The Complete 1961 Village Vanguard Recordings
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By 1961, Coltrane had already begun pushing past hard bop's boundaries, and these Village Vanguard recordings capture him at a pivotal moment—deep in the exploration of modal jazz that would define his most adventurous period. Recorded live over several nights, the set finds his classic quartet (McCoy Tyner, Jimmy Garrison, Elvin Jones) stretching standards and originals into expansive, searching territories: "India" emerges as a hypnotic modal odyssey, "Impressions" transforms Miles Davis's framework into something altogether more restless, and the multiple takes of "Chasin' the Trane" show the group finding new angles each time through. There's an urgency here, a sense of spiritual searching that would intensify over the next few years. These performances preserve Coltrane in the act of becoming—neither the hard-swinging modernist of the late '50s nor yet the sheets-of-sound mystic of his final years, but rather caught between, testing the limits of what jazz harmony and rhythm could contain.
Item Details+
| Genre | Jazz |
| Style | Post Bop, Modal, Avant-garde Jazz |
| Media | Near Mint (NM or M-) |
| Sleeve | Very Good Plus (VG+) |
| Description | Booklet and poster included. CDs are EX to NM, except for 1 which is VG+. Carefully packed and shipped with love from Vienna. Order more, save on shipping! |
| Label | Impulse! |
| Country | US |
| Format | CD |
Tracklist+
1-1. India 10:20
1-2. Chasin' The Trane 9:41
1-3. Impressions 8:42
1-4. Spiritual 12:29
1-5. Miles' Mode 9:53
1-6. Naima 7:33
2-1. Brasilia 18:35
2-2. Chasin' Another Trane 15:26
2-3. India 13:14
2-4. Spiritual 15:03
2-5. Softly As In A Morning Sunrise 6:25
3-1. Chasin' The Trane 15:55
3-2. Greensleeves 6:08
3-3. Impressions 10:49
3-4. Spiritual 13:31
3-5. Naima 7:02
3-6. Impressions 14:45
4-1. India 13:55
4-2. Greensleeves 4:51
4-3. Miles' Mode 15:12
4-4. India 15:06
4-5. Spiritual 20:29
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