Dear Trane Sandro Fazio & Francesco Bearzatti

• 1 Resolution 05:12
• 2 Naima 05:55
• 3 Dear Lord 05:27
• 4 Dear Trane 05:31
• 5 Like Sonny 05:24
• 6 Lonnie's Lament 06:57
• 7 Sun Ship 04:23
• 8 Amen 07:29
• Total Runtime 46:18

Info for Dear Trane

Dear Trane is Sandro Fazio's homage to John Coltrane, originally released in 2017 because that year (July 27) marked the 50th anniversary of his death. The album is now being released on Bandcamp because 2026 marks the 100th anniversary of John Coltrane’s birth (September 23).

John Coltrane was one of the greatest jazz innovators in the world.

Dear Trane is born from the attempt to approach the emotional strength of the compositions of the great American saxophonist, making them relive with contemporary sounds, experiences and musical acquisitions.

The songs on the album were "rewritten" by trying to imagine how Coltrane would have adjusted his songs if he would had composed them today. An arduous attempt, considering the magnitude of the composer, but just as pure and true to his intentions. The project idea comes from the certainty that the best way to remain faithful to Coltrane is the search for contemporaneity.

Sandro Fazio, electric and midi guitar
Francesco Bearzatti, tenor saxophone
Felix Barth, bass, electronics, vocals
Bartho Staalman, drums, electronics, vocals, acoustic guitar

Recorded at Fattoria Musica Studios, Osnabrück (Germany), September 15 and 16 2016
Sound engineer & mixing by Chris Weeda
Mastering by Darius van Helfteren, Amsterdam Mastering

Dear Lord
is an initiative of internationally established jazz guitarist, composer and arranger Sandro Fazio. He was born in France and raised in Sicily from the age of 10 and soon became a recognised figure on the jazz scene in Catania. In 2000 Sandro was accepted at the prestigious Conservatory of Amsterdam to study jazz guitar and attended masterclasses by a.o. Jesse van Ruller and John Scofield.

Through his musical career Sandro Fazio has had the honour to collaborate with internationally renowned musicians and he has performed at prestigious festivals and venues across Europe.

Dear Lord came together for a modern tribute to John Coltrane. After over 30 European concerts (notably in the Netherlands, France and Italy) the band recorded the album 'Dear Trane'.

This album contains no booklet.