John Coltrane

• 16-page booklet

• 4 1/2 STARS ALL MUSIC GUIDE

• INCLUDES 3 BONUS TRACKS

This release presents thee complete original LP Coltrane “Live” at the Village Vanguard (Impulse AS-10), which was Trane’s first official “live” album. Coltrane is joined here on two tunes by the wonderful Eric Dolphy on bass clarinet, plus veteran sidemen McCoy Tyner on piano, Elvin Jones on drums, and Jimmy Garrison & Reggie Workman alternating on bass (both play together on “India”, one of three tracks from the same sessions added here as a bonus). Right after the Village dates, Trane and Dolphy would embark on a successful European tour.

PERSONNEL:

• JOHN COLTRANE, tenor and soprano sax
• ERIC DOLPHY, bass clarinet on 1 & 5 only
• McCOY TYNER, piano
• REGGIE WORKMAN, bass on 1, 2, 5 & 6
• JIMMY GARRISON, bass on 3-5
• ELVIN JONES, drums

Live at the Village Vanguard, New York, November 2 & 3 , 1961.

TRACKS:

• 01. Spiritual
• 02. Softly, As In A Morning Sunrise
• 03. Chasin’ The Trane
• 04. Impressions (*)
• 05. India (*)
• 06. Greensleves (*)

• (*) Bonus tracks. From the same sessions, but not included on the original LP.

• TOTAL TIME: 71:34 Min