They Say It’s Wonderful: Impulse! Collects John Coltrane Takes on “1963: New Directions” CD and LP Sets
Jazz historians have long designated 1963 as a pivotal year in the genre’s history, thanks in no small part to John Coltrane’s indelible contributions to jazz that year. In the summer, Impulse! stunned jazz fans worldwide when they unveiled a lost Coltrane artifact, entitled Both Directions at Once, that reaffirmed Coltrane’s excellence. The unreleased recording session within showed the saxophonist wholeheartedly exploring new territories in jazz. Though that session remained unreleased for 50+ years, Coltrane released an impressive four albums on Impulse! in 1963, also recorded a live album at Birdland that arrived the following year, and performed a set at Newport that was released posthumously. Now, Impulse! collects all those genre-stretching recordings together for the first time on a new box set called 1963: New Directions. November 16 will see the release of the 3-CD configuration, as well as the digital download and streaming iterations. A deluxe, 5-LP version will follow on December 7.
The collection brings together every track that John Coltrane released on Impulse! that year, presented in the order they were recorded. That includes material from the recent, acclaimed Both Directions At Once: The Lost Album, John Coltrane and Johnny Hartman, Dear Old Stockholm, Newport ’63, and Live at Birdland. 1963: New Directions also boasts new liner notes, and several new art pieces that make up the packaging. By bringing all the releases together for the first time ever, the set presents crucial recordings that see a master musician exploring and expanding the reach of the jazz idiom. It arrives on CD, digital, and streaming on November 16, and a 5-LP version will be released on December 7. Both are now available for preorder. Find the links and a full track list below!
John Coltrane, 1963: New Directions (Impulse!, 2018)
3-CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada
5-LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada
CD 1
- Vilia (Take 3)
- Vilia (Take 5)
- Untitled Original 11383
- Nature Boy
- Impressions (Take 1)
- Impressions (Take 2)
- Impressions (Take 3)
- Impressions (Take 4)
- Untitled Original 11386 (Take 1)
- Untitled Original 11386 (Take 2)
- Untitled Original 11386 (Take 5)
- One Up, One Down (Take 1)
- One Up, One Down (Take 6)
CD 2
- Slow Blues
- They Say It’s Wonderful
- Lush Life
- My One and Only Love
- Autumn Serenade
- Dedicated to You
- You Are Too Beautiful
- After the Rain
- Dear Old Stockholm
- I Want to Talk About You
CD 3
- My Favorite Things
- Impressions
- The Promise
- I Want to Talk About You
- Afro Blue
- Your Lady
- Alabama
CD 1, tracks 1-13 and CD 2, track 1 from deluxe edition of Both Sides At Once: The Lost Album, Impulse! CD B0028228-02, 2018
CD 2, tracks 2-7 from John Coltrane and Johnny Hartman, Impulse! LP A-40, 1963
CD 2, tracks 8 and 9 from Dear Old Stockholm, Impulse! CD GRD-120, 1993
CD 2, track 10 and CD 3, track 1 and 2 from My Favorite Things: Coltrane At Newport, Impulse CD B0009076-02, 2007
CD 3, tracks 3-7 from Coltrane Live at Birdland, Impulse! LP A-50, 1964
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It would be nice if they hadn’t just released Both directions….why do they think that I would buy the same thing twice within some months time????