coltrane, Alice Coltrane is revered for her groundbreaking contributions to spiritual jazz with her legendary Impulse!
  • The original recording of these songs, Turiya Sings, was released exclusively on cassette in 1982 for the students of the ashram.
  • The opening chords of Kirtan: Turiya Sings are a curtain opening into a realm of spirituality and devotion that only Alice Coltrane could conjure.
  • This is the same team that worked with producer Ravi Coltrane on Alice Coltrane's last album, 2004's Translinear Light.

Smithsonian Accepts Artifacts From “The President” Lester Young

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Thursday, February 20, 2020

Young is part of the top tier of the 20th centurys most respected saxophonists along with John Coltrane, Sonny Rollins and Stan Getz.

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  • Young is part of the top tier of the 20th centurys most respected saxophonists along with John Coltrane, Sonny Rollins and Stan Getz.
  • He recorded often with Billie Holiday and she nicknamed him Prez after President Franklin Roosevelt, whom she considered to be the greatest man around.
  • In many jazz circles he is recognized as the President of the Tenor Saxophone.
  • Youngs instruments complement the museums extensive collection of 20th-century jazz artifacts associated with African American musicians in particular.

Unreleased Album of John Coltrane and His All-star Classic Quartet Mastered from Original Analog Tape for Release by Impulse!/UMe

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Friday, August 16, 2019

Groulx was planning his film Le chat dans le sac, a love story set in Montreal with political undertones.

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  • Groulx was planning his film Le chat dans le sac, a love story set in Montreal with political undertones.
  • A die-hard Coltrane fan, Groulx was fixated on having Coltrane record a soundtrack for his film.
  • Recorded on 1/4" analog mono tape, the session was mixed by Rudy Van Gelder at Van Gelder Studios on June 24, 1964.
  • Blue Worldhas been mastered from its original analog tape by Kevin Reeves at Universal Music Mastering in New York.

Verve, Impulse! Records and UMe Launch Vital Vinyl Series Today Featuring 180-Gram Vinyl Reissues of the Iconic Labels' Classic Albums

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Friday, February 22, 2019

Records, together with UMe, launched their new series Vital Vinyl, a celebration of essential jazz LPs from the iconic labels' enduring catalogs.

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  • Records, together with UMe, launched their new series Vital Vinyl, a celebration of essential jazz LPs from the iconic labels' enduring catalogs.
  • The records will be released in three batches with the first available today followed by the second on May 3 and the final installment on June 7.
  • In all, 40 titles comprise the Vital Vinyl series, making some of these albums available for the first time in years while others already in print will now be perennially available.
  • Vital Vinyl is rounded out by 16 records already recently newly reissued including revered titles from Alice Coltrane, John Coltrane, Count Basie, Charlie Haden, Charlie Parker and Keith Jarrett, out now.

Home of "A Love Supreme" Honored as a National Treasure

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Tuesday, October 9, 2018

"A Love Supreme," regarded as a modern masterpiece, was composed in an upstairs bedroom.

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  • "A Love Supreme," regarded as a modern masterpiece, was composed in an upstairs bedroom.
  • Alice Coltrane added harp and organ to her mastery of piano and made groundbreaking recordings in the basement studio.
  • "John and Alice Coltrane sought to elevate minds and hearts of society through their musical offerings," said their daughter, Michelle Coltrane.
  • The National Trust for Historic Preservation is a privately funded nonprofit organization that works to save America's historic places.

Lost studio album from John Coltrane to be released on Impulse! on June 29

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Friday, June 8, 2018

Both Directions at Once: The Lost Album will be released on June 29 on Impulse!

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  • Both Directions at Once: The Lost Album will be released on June 29 on Impulse!
  • It's becoming the alternative music of the 21stcentury, and no one embodies the boundary-breaking essence of jazz more than John Coltrane.
  • Both Directions at Once: The Lost Album is a major addition to the Coltrane catalogue and the most important jazz discovery in recent memory.
  • Records was founded in 1960 by Creed Taylor and was home to John Coltrane, one of the label's earliest signings.