John Coltrane

• 180 GRAM GATEFOLD VINYL

• LIMITED EDITION

Live at the Village Vanguard, was one of John Coltrane's most successful and controversial albums. It was one of the first by the "classic quartet," and contained a boffo guest appearance by Eric Dolphy on the magnificent "Spiritual."

This isn't it. Five years after that triumph, Coltrane returned to the Vanguard with his New Thing quintet, expanded to a sextet for the occasion: Coltrane on soprano, tenor, and bass clarinet; Pharoah Sanders on tenor and flute; Alice Coltrane on piano, Jimmy Garrison on bass, Rashied Ali on drums, and Emanuel Rahim on percussion. This album contains only two songs: "Naima" and "My Favorite Things," which were perhaps the two most celebrated numbers, or overplayed chestnuts, of the Coltrane catalogue. Here they are given a treatment like no other.

PERSONNEL:

• John Coltrane - tenor and soprano sax, bass clarinet
• Pharoah Sanders - tenor sax, flute
• Alice Coltrane - piano
• Jimmy Garrison - bass
• Rashied Ali - drums

Recorded live at the "Village Vanguard", NYC, May 28, 1966.

TRACKS:

• SIDE A
• A1. Naima
• A2. Introduction To My Favorite Things

• SIDE B
• B1. My Favorite Things