Coltrane, John: Live in '60, '61 and '65 (Ntsc)

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John Coltrane - Live In '60, '61 & '65

John Coltrane: Live in '60, '61 and '65 (NTSC) (more info)
Composed by: John Coltrane na Not Applicable
Elvin Jones, drums
Stan Getz, tenor saxophone
Jimmy Cobb, drums
Oscar Peterson, piano
Jimmy Garrison, double bass
Reggie Workman, double bass
Eric Dolphy, flute
Wynton Kelly, piano
McCoy Tyner, piano
Paul Chambers, double bass


1. John Coltrane: Live in '60, '61 and '65 (NTSC) - 01:35:00


On Green Dolphin Street (more info)
Composed by: Bronislaw Kaper John Coltrane
Ed Thigpen, drums
Jimmy Cobb, drums
Albert Heath,
Oscar Peterson, piano
Sonny Rollins, tenor saxophone
Wynton Kelly, piano
Ray Brown, double bass
Kenny Drew, piano
Paul Chambers, double bass
Niels-Henning Orsted Pedersen, double bass


2. On Green Dolphin Street - 00:09:01


Walkin' (more info)
Performed by: Quincy Jones Orchestra
Composed by: Quincy Jones Richard Carpenter John Coltrane
Jimmy Cobb, drums
Wynton Kelly, piano
Paul Chambers, double bass


3. Walkin' - 00:07:16


The Theme (more info)
Composed by: Miles Davis John Coltrane
Jimmy Cobb, drums
Wynton Kelly, piano
Paul Chambers, double bass


4. The Theme - 00:03:31


Autumn Leaves - What’s New? - Moonlight in Vermont (more info)
Composed by: Bob Haggart Joseph Kosma John Coltrane Karl Suessdorf
Stan Getz, tenor saxophone
Jimmy Cobb, drums
Wynton Kelly, piano
Paul Chambers, double bass


5. Autumn Leaves - What’s New? - Moonlight in Vermont - 00:06:19


Hackensack (more info)
Composed by: John Coltrane na Not Applicable
Stan Getz, tenor saxophone
Jimmy Cobb, drums
Oscar Peterson, piano
Paul Chambers, double bass


6. Hackensack - 00:08:01


My Favorite Things (more info)
Composed by: Richard Rodgers John Coltrane
Elvin Jones, drums
Jimmy Garrison, double bass
Reggie Workman, double bass
Eric Dolphy, flute
McCoy Tyner, piano


7. My Favorite Things - 00:10:34
8. My Favorite Things - 00:20:25


Ev'ry Time We Say Goodbye (more info)
Composed by: Cole Porter John Coltrane
Elvin Jones, drums
Reggie Workman, double bass
Eric Dolphy, flute
McCoy Tyner, piano


9. Ev'ry Time We Say Goodbye - 00:05:11


Impressions (more info)
Composed by: John Coltrane
Elvin Jones, drums
Arthur Harper, double bass
Jimmy Lovelace, drums
Reggie Workman, double bass
Eric Dolphy, flute
Wes Montgomery, guitar
McCoy Tyner, piano
Harold Mabern, piano


10. Impressions - 00:07:14


Vigil (more info)
Composed by: John Coltrane
Elvin Jones, drums
Jimmy Garrison, double bass
McCoy Tyner, piano


11. Vigil - 00:09:08


Naima (more info)
Composed by: John Coltrane
Elvin Jones, drums
Jimmy Garrison, double bass
McCoy Tyner, piano


12. Naima - 00:07:37

Reviews

Giant steps (Sep 30, 2008)
Reviewer:Emma Choi
This is the Coltrane live-performance DVD we’ve all been waiting for. Not only does it include the late saxophonist’s famous 1961 German television appearance (in which the musicians play amidst a cool modernist steel-girder studio set), it also boasts ultra-rare footage of the Coltrane Quartet’s dynamic set at a 1965 outdoor jazz festival in Belgium, a time when Trane was really pushing... This is the Coltrane live-performance DVD we’ve all been waiting for. Not only does it include the late saxophonist’s famous 1961 German television appearance (in which the musicians play amidst a cool modernist steel-girder studio set), it also boasts ultra-rare footage of the Coltrane Quartet’s dynamic set at a 1965 outdoor jazz festival in Belgium, a time when Trane was really pushing the avant-garde envelope. As if that weren’t enough, this disc also presents a recently unearthed German TV broadcast from 1960, showing Coltrane playing with Miles Davis’ rhythm section, plus guest artists Oscar Peterson and Stan Getz. The DVD is sequenced chronologically, and thus opens with Coltrane in concert with the Davis group (sans Miles). It’s interesting to watch Coltrane holding himself back working within a more formal and less adventurous musical setting than the one he would soon adopt. He showcases his angular lyricism on several classic tunes included in the famous trumpeter’s repertoire, playing beautifully with Davis’ sidemen (Wynton Kelly, Paul Chambers and Jimmy Cobb), but one can sense his impatience to break free of the group he’d been with for five years and hook up with more forward-thinking musicians. The 1961 TV performance finds him in the company of just such a group—pianist McCoy Tyner, drummer Elvin Jones, bassist Reggie Workman and alto saxophonist/flutist Eric Dolphy—as they burn through inspired renditions of “My Favorite Things,” “Every Time We Say Goodbye” and “Impressions.” As the camera darts around the expressionistic set, Coltrane and his hand picked musicians lay down the new musical language that was already shaking jazz’s foundations. After Dolphy left and Workman was replaced by Jimmy Garrison, Coltrane’s sound ascended to an even higher level of experimentation. Tyner’s natural lyricism helped balance Coltrane’s abstract excursions, while Garrison somehow kept the time and Jones laid down his own fierce polyrhythmic statements. However, this particular group was nearing the end of its run by the time of the Belgium gig—Tyner and Jones left some five months later. And Coltrane would give us just two more years of incredible music before prematurely leaving the planet, which makes these remarkable, rarely seen performances even more important historically and culturally. (read more)