Jazz / Avant-Garde Jazz; Post-Bop
Recorded: * July 7, 1963, Newport Jazz Festival, Newport, Rhode Island * November 2, 1961, The Village Vanguard, New York, New York
The Newport performances - recorded because Bob Thiele wisely seized every opportunity to record Coltrane, but never really intended for immediate release - present us with another series of paradoxes, ones even more central to Coltrane's enduring mystique. - Francis Davis (from liner notes)-
Includes liner notes by John Coltrane, Roy Haynes and Francis Davis.
John Coltrane - Tenor Saxophone McCoy Tyner - Piano Reggie Workman - Bass Roy Haynes - Drums |