After the local news at noon, eleven lost and found posthumous John Coltrane recordings released over the past three decades. Coming just days after what would have been Trane’s 97th birthday, this show celebrates his music primarily through live recordings (including two with Thelonious Monk), as well as a few lost studio tapes that were rediscovered and released between 1993 and 2023. “Overlooked” is a show focusing on overlooked and under-heard jazz, improvisational, and other fringe music, from early roots to contemporary experiments, a mix of familiar to rare, classic to weird. Live from the shadow of Overlook Mountain in Ulster County.

Playlist:
Africa - Evenings at the Village Gate (2023)
Vitus Labrusca (“Overlooked" Theme) - Ben LaMar Gay
Trinkle Tinkle - Thelonious Monk Quartet with John Coltrane Live at the Five Spot Discovery (1993)
Seraphic Light - Stellar Regions (1994)
Living Space - Living Space (1998)
Afro-Blue - One Down, One Up, Live at the Half Note (2005)
Sweet & Lovely - Thelonious Monk with John Coltrane Live at Carnegie Hall (2005)
Liberia - Live at the Sutherland Lounge (2012)
Offering - Offering: Live at Temple University (2014)
Untitled Original 11386 - Both Directions at Once (2018)
Blue World - Blue World (2019)
A Love Supreme Part 2 - Resolution - A Love Supreme Live in Seattle (2022)
Impressions - Evenings at the Village Gate (2023)

Host Rob Saffer is the former Executive Director and Producer of the Creative Music Foundation. While living in Brooklyn for 25 years, he served on advisory boards for Celebrate Brooklyn and Symphony Space. He also curated the Brooklyn Museum’s summer jazz series and helped found The Mingus Big Band.

Overlooked Playlist Archive