Coltrane alternates quiet moments with sections of great intensity, showing off his phenominal technique and ability to improvise without the need for chordal instruments. Rousing if somewhat inaccessible music.

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Mathieux

CFCE 87.8 FM Weekly Genre: Free Jazz

Recorded during Coltrane's final studio sessions (in 1967) before his sudden departure for other phantasmagorical spheres, "Interstellar Space" had to wait 7 long years before it deserved its release in record stores. And yet, it is one of the best discographic offerings of the greatest saxophonist of all times, the furious jazz god. On February 22nd, 1967, Coltrane entered the studio, accompanied only by percussionist/drummer Rashied Ali (an ... read more

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Audacious, difficult, sometimes daunting and sometimes gorgeous.

ZaBloo

Overall very consistent, the drums sound amazing but, i was kind of hoping for a bigger sound on this therefore, it disappointed me. But the compositions were still stellar, just not exactly what i was hoping for

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