Both Directions at Once: The Lost Album
John Coltrane · 2018
47 min · 7 tracks · post-bop · free jazz · hard bop
A vibrant exploration of Coltrane's free jazz ethos, blending raw improvisation with melodic introspection.
Is this for you?
Good fit if you like
- wave-like pacing with dynamic shifts
- improvisational journeys of exploration
- introspective moments of melodic depth
- late-night reflective listening experience
Maybe skip if you want
- prefer straightforward song structures
- seek immediate gratification in music
Where this album fits
- Themes
- modal jazz exploration· 1960s spiritual quest· improvisational mastery
- Career context
- Released posthumously in 2018, 'Both Directions at Once: The Lost Album' captures John Coltrane during a prolific period in the mid-1960s. This session, recorded in 1963, showcases his innovative approach to modal jazz and reflects his artistic evolution following landmark albums like 'A Love Supreme'.
- Stylistic neighbors
- Pharoah Sanders· Ornette Coleman· Albert Ayler
- Sounds like this from elsewhere
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Spiritual Unity by Albert Ayler — Explores similar free jazz improvisation with a deeply spiritual and emotive undercurrent.Karma by Pharoah Sanders — Shares a focus on modal exploration and spiritual themes through extended improvisational forms.In a Silent Way by Miles Davis — Combines atmospheric soundscapes with a blend of modal jazz and innovative improvisation.
Tracklist
Best experienced from track one — press play and let it unfold.
- 1 Untitled Original 11383 5:41
- 2 Nature Boy 3:23
- 3 Untitled Original 11386 8:38
- 4 Vilia 5:32
- 5 Impressions 4:31
- 6 Slow Blues 11:26
- 7 One Up, One Down 7:58
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