John Coltrane – “Live” At The Village Vanguard – Acoustic Sounds Series LP

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Mastered by Ryan K. Smith at Sterling Sound from the original analog tapes

180-gram LPs pressed at Quality Record Pressings!

Stoughton Printing gatefold old-style tip-on jackets

Series supervised by Chad Kassem CEO of Acoustic Sounds

Sax virtuoso John Coltrane“Live” at the Village Vanguard(Impulse! AS-10), 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 (both play together on “India,” one of three tracks from the same sessions added here as a bonus). Right after the Village dates, Trane and Dolphy would embark on a successful European tour.

Recorded live at the Village Vanguard, New York, November 2 & 3, 1961

Musicians:
John Coltrane, tenor and soprano sax
Eric Dolphy, bass clarinet on 1 & 5 only
McCoy Tyner, piano
Reggie Workman, bass on 1, 2, 5 & 6
Jimmy Garrison, bass on 3-5