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1964 studio album / Live album by John Coltrane
Live at Birdland
Studio album / Live album by John Coltrane
ReleasedJanuary 1964
RecordedOctober 8, 1963 (#1-3)
Birdland, New York City
March 6, 1963 (#6, CD only)
November 18, 1963 (#4-5)
Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs
GenreJazz, post-bop
Length38:59 original LP
43:35 CD reissue
LabelImpulse! A-50
ProducerBob Thiele
John Coltrane chronology
Impressions
(1963)
Live at Birdland
(1964)
Crescent
(1964)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic
The Penguin Guide to Jazz
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide

Live at Birdland is a 1964 album by jazz musician John Coltrane. Despite its title, only the first three tracks were recorded live at the Birdland club; the rest are studio tracks. Among them is "Alabama", a tribute to four children killed in the 16th Street Baptist Church bombing, an attack at a Birmingham, Alabama church by white supremacists. The album's original pressing accidentally included a false start - this was corrected in later copies, but restored in CD editions. The album also features a live recording of "I Want to Talk About You", a song Coltrane had recorded on his 1958 album Soultrane, this time with an extended cadenza.

Track listing

All songs written by John Coltrane except as indicated

  1. "Afro Blue" (Mongo Santamaria)  – 10:50
  2. "I Want to Talk About You" (Billy Eckstine)  – 8:11
  3. "The Promise" – 8:10
  4. "Alabama" – 5:09
  5. "Your Lady" – 6:39
Compact Disc bonus track
  1. "Vilia" – 4:36

"Vilia" is the main melodic statement to the Franz Lehár piece "Vivias", set to a swing feel and chord changes. This track was first released on a 1965 compilation by Impulse!

Personnel

References

  1. Billboard 1 February, 1964
  2. Bailey, C. Michael. "John Coltrane: Live At Birdland". All About Jazz. Retrieved 30 May 2019.
  3. Live at Birdland at AllMusic
  4. Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 289. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.
  5. Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 47. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.
  6. https://www.discogs.com/Various-The-Definitive-Jazz-Scene-Volume-3/release/707281
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