John Coltrane – The Complete 1961 Village Vanguard Recordings (4 CD, 1997/FLAC)

 

The Complete 1961 Village Vanguard Recordings is a box set credited to jazz musician John Coltrane, issued posthumously in 1997 by Impulse! Records, catalogue IMPD4-232. It collects recordings from the sets performed by the John Coltrane Quintet at the Village Vanguard in early November, 1961. Five selections had been issued during Coltrane's lifetime on the albums Live! at the Village Vanguard and Impressions. Additional tracks had been issued posthumously on the albums The Other Village Vanguard Tapes, Trane's Modes and From the Original Master Tapes.

  •     John Coltrane — soprano and tenor saxophone
  •     Eric Dolphy — bass clarinet, alto saxophone
  •     McCoy Tyner — piano
  •     Reggie Workman, Jimmy Garrison — bass
  •     Elvin Jones — drums
  •     Garvin Bushell — probably cor anglais (described wrongly in the disc notes as an oboe),[10] contrabassoon
  •     Ahmed Abdul-Malik — probably tampura (described wrongly in the disc notes as an oud)[10]
  •     Roy Haynes — drums

Disc 1

01. India (A) (10:33)
02. Chasin' The Trane (A) (9:52)
03. Impressions (A) (8:52)
04. Spiritual (A) (12:50)
05. Miles' Mode (A) (10:22)
06. Naima (A) (7:40)

Disc 2

01. Brasilia (A) (18:46)
02. Chasin' Another Trane (B) (15:36)
03. India (B) (13:14)
04. Spiritual (B) (15:14)
05. Softly As In A Morning Sunrise (B) (6:38)

Disc 3

01. Chasin' The Trane (B) (16:08)
02. Greensleeves (B) (6:27)
03. Impressions (B) (10:59)
04. Spiritual (C) (13:49)
05. Naima (C) (7:08)
06. Impressions (C) (14:53)

Disc 4

01. India (C) (14:04)
02. Greensleeves (C) (5:03)
03. Miles' Mode (C) (15:25)
04. India (D) (15:14)
05. Spiritual (D) (20:41)