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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Safi Bugel

John Coltrane recordings lost in New York Public Library will finally be heard

John Coltrane and Eric Dolphy performing in 1961.
‘Very close in concept’ … John Coltrane and Eric Dolphy performing in 1961. Photograph: Herb Snitzer

Never-before-heard live recordings of John Coltrane and Eric Dolphy have been discovered in the New York Public Library and will be released for the first time next month, more than 60 years after they were made.

The audio, which dates back to Coltrane’s 1961 residency at New York’s Village Gate, was recorded as part of a test of the club’s new sound system.

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