Live recordings by John Coltrane and Eric Dolphy which have never been heard of, were discovered in New York Public Library and will be released for the first time next month, more than 60 years after their creation.

The audio, which dates back to Coltrane’s 1961 appearances at New York’s Village Gate, was recorded as part of testing the club’s new sound system.

The recordings came into the possession of the New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, where they were lost. Although the tapes were eventually located, they disappeared back into the Library’s archives for several more decades.

Now they have finally come to the “light”, according to a report in the newspaper “The Guardian” and gathered in the album “Evenings at the Village Gate”, which will be released on July 14 via Impulse Records. This is the record label that has released all of John Coltrane’s work since the 1960s.

The 80-minute album includes classic works by the American saxophonist and composer, such as My Favorite Things, Impressions and Greensleeves, as well as When Lights Are Low and Africa. Accompanying Coltrane are pianist McCoy Tyner, bassist Reggie Workman, drummer Elvin Jones and saxophonist Dolphy.

Coltrane and Dolphy first met in Los Angeles and became friends when the latter moved to New York in 1959.