LISTENING EXPERIENCE: John Coltrane 100
This week we celebrate one of the true icons in the jazz world on his 100th birthday. Make plans to join us this Wednesday, September 23 starting at 4pm for an evening of John Coltrane during our first edition of WAX: essential albums played in full hifi. Coltrane's work permanently reshaped the language, ambition, and purpose of music. We will spin select vinyl albums from his legendary catalogue as one long thread with the needle dropping when our doors open at 4pm until we close. ALBUM SELECTIONS : A Love Supreme - The Complete Masters (Stereo) - 50th Anniversary Edition - Original remastered album plus The Quartet Session and The Sextet Sessions Blue Train - The Complete Masters (Stereo) - Blue Note Tone Poet Stereo Edition - Cut from the original analogue master tape by Kevin Gray at Cohearent Audio - Includes seven alternate and incomplete takes Giant Steps - (Stereo) - Cut from the flat master tape Soultrane - (Mono) - Cut from the original analogue masters by Kevin Gray at Cohearent Audio Miles Davis & John Coltrane The Final Tour: Paris, March 21, 1960 - Mastered from the Producers’ Archives by Mark Wilder at Battery Studios ABOUT THIS EXPERIENCE - Seating for this listening session will be available starting at 4pm. - Albums will be played back-to-back as one long thread from open to close. - Coltrane inspired cocktail menu. - “Get Happy” Hour 4:00p-6:00p with nicely priced cocktails, wine by the glass and draft beer selections. - Alla Spina is a designed space with attention to detail when it comes to sound quality and listening experiences. Our room was stripped down to brick and concrete and then rebuilt with sound in mind utilizing specialized audio acoustical insulation, ceiling tiles, wall panels, and bass traps. Our pro audio HIFi system delivers crystal-clear audiofile-quality sound from a considered system that cares for every aspect of sound reproduced from the live performances by artists, musicians, and vinyl DJs.
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