Saxophonist Ravi Coltrane, son of John, has been pushing to have his father's "One Down, One Up" sessions released since discovering the master tapes in his mother's closet in 1991.
Verve released the classic 1965 sets on CD this week.. from the NY Times review:
[Ravi] Coltrane was born a few months after the second of these broadcasts, and still cites the "One Down, One Up" solo as his favorite John Coltrane Quartet recording. But one gets the sense that it is no longer needed as a conduit to the man he has known only through music."There was a period in my life, about a year, where I listened to it every day," he recalled. "I'd always have a cassette, or a mini-disc or a DAT; I'd keep one with me, no matter what. I always thought, If the plane starts going down, I'm going to put this on, because it's really the last thing I want to hear."
Ravi will be here as part of our Philly All-Star night on November 18, along with Christian McBride and the Odean Pope Saxophone Choir ...
I attended the Philly All-Star Night and witnessed Ravi Coltrane perform. Man, he can improv like lightning!