John Coltrane

• Ultimate High Quality Compact Disc

• 4 1/2 stars all music guide

Sax virtuoso John Coltrane "Live" at the Village Vanguard , 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. 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)
• McCoy Tyner - (piano)
• Reggie Workman - (bass on 1, 2, 5 & 6)
• Jimmy Garrison - (bass on 3-5)
• Elvin Jones - (drums)

Recorded 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