Live in Japan

Documenting his legendary summer 1966 tour of Japan, this monumental box set captures John Coltrane's quintet completely untethered from traditional jazz structures. Featuring Alice Coltrane on piano and Pharoah Sanders on drums, the sprawling, hour-long improvisations are characterized by a fierce, cacophonous intensity and profound spiritual searching. The performances represent arguably the most challenging, relentlessly avant-garde live recordings of his final period.