Interstellar Space

Interstellar Space

ASIN: B000003N69

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John Coltrane's last recordings have a concentrated intensity and a pointed focus that give them the authority of a final testament. On Interstellar Space, recorded in February 1967 just a few months before his death, Coltrane reduced the idea of the group to its absolute minimum, a duo with drummer Rashied Ali. Without the fixed harmonic frame of reference provided by piano or bass, Coltrane takes each of his brief themes and submits it to extended testing--repeating, contracting, and expanding phrases until they melt into a new inspiration. These are performances of extraordinary technical achievement. Coltrane ranges over the tenor with a vibrato so tight it sounds like it might contort the horn, exploring incremental shifts in pitch and tone and bending notes from one register to another. But it's a virtuosity that may well go unnoticed amid the sheer passion of his work and the unknown goal toward which every improvisation moves. It's visionary music, filled with expressive necessity and the full tumult of life, embarking on journeys that are as apt to begin in serenity as end there. Rashied Ali matches Coltrane here as well as Elvin Jones had earlier in the decade, using continuous rolls and cymbal details to create a polyrhythmic backdrop that's filled with subtle, responsive shifts in accents. It's clearly all the support that Coltrane required. --Stuart Broomer

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Trane in space...

coltrane's first and only duet

Interstellar Space

Difficult, Energetic Free Jazz

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Interstellar Space
John Coltrane
Manufacturer: Polygram Records
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B00004TA41
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Mars
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Jupiter
Saturn
Leo
Jupiter Variation

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John Coltrane's last recordings have a concentrated intensity and a pointed focus that give them the authority of a final testament. On Interstellar Space, recorded in February 1967 just a few months before his death, Coltrane reduced the idea of the group to its absolute minimum, a duo with drummer Rashied Ali. Without the fixed harmonic frame of reference provided by piano or bass, Coltrane takes each of his brief themes and submits it to extended testing--repeating, contracting, and expanding phrases until they melt into a new inspiration. These are performances of extraordinary technical achievement. Coltrane ranges over the tenor with a vibrato so tight it sounds like it might contort the horn, exploring incremental shifts in pitch and tone and bending notes from one register to another. But it's a virtuosity that may well go unnoticed amid the sheer passion of his work and the unknown goal toward which every improvisation moves. It's visionary music, filled with expressive necessity and the full tumult of life, embarking on journeys that are as apt to begin in serenity as end there. Rashied Ali matches Coltrane here as well as Elvin Jones had earlier in the decade, using continuous rolls and cymbal details to create a polyrhythmic backdrop that's filled with subtle, responsive shifts in accents. It's clearly all the support that Coltrane required. --Stuart Broomer

Customer Reviews:

Trane in space..........2007-02-21

Well titled album, as it is out there. This is not your standard jazz album. Takes real attentive listening to understand the overall spatial concepts of each song. I've only listened to it a couple times and still feel like I don't have a handle on everything. So far, it sounds great...coltrane is a genius.

coltrane's first and only duet.......2005-11-19

This album was recorded in 1967 the same year of his death but wasn't realeased until 1974. On this album Coltrane did a duet with drummer Rashied Ali who was in his band at the time. The original tracks are jupiter,saturn,mars,and venus plus two bonus tracks jupiter variation, and Leo.

Interstellar Space.......2005-10-07

Since I'm a big fan of John Coltrane's work, I found this piece, done in 1967 to be an example of his mind.
I fully enjoyed it, and have added it to my collection of his music.

Difficult, Energetic Free Jazz.......2005-06-22

If you are interested in late Coltrane, this is the place to start. Essentially, the album consists of Coltrane going nuts on his saxophone for an hour accompanied by Rashid Ali on drums.
Trane takes simple motives and builds them up to brilliant heights. The album is endlessly listenable, because there are many layers of structure to the improvisations.
Sometimes Trane seems to wander without a tonal centre; other times he clearly uses a tonal centre, sometimes playing things that recall his earlier playing with the "Classic Quartet".
Ali's drumming is fine. It sort of melts into the background, which is just the way it should be. He moves smoothly with Trane's changes in tempo and dynamics. He takes a few relatively short solos.
This album is essential listening for people interested in late Coltrane, free jazz, and modern music in general.

........2005-05-22

there's not a whole lot to say here if you've heard it, it's just one of those things kind of like staring into the sun until you can't see much but crazy colors and spots. john coltrane graced this earth for but a short while and this was what he made about five months before his time here was at an end.

Interstellar Space Revisited (The Music of John Coltrane)

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Pure, Inspired GENUIS. GENUIS I SAY!!!
One of the best CDs I've ever owned
woooooooow!
truly ecstatic improv
Trane would be more than pleased

Interstellar Space Revisited (The Music of John Coltrane)
Nels Cline & Gregg Bendian
Manufacturer: Atavistic Records
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B00000IR77
Release Date: 1999-06-08

Tracks:

Mars
Leo
Venus
Jupiter
Saturn
Lonnie's Lament

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Using the legendary free-jazz summit by John Coltrane and Rashied Ali as an authentic sonic blueprint, guitarist Nels Cline and drummer Gregg Bendian trace the impetuous improvisation of Interstellar Space with startling skill and unbridled enthusiasm. While Cline's wildly expressive guitar playing approximates 'Trane's infamous "sheets-of-sound" saxophone stylings, it's actually Bendian's hyperkinetic drum excursions that propel this session into the outer regions of the jazz stratosphere. Thoughtfully embracing Coltrane's wide-open compositions like "Mars," "Leo," "Venus," and "Jupiter," Cline and Bendian explore the many creative options of their drum-guitar dyad. Recorded live and alternating between eminently peaceful passages and physically raucous interactions, the union of Cline and Bendian has resulted in a worthwhile sequel to the immortal duets of Messrs. Coltrane and Ali. --Mitch Myers

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Pure, Inspired GENUIS. GENUIS I SAY!!!.......2004-12-01

As strange as it may seem, I've been searching for this sound for I don't know how long. It's as though it existed in my unconscious mind, or perhaps in the limited area in the Akashic Records to which I have any access. Perhaps there exists a Jungian archetype that I've been unwittingly attuned to. To finally hear it realized in the real world is nothing short of revelatory. I first heard what folks call "free jazz" through local musicians, and I was intrigued. Subsequent performance experiences turned me on to the full power of this expressive music, music that strives to transcend any and all limitations. Nels Cline (and by extension, I imagine, Mr. Coltrane as well) succeeds.

As an amateur musician myself, one with a fairly developed ear and moderate, innate sense of musicality, it's obvious that the more you understand music itself, and the more your mind is open to all forms of musical experience, the better equipped you are to "hear" this properly. I would argue that a disco purist may not like it, but anyone who enjoys progressive rock, metal, electronica or passion in general can get into it. If you don't like skronky music, you won't like this recording. However, for fans of skronk, this is a monumental work. My familiarity with the specific Coltrane recording on which it is based in very limited, so I can't speak to comparisons or contrasts.

I don't know much about Nels Cline, but he's obviously an ingenious musician. He possesses the fluid technique of Joe Satriani or Steve Vai, but this music is light years beyond the clichéd rock of those two fellows. I don't know if he ever listened to much heavy metal, but the influence sounds like it's there.

I'm also amazed at the level of novelty found on this recording. You know, regardless of the players, six or seven pieces comprised of nothing but shifting, tricky, cathartic percussion and overdriven guitar duets could get repetitive after some time, but this doesn't. Perhaps that's because the source materials comes from one of the 20th century's great musical genuises.

Check out Jim Black's first "AlasNoAxis" recording if this item appeals to you. It's similar in the sense that it's like free jazz with metal/rock overtones.

One of the best CDs I've ever owned.......2002-07-28

This is simply an amazing recording. I'm not even going to try to describe it or justify my opinion. But I listen to a lot of music from a lot of different genres, and this is one of the CDs I've come back to more than any other. It's mind-bogglingly good. Some days I just can't even believe how good it is. It's so good.

woooooooow!.......2001-02-02

Don't look for stock riffs and runs here! Most jazz guitarists sound alike with a Wes Montgomery or Jim Hall thing going on. Its refreshing to hear a guitarist who obviously has the chops cultivate "sounds" from the Guitar (Frisell, Jeb Bishop, Brandon Ross are a few others I can think of). Cline doesn't just appoximate Coltrane's tenor sound. He uses it as a jumping off point - his playing is about the Guitar.

Bendian also smokes here. The whole suite is awesome, not a weak moment. I found their version of Lonnie's Lament with Bendian on vibes to be just as strong, if not as "free" as the Interstellar Space tunes.

Just Get It!

truly ecstatic improv.......2000-05-27

Listen to this side by side with the Coltrane/Ali duets for an added treat. Bendian is breathtakingly fluid on the drums. This is music you must feel, not just hear.

Trane would be more than pleased.......2000-04-03

It's important to recognize that Coltrane was a spiritual player, and many people who approach his music nonspiritually (especially the later works) completely miss this point. Nels Cline and Greg Bendian do not. This is not an empty shredfest but almost a rechanneling of Trane for a new century, done by two players who absolutely know what they're doing and absolutely hit the mark. This CD basically made me believe the electric guitar could be a valid instrument again.

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Trane in space...
coltrane's first and only duet
Interstellar Space
Difficult, Energetic Free Jazz
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Interstellar Space
John Coltrane
Manufacturer: Grp Records
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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Jupiter
Saturn

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Trane in space..........2007-02-21

coltrane's first and only duet.......2005-11-19

Interstellar Space.......2005-10-07

Since I'm a big fan of John Coltrane's work, I found this piece, done in 1967 to be an example of his mind.
I fully enjoyed it, and have added it to my collection of his music.

Difficult, Energetic Free Jazz.......2005-06-22

........2005-05-22

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AWSOME
A Good band, a good album!
From Croatia & Beyond the Stars!
AMAZING!!
reviews from Italia

Interstellar Stomp
Space Cossacks
Manufacturer: Musick Recordings
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000006C8Z
Release Date: 1998-03-17

Tracks:

Third Star to The Left
Red Sunrise
Solaris Stomp
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Black Sand
The Cossack
The Spy Satellite
Planet Of The Apes
Gunmetal Express
Transatlantic Orbit
Moroccan Adventures
Mir Rescue
Bombora
The Space Victory Theme
Navajo Star

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Highly anticipated debut from incredible instrumental band combining the shred of Dick Dale and the guitar noise of My Bloody Valentine, with the tone of Hank Marvin of The Shadows. Throw in influences like the Ventures and Australia's the Atlantics, and you'll get their interstellarsurf-instro sound. 15 tracks, including 'Third Star To The Left', 'Red Sunrise' and 'Solaris Stomp'. 1998 Musick Recordings.

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AWSOME.......2003-12-19

Well if you dig the extraterrestrial sound of MAN OR ASTRO-MAN?, but want something more surf based then this is the perfect band to try out. "Third Star To The Left" is an awsome cover they make it their own, you will feel like your on a space cruise with "Red Sunrise", "Solaris Stomp" has a great rhythm, "The Cossack" is a battle for the universe, "The Spy Satellite" well just imagine being alone in space, "Bombora" is a good Alantics cover, and "The Space Victory Theme" is the middle east meets space surf! All I can say is AWSOME band, and check out TSAR WARS too!

A Good band, a good album!.......2003-01-23

I may or may not get feedback from this, because of what I will eventually say here. I'm pretty much a fan of Los Straitjackets, Laika & The Cosmonauts, Man or Astro Man, Dick Dale, and the Ventures, and The Space Cossacks are a welcome addition. I have several albums from all the previous listed bands (if not all of them from each band). I do not own Tsar Wars yet, and perhaps that is why my opinion MIGHT be ill formed. The Space Cossacks are a good TIGHT band. Alot of stuff I read seems to claim them as groundbreaking. I'm not quite there yet (Again, haven't heard their other album) but they have alot of good material and musician ship. They resemble Man or Astroman without the kitcsh/quirkiness or Laika/Cosmonauts without the weird foreign thing going on. Again this is not a bad thing. Good solid band; hardly groundbreaking though.

From Croatia & Beyond the Stars!.......2000-12-29

I love sci-fi; and these days, I love SURFING music! So THE SPACE COSSACKS were clearly a band made for me! Led by Ivan Pongracic, one of the most talented & friendly guitarists I've run across, they blaze a trail of instrumental POWER & EXCITEMENT that's balanced only by their equal love for mood & melody. Of the many, MANY instro bands I've heard in the last 5 years, I rank these guys behind ONLY Los Straitjackets-- and it's a close call! My faves here include "Third Star To The Left", "Red Sunrise", "Neutron Sabre", "The Cossack", "Transatlantic Orbit" (yeah, mostly the FAST ones) and "Moroccan Adventures" (one of the SLOWER ones). This album didn't take long to grow on me, and if I had any disappointment at all, it was only because I was hoping for more tunes from their limited-edition (400) cassette, ORBITAL PLANETARY STRATEGIC COMMAND, to show up here. (Only "Third Star", re-recorded, did; different versions of "Red Sunrise" & "Neutron Sabre" had also turned up earlier on 2 separate vinyl EPs.)

For more from these guys, I highly recommend the 7" EPs THE PENETRATORS MEET THE SPACE COSSACKS ("Shark Attack"), THE SPACE COSSACKS / THE FATHOMS ("Space Probe"), FROM THE SHADOWS OF THE EVIL EMPIRE ("Metsakukkia") and the comp CDs AN EVENING IN NIVRAM: THE MUSIC OF THE SHADOWS ("The Savage" & "The Lute Player"), HOT RODS TO HELL, VOLUME II (the BEST recording of "Squad Car" I've ever heard!), SURFIN' SENORITA ("Bittersweet Samba"), and SWINGIN' CREEPERS! A TRIBUTE TO THE VENTURES ("Journey To the Stars" & "Moon Child"). And of course, their 2nd full-length CD, TSAR WARS, which was even better than their 1st!

AMAZING!!.......2000-09-18

'Interstellar Stomp' is the debut record by a band that has to be considered as one of the best surf/instrumental bands ever. This CD kicked my behind from start to finish- wonderful songwriting, super production and out-of-this-world guitar playing. Fast, melodic and brutal, that's how the guitarist from the Space Cossacks plays, and together with 3 other great musicians, take surf music to a new dimension- it just ROCKS! Favorite songs include, "Third Star to the Left", "Space Victory Theme", "Mir Rescue" and the unbelievable "Transatlantic Orbit". Get this NOW!!

reviews from Italia.......2000-01-15

this disc for me was too "hollywood" - i am Alto from Italia and this is costly for me to buy these disc from the states but its the better way so i don't like to be disappoint - but i was - its too hollywood like the "rock" and it don't sound like I expect - I cannot return this which i am upset about. I like some tunes but it ruin it for me for them to sound too "hollywood" - good luck! Alto from Italia

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