JOHN COLTRANE – “LIVE AT THE VILLA VANGUARD” //Impulse/Acoustic Sounds// (Released 14th January

Description

£37.99 – 1xLP, Limited Edition in Deluxe Tip-on Gatefold Sleeve

‘Live’ at the Village Vanguard (Impulse! AS-10), was Coltrane’s first official ‘live’ album. Coltrane is joined here on two tunes by Eric Dolphy on bass clarinet, plus McCoy Tyner on piano, Elvin Jones on drums, and Reggie Workman and Jimmy Garrison alternating on bass. Garrison’s presence on this album makes this the first recording by what came to be known as Coltrane’s ‘Classic Quartet’.

Recorded live at the Village Vanguard, New York, November 2 & 3, 1961. Verve’s Acoustic Sounds Series features transfers from the original analog tapes mastered by Ryan K. Smith at Sterling Sound and pressed on 180-gram vinyl at QPR. The series is supervised by Chad Kassem, CEO of Acoustic Sounds, and releases are presented in deluxe gatefold tip-on packaging.

Tracklisting:

1. Spiritual (13:48)
2. Softly as in a morning sunrise (6:33)
3. Chasin’ the trane (16:07)