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| Studio album / Live album by John Coltrane | ||||
| Released | January 1964 | |||
| Recorded | October 8, 1963 (#1-3) Birdland, New York City March 6, 1963 (#6, CD only) November 18, 1963 (#4-5) Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs | |||
| Genre | Jazz, post-bop | |||
| Length | 38:59 original LP 43:35 CD reissue | |||
| Label | Impulse! A-50 | |||
| Producer | Bob Thiele | |||
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| 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
- "Afro Blue" (Mongo Santamaria) – 10:50
- "I Want to Talk About You" (Billy Eckstine) – 8:11
- "The Promise" – 8:10
- "Alabama" – 5:09
- "Your Lady" – 6:39
- Compact Disc bonus track
- "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
- John Coltrane – tenor saxophone, soprano saxophone
- McCoy Tyner – piano
- Jimmy Garrison – double bass
- Elvin Jones – drums
References
- "Design+has+new+series"&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjqq_7uiMPiAhWUShUIHZ46BKQQ6AEIKDAA#v=onepage&q="Design%20has%20new%20series"&f=false Billboard 1 February, 1964
- Bailey, C. Michael. "John Coltrane: Live At Birdland". All About Jazz. Retrieved 30 May 2019.
- Live at Birdland at AllMusic
- Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 289. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.
- Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 47. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.
- https://www.discogs.com/Various-The-Definitive-Jazz-Scene-Volume-3/release/707281
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