This 1957 release, the third in a series of albums expanding on Bird's 10-inch Clef releases from the early 1950's, 'Now's The Time' boasts some of Parker's purest recordings and strongest playing, featuring two different quartets.
Ships 1/9/2026 - black vinyl standard cover Recorded across Los Angeles and London, the piece unfolds as a single 46-minute composition split into nine movements.
Coltrane is joined by Pharoah Sanders, Freddie Hubbard and four other horn players for an explosion of fiery solos and free improvisation on this famous 1965 session.
In addition to two unreleased 78s with the McShann band, this set offers two sets of private recordings made with local musicians and a very relaxed-sounding Parker.
Among the most fabled and mythologized recordings of the last 65 years, the private recordings of John Coltrane's group made by musician Frank Tiberi in the early 1960s have long been the subject of jazz world rumor and intense speculation.