John Coltrane

This release presents John Coltrane’s last performance ever at the Newport Jazz Festival, on July 2, 1966. This is the first time that this material is issued on any format!

Coltrane performed three extended tunes at the festival, including a version of My Favorite Things that is much freer than ever, a beautiful reading of his ballad Welcome and a powerful version of Leo, a song he had taped in the studio six months earlier.

Coltrane was too ill to perform at the following edition of the Newport Festival, and he died shortly after at the age of 40 on July 17, 1967.

JOHN COLTRANE (ss, ts),
PHAROAH SANDERS (ts)
ALICE COLTRANE (p),
JIMMY GARRISON (b),
RASHIED ALI (d).

Live at the Newport Jazz Festival, Newport, Rhode Island, July 2, 1966.
Father Norman O’Connors (announcer)

Tracks:
1. My Favourite Things
2. Welcome
3 Leo

Includes 12-page booklet
Total Time: 56:04