THE CLASSIC QUARTET: COMPLETE IMPULSE! STUDIO RECORDINGS won the 2000 Grammy Award for Best Album Notes THE CLASSIC QUARTET: COMPLETE IMPULSE! STUDIO RECORDINGS was nominated for the 2000 Grammy Award for Best Boxed Recording Package.
Jazz / Avant-Garde; Hard Bop; Free Jazz; Modal Music; Post-Bop; Avant-Garde Jazz
Recorded: Dec 21, 1961-Sep 22, 1965, Rudy Van Gelder's studio in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey.
Taken as a whole, this body of work shows remarkable depth and evolution, presented here chronologically as it happened and as it developed. The final disc of this set presents several first versions, alternate takes and session sequences that are previously unissued and give a glimpse into the working methods of this remarkable group.
Includes a 100-page booklet with liner notes by Bob Blumenthal and an interview with Elvin Jones.
Disc 1: 76:59 min. Disc 2: 69:17 min. Disc 3: 73:57 min. Disc 4: 67:32 min. Disc 5: 72:55 min. Disc 6: 63:19 min. Disc 7: Meditations (Quartet version) - 52:24 min. Disc 8: Works in Progress - 51:29 min.
John Coltrane - Tenor Saxophone, Soprano Saxophone McCoy Tyner - Piano Jimmy Garrison - Bass Elvin Jones - Drums
Additional personnel: Art Davis - bass Roy Haynes - drums |