When Coltrane Calls Session 3: Living Immortality

"It has been a great honor to play with these musicians and a very special honor to perform with them in the spirit of John Coltrane. It is a true musical gift to play music this way, with these individuals, with this freedom, with this much spirit and joy." —Tisziji 

“Besides his more intense freer music, Coltrane was superb at playing ballads. A few of the songs that Muñoz wrote here are sublime ballads which balance nicely with the more fire-music sections or solos here. Muñoz himself is an extraordinary soloist, taking his time on each piece to reach for the stars as the tempo of the solos increase on each piece, faster and higher… For the three Coltrane covers, Muñoz slims the band down to one rhythm section, but the (cosmic) effect is the same, consistently spiritually uplifting. The versions of “Alabama,” “Expression” and “Dearly Beloved” are most enchanting, starting with reverent grace before getting to that heart-fire, grand conclusion. Dig in for another buried treasure from the great Anami vaults.” —Bruce Gallanter, Downtown Music Gallery