Today in Jazz History

Coltrane Live in Seattle is a double album recorded at The Penthouse jazz club on September 30, 1965, the fourth night of a six night engagement at the club located at First and Cherry in downtown Seattle. Coltrane’s regular quartet consisting of himself on tenor and soprano saxophones, McCoy Tyner at the piano, bassist Jimmy Garrison and drummer Elvin Jones played the gig. For the week at The Penthouse, though, the group was augmented by a second saxophonist, Pharoah Sanders, and a second bass player, Donald Garrett (who also played clarinet), both of whom had worked with Coltrane previously. The date was recorded at Coltrane’s expense by engineer Jan Kurtis and released posthumously by the Impulse! label in 1971.

The original album included four pieces, two of which were split over two sides: Cosmos, Out of This World, Evolution and Tapestry in Sound. Two additional pieces, Afro Blue and Body and Soul were added for a later CD release, and the previously split Out of this World and Evolution were restored to create continuous versions.

The following day, October 1, Coltrane's group, along with saxophonist Joe Brazil, went to Camelot Sound Studios in Lynwood, Washington to record the album “Om.” On October 2, the group returned to The Penthouse and performed the music heard on the album “A Love Supreme: Live in Seattle.”

Here is a link to the first portion of Out of This World:

"OUT OF THIS WORLD"