John Coltrane - The Complete 1961 Village Vanguard Recordings [Box]

Artist:

Coltrane, John

UPC:

011105023221

See Also:

Cherry, Don (Trumpet) Mingus, Charles Blakey, Art John Coltrane/Bobby Jaspar/Idrees Sulieman/Webster Young - Interplay For 2 Trumpets And 2 Tenors Sonny Rollins Quartet - Tenor Madness Various Artists - Thank You, John! Ray Draper - The Ray Draper Quintet Featuring John Coltrane Chet Baker/John Coltrane/Stan Getz - Chet Baker For Lovers/John Coltrane For Lovers/Stan Getz For Lovers Hank Mobley/Cohn/John Coltrane/Sims - Tenor Conclave Tommy Flanagan/John Coltrane/Kenny Burrell - The Cats Sonny Rollins - Tenor Madness Duke Ellington/John Coltrane - Duke Ellington & John Coltrane [TBA] Kurt Elling - Live Album [6/23] * Complete 1961 Copenhagen Concert Hank Mobley/John Coltrane/Al Cohn/Zoot Sims - Tenor Conclave [9/12]

Description:

Personnel: John Coltrane (soprano & tenor saxophones); Eric Dolphy (alto saxophone, bass clarinet); Garvin Bushell (oboe, contrabassoon); Ahmed Abdul-Malik (oud); McCoy Tyner (piano); Reggie Workman, Jimmy Garrison (bass); Elvin Jones, Roy Haynes (drums).
Producer: Bob Thiele.
Reissue producer: Michael Cuscuna.
Recorded live at The Village Vanguard, New York, New York on November 1, 2, 3 & 5, 1961. Includes liner notes by David A. Wild.
Digitally remastered using 20-bit Super Mapping by Erick Labson (MCA Music Media Studios).
When John Coltrane brought an extended version of his newly-built quartet into New York`s Village Vanguard for a week`s stay in November of 1961, he and his soon-to-be-longtime producer Bob Thiele already knew that they were about to record Trane`s first live dates as a bandleader. After his heavy, big-band Impulse! debut AFRICA BRASS!, Trane`s music was streaming further and further into uncharted musical spaces, and recording him was about to become Thiele`s raison d`etre. Hence we have nearly four hours of this incomparable music that features, among many other wonders, the controlled swingin` fury of Elvin Jones, the rhythm-defying astral flights of Eric Dolphy`s alto sax and bass clarinet, and, of course, crystallization of the leader`s other-worldly sonic masterplan. The final statement in acoustic jazz that was John Coltrane`s Impulse! Career begins here at the Vanguard. Yes, much of this music has been released piece-meal through the years. But taking in this entire recording (in single or multiple sittings) is an experience onto itself. It is a watershed that well deserves the praise it gets.

Track Listing:

DISC 1:

1. India - (previously unreleased)
2. Chasin` the Trane
3. Impressions
4. Spiritual
5. Miles` Mode
6. Naima

DISC 2:

1. Brasilia
2. Chasin` Another Trane
3. India
4. Spiritual
5. Softly as in a Morning Sunrise

DISC 3:

1. Chasin` the Trane
2. Greensleeves
3. Impressions
4. Spiritual
5. Naima - (previously unreleased)
6. Impressions

DISC 4:

1. India
2. Greensleeves
3. Miles` Mode - (previously unreleased)
4. India
5. Spiritual

Album Information

Release Date:

09/23/1997

Type:

Boxed Set

Genre:

Jazz Instrument

Subgenre:

Avant-Garde/Downtown

Label:

Impulse!

Catalog Number:

IMPD 4232

Original Release Year:

1997

# of Discs:

4

Studio/Live:

Live

Mono/Stereo:

Stereo

Runtime:

269 : 6

Guest Artist:

Elvin Jones; Reggie Workman; McCoy Tyner; Roy Haynes; Eric Dolphy; Jimmy Garrison; Ahmed Abdul-Malik

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