John Coltrane with Eric Dolphy – Evenings At The Village Gate (SHM-SACD single layer)

Coltrane and Dolphy’s recordings of their evenings at „The Village Gate” nightclub in 1961 were not originally intended for publication, but as an equipment test for the still young sound engineer Richard Alderson, who later made a name for himself as an engineer for Nina Simone and Bob Dylan. The tapes slept unnoticed for several decades in the archives of the „New York Public Library for Performing Arts” before they were rediscovered and published there.

The quintet with pianist McCoy Tyner, bassist Reggie Workman and drummer Elvin Jones recorded eighty great minutes, including the only known live recording of Coltrane’s „Africa” or Dolphy’s strong bass clarinet in „When Lights Are Low”.

This title is an SHM SACD. This format is the further development of the single-layer SACD and uses a particularly light-transparent plastic (Super High Material). It allows a much better readability of the pit-land structures on the surface than is possible with hybrid SACDs. Universal’s SHM SACDs are generally re-digitized to DSD from the albums’ master tapes without any changes. SHM SACDs can be played on any SACD player. Please do not use L’Art du Son or alcohol-based cleaning agents. – Please note: All titles are designed by Universal Music as limited edition collector’s items for the Japanese market.

Lista pieselor

1. My Favorite Things

2. When Lights Are Low

3. Impressions

4. Greensleeves

5. Africa