NEW LP
New sealed copy. 2022 remastered reissue. Remastered at Sterling Sound by Ryan Smith and pressed by Quality Record Pressing on 180 gram audiophile vinyl.
Coltrane "Live" at the Village Vanguard is a live album by John Coltrane, released in 1962 through Impulse Records. Recorded during a four night residency at New York's Village Vanguard in November 1961, it was Coltrane's first live album and the first release to feature the core lineup of McCoy Tyner, Jimmy Garrison, and Elvin Jones that would become known as his classic quartet. Eric Dolphy also appears on the sessions.
The album contains three extended performances: "Spiritual," "Softly, as in a Morning Sunrise," and "Chasin' the Trane." "Spiritual" features Dolphy on bass clarinet, while "Softly, as in a Morning Sunrise" is performed by a quartet. "Chasin' the Trane" is played as a piano free trio with Garrison and Jones, giving Coltrane greater freedom to move beyond conventional harmonic structure during the nearly 16 minute improvisation.
The recordings marked an important stage in Coltrane's move toward more open and experimental forms of jazz. The album initially divided critics and listeners, particularly over "Chasin' the Trane," but the performance later came to be regarded as one of the key recordings of Coltrane's early 1960s development.
TRACKLIST:
A1 Spiritual
A2 Softly As In A Morning Sunrise
B1 Chasin' The Trane
