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Title: John Coltrane - The Mastery of John Coltrane Vol. 1: Feelin’ Good
Year/Genre/Sub-Genre/City: 1978, Jazz, Post-Bop/Avant-Garde Jazz, Hamlet, North Carolina / New York, New York 6/26
Matrix #: IZ 9345 / 2
Condition: VG++ LM | Members: John C (26' - 67'), McCoy T (38' - 20'), Jimmy G (34' - 76'), Elvin J (27' - 04')
Cultural Facts:

1. Studio Lore This posthumous Impulse! release gathers unreleased 1960s Coltrane material, showing how deep his vault remained even after his official albums had already reshaped modern jazz.
2. Personal Struggle Coltrane overcame heroin and alcohol problems in the late 1950s, a turning point he later connected to spiritual discipline, practice, and the search for a higher musical purpose.
3. Scene Ecology The music sits near Coltrane’s shift from hard post-bop toward freer, more spiritual playing, the period when his quartet became one of jazz’s most studied working bands.

6/3/26 LM