Interstellar Space was one of the last albums recorded before the death of John Coltrane in 1967. It consists of an extended duo (in four parts) with the drummer Rashied Ali, and was recorded at the Van Gelder Studios on February 22, 1967, the week after the session that produced Stellar Regions. As a result, the melodies often overlap; "Venus" has the same melody as the title track of the previous LP, "Mars" quotes the melody of what became known as "Iris", and many note choices and runs are similar. John Coltrane John William Coltrane (September 23, 1926 – July 17, 1967) was an American jazz saxophonist and composer. ... 1967 (MCMLXVII) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar (the link is to a full 1967 calendar). ... The duet, by Hendrik ter Brugghen A duet is a musical composition or piece for two performers, most often used for a vocal or piano duet. ... Rashied Ali (born Robert Patterson on 1 July 1935 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) is a jazz drummer best known for playing with John Coltrane in the last years of Coltranes life. ... Rudy Van Gelder (born November 2, 1924 in Jersey City, New Jersey) is a recording engineer specialising in jazz. ... Stellar Regions is a posthumous release by John Coltrane, discovered in 1994 by the artists wife, Alice Coltrane, who plays piano on the session. ...

The structure of each track is fairly uniform: Coltrane plays some largely ceremonial wind-chime like bells, while Ali sets a shifting pattern on the drums; then the theme is stated by Coltrane on tenor saxophone. The album is an important example of highly improvised free jazz, which was Coltrane's principal interest in the latter part of his career. Coltrane's improvisations are thus extremely free here, stating tacit modes and harmonies briefly and modulating constantly. The folkish "Venus" is probably the most accessible number; "Saturn", the longest piece, does feature hints of swing by song's end. Its melody is rather similar to the canonical, almost cantor-like quality of the material on Stellar Regions. A Yanagisawa tenor sax. ... Free jazz is a movement of jazz music characterized by diminished dependence on formal constraints. ... The word Cantor can mean more than one thing: Cantor is another name for a Hazzan, a member of the Jewish clergy Cantor is the title of a member of a student society who is the main singer at a cantus Famous people named Cantor include: Eddie Cantor, singer & entertainer...

A remake of the album was by eminent free jazz guitarist Nels Cline and drummer Gregg Bendian in 1999. Nels and his Jazzmaster. ...

Bonus tracks

"Leo", also listed as such on the Live in Japan box set, is presumably a variation on "The Father, the Son, and the Holy Ghost" from Coltrane's 1965 LP Meditations. Its title and structure are distinct from the rest of the album: the track opens not with an introduction by Ali, but rather, by an immediate statement of the theme by Coltrane; and the use of bells is different, appearing intermittently towards the end. Live in Japan is George Harrisons second official live album release, coming after 1971s Grammy-winning The Concert For Bangla Desh and was released in 1992. ... A box set (or boxed set) refers to one or more musical recordings, movies and television programs that are contained in a box made generally out of cardboard. ... Meditations is a series of writings by Marcus Aurelius setting forth his ideas on Stoic philosophy. ...

Track listing

1. "Mars" - 10:41
2. "Venus" - 8:28
3. "Jupiter" - 5:22
4. "Saturn" - 11:33
5. "Leo"* - 10:53
6. "Jupiter variation"* - 6:44

• Bonus tracks on CD issued in 2000 by Verve Records.