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| Coltrane Live at Birdland [ ÉLŐ ] |
| John Coltrane |
| első megjelenés éve: 1963 |
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| (2008)
[ DIGIPACK ]
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CD |
| 3.324 Ft
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| 1. | Afro Blue
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| 2. | I Want to Talk About You
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| 3. | The Promise
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| 4. | Alabama
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| 5. | Your Lady
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| 6. | Vilia [*]
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Jazz
Tracks 1-3 recorded live at Birdland, New York, New York on October 8, 1963. Tracks 4-6 recorded at the Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey on March 6 and November 18, 1963
Digitally remastered usuing 20-bit technology by Erick Labson (MCA Music Media Studios).
John Coltrane - Arranger, Sax (Soprano), Sax (Tenor)
Elvin Jones - Drums
Eric Dolphy - Clarinet (Bass), Sax (Alto)
Jimmy Garrison - Bass
McCoy Tyner - Piano
Roy Haynes - Drums
Originally released on Impulse (50)
By 1963, when LIVE AT BIRDLAND was recorded, the John Coltrane Quartet had evolved into the finest working band in all of jazz, achieving an extraordinary balance of freedom and form, visceral intensity and romantic sensitivity. Each member was an innovator in his own right. From McCoy Tyner's powerful orchestrations, to bassist Jimmy Garrison's indomitable pulse and Elvin Jones' telepathic polyrhythms, this was a thrilling group at a peak of wonder and discovery.
Jones' dancing 6/8 pulse and elemental barrage of tom and cymbal colors make the quartet sound like a big band on their exciting version of "Afro-Blue." Tyner's rocking two-handed rhythms and original chordal voicings bring the tune's melodic strains to a fine boil, when Trane re-enters with a screaming, rhythmically challenging solo. The saxophonist approaches "I Want To Talk About You" as a virtuoso ballad vehicle, and the contrast between dense rhythmic/harmonic ideas and simple melodic eloquence bring this performance to an earthy emotional peak. The dancing polyrhythms which announce "The Promise" suggest how far the quartet had reshaped the basic 4/4 rhythm of jazz. Tyner's left hand keeps the pulse churning, as he uncoils swift, graceful single-note leads and crunching block chords, transforming a pathetic nightclub piano into a choir of angels. Trane's soprano re-appears at an emotional crest, supporting him and Elvin with big, brassy chords that echo their conversation.
A pair of studio tracks round out the set. Tyner's droning chorus of tears and the beckoning thunder of Garrison and Jones give the dirge "Alabama" its elemental dignity. "Alabama" is a haunting recollection of four innocents who died in a church bombing, and the tender compassion and final cry for justice in Coltrane's evocative melody is easy to recognize. The set concludes with "Your Lady," an elegant idiomatic quartet treatment of a 3/4 pulse, as Trane discovers a softer, more feminine inflection for his soprano.
* Alba Acevedo - Graphic Design
* Bill Levenson - Reissue Supervisor
* Bob Ghiraldini - Photography
* Bob Thiele - Producer
* Cameron Mizell - Production Coordination
* Charles Stewart - Photography
* Erick Labson - Mastering
* Hollis King - Art Direction
* Isabelle Wong - Package Design
* Joe Alper - Cover Photo, Photography
* Joe Lebow - Liner Design
* Kevin Reeves - Mastering
* LeRoi Jones - Liner Notes
* Michael Cuscuna - Liner Notes, Reissue Producer
* Robert Flynn - Cover Design, Design
* Rudy Van Gelder - Engineer
Arguably John Coltrane's finest all-around album, this recording has brilliant versions of "Afro Blue" and "I Want to Talk About You"; the second half of the latter features Coltrane on unaccompanied tenor tearing into the piece but never losing sight of the fact that it is a beautiful ballad. The remainder of this album ("Alabama," "The Promise," and "Your Lady") is almost at the same high level.
--- Scott Yanow, All Music Guide |
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