Live Trane The European Tours
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John Coltrane's later European tours captured him in a state of restless artistic evolution, moving fluidly between his modal innovations and the burning intensity of his post-bop vision. This compilation draws from those fertile years abroad, when the saxophonist was deepening his explorations of sheets of sound and harmonic complexity while still commanding the standards and originals that defined his reach. Hearing Coltrane cycle through pieces like "Impressions" and "My Favorite Things" across different performances reveals not repetition but investigation—each version a fresh interrogation of melody and rhythm, with his rhythm section responding to his questing energy. The European audiences witnessed a master at full command of his instrument and his ideas, and these recordings preserve that particular electricity, the sense of a musician thinking in real time before thousands of attentive listeners.
Item Details+
| Genre | Jazz |
| Style | Bop, Post Bop, Modal |
| Media | Very Good Plus (VG+) |
| Sleeve | Very Good Plus (VG+) |
| Description | Carefully packed and shipped with love from Vienna. Order more, save on shipping! |
| Label | Pablo Records |
| Year | 2001 |
| Country | US |
| Format | CD |
Tracklist+
1-1. Impressions 11:14
1-2. My Favorite Things 25:11
1-3. Blue Trane 8:54
1-4. Naima 4:05
1-5. Impressions 7:17
1-6. My Favorite Things 20:27
2-1. Mr. P.C. 11:17
2-2. Miles' Mode 10:54
2-3. My Favorite Things 19:09
2-4. Norman Granz Introduction 1:44
2-5. Bye Bye Blackbird 19:48
2-6. The Inch Worm 10:17
2-7. Ev'ry Time We Say Goodbye 4:58
3-1. Mr. P.C. 15:13
3-2. My Favorite Things 23:55
3-3. The Inch Worm 7:06
3-4. Mr. P.C. 15:03
3-5. Naima 9:24
4-1. Traneing In 18:44
4-2. Bye Bye Blackbird 17:52
4-3. Impressions 8:01
4-4. Swedish Introduction 1:08
4-5. Traneing In 11:50
4-6. Mr. P.C. 18:09
5-1. Naima 6:49
5-2. The Promise 6:57
5-3. Spiritual 12:22
5-4. Impressions 11:35
5-5. I Want To Talk About You 9:53
5-6. My Favorite Things 13:56
6-1. Mr. P.C. 26:28
6-2. Lonnie's Lament 10:12
6-3. Naima 8:03
6-4. Chasin' The Trane 5:41
6-5. My Favorite Things 21:04
7-1. Afro Blue 7:41
7-2. Cousin Mary 9:54
7-3. I Want Talk About You 8:23
7-4. Impressions 23:15
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