Afro Blue Impressions
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Live album by John Coltrane | ||||||||||
Released | 1977 | |||||||||
Recorded |
October 22, 1963 Konserthuset, Stockholm November 2, 1963 Auditorium Maximum, Freie Universität Berlin, Berlin | |||||||||
Genre | Hard bop, Modal jazz, Avant-garde jazz | |||||||||
Length | 97:34 | |||||||||
Label |
Pablo Records 2620-101 | |||||||||
Producer | Norman Granz | |||||||||
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Afro Blue Impressions is an album by jazz musician John Coltrane recorded live in 1963 and released on the Pablo label in 1977 as a double LP.[1]
Reception
The Allmusic review by Scott Yanow awarded the album 4 stars stating "No new revelations occur, but this is a strong all-around set of Trane near his peak".[2]
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Track listing
- All compositions by John Coltrane except as indicated
Disc 1:
- "Lonnie's Lament" — 10:16
- "Naima" — 8:06
- "Chasin' the Trane" — 5:48
- "My Favorite Things" (Oscar Hammerstein II, Richard Rodgers) — 21:10
Disc 2:
- "Afro Blue" (Mongo Santamaria) — 7:43
- "Cousin Mary" — 9:55
- "I Want to Talk About You" (Billy Eckstine) — 8:20
- "Spiritual" — 12:30
- "Impressions" — 11:36
Recorded on October 22, 1963 (Disc 2 tracks 4-5) and on November 2, 1963 (Disc 1, and Disc 2 tracks 1-3)
Personnel
- John Coltrane — tenor saxophone, soprano saxophone
- McCoy Tyner — piano
- Jimmy Garrison — double bass
- Elvin Jones — drums
References
- ↑ John Coltrane discography accessed July 22, 2011
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Yanow, S. Allmusic Review accessed July 22, 2011