The Tiberi Tapes - 3CD

Certain musical treasures reach us in raw form, their sonic anomalies inseparable from their history. Their true worth reveals itself in attentive listening. The Tiberi Tapes are such a treasure. Hidden away for six decades, these recordings offer musical riches that transcend the medium that preserved them. 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 rumour and intense speculation in the jazz world. Tiberi followed Coltrane into clubs in New York and Philadelphia, capturing the otherworldly music being created nightly on his portable tape recorder. These recordings will be made available for the first time ever, in November 2026, as part of John Coltrane’s Centennial celebrations. The release includes extensive liner notes by historian Ashley Kahn, Lauren Du Graf, Lewis Porter, and engineer Kevin Reeves. 1. Giant Steps (226 bpm) 2. Giant Steps (262 bpm) 3. Thing in D Flat 4. Lover 5. West 42nd St. 6. Impressions 7. Untitled Original in F Minor 8. Satellite 9. Good Bait 10. Resolution 11. It’s Easy to Remember