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Originally Posted by DavidMahler
 Well, Coltrane overlapped a lot genres. A Love Supreme is sort of a quest between Modal and Free, but certainly everything Trane did after Ascension was the epitome of free jazz.......
Regarding the OP, I don't know if this makes a difference but when Van Gelder was mixing all the Coltrane albums he handled he very seriously chose the left channel for Coltrane and the right channel for Elvin's drums. The exact reason was to emphasize the balance between the two soloists, with McCoy's piano in the center. When I was in sound engineering school I remember my professor telling me that years back, he was asked to do a mix of Coltrane's live "Love Supreme" footage. When he presented it to the record label, the mix was rejected because he centered Coltrane and stereo-ized the drums. Try listening to it again with the concept that the splitting of instruments was quite intentional. It may make a slight difference. |
However, again the mic is just too close to let me enjoy the music. It's almost as if the drums are right next to your ear. on the left coltrane's sax at least has some distance so not so much a problem there.
