View basket “Live in Paris” has been added to your basket. Blue Paris John Coltrane SKU: BIRD018 Barcode: 5060174956256 17.00 £17.00 Genre: Jazz Label: Birdland Released Date: 12th September 2014 Buying Format: 1LP Includes CD Out of stock Back Order Add to your Wishlist Description Product Info A half century after the fact, titanic saxophonist John Coltrane’s early ‘60s innovations are regarded as classic, but it wasn’t always so. A few months before his band’s second performance at the Paris Olympia on the evening of November 18, 1961, when these recordings were made, a critic writing in the influential U.S. journal Down Beat had attacked the music Coltrane was making with the multi-reed virtuoso Eric Dolphy as “anti-jazz.” Following the modal trail blazed by Miles Davis in the 1959 Kind of Blue sessions in which he participated, Coltrane sought to explore all the melodic possibilities inherent in a musical piece, combining his extensive knowledge of extended harmony with ideas gleaned from sources ranging from classical Indian music to contemporaries like Albert Ayler and John Gilmore. His musical and spiritual twin Dolphy was equally adventurous as a soloist, grounded in bebop but also prone to take inspiration from speech rhythms or the songs of birds. Ably supported by pianist McCoy Tyner, bassist Reggie Workman, and drummer Elvin Jones, the two horn men soar to heights of invention on Coltrane’s signature blues “Blue Train” and Rodgers and Hammerstein’s “My Favourite Things.” Coltrane and Tyner demonstrate their expressive way with a ballad on Billy Eckstine’s “I Want To Talk About You.” By the mid-‘60s, these sounds that were so controversial at the time of this recording had entered the lexicon of the mainstream. By then, Coltrane and Dolphy had moved on to other creative realms. Neither man would survive the decade; Dolphy died in 1964 and Coltrane in 1967. Here, though, they’re captured magnificently alive and afire with inspiration at a moment when they were leading their art form into unexplored territory. The French audience roars its endorsement, and the verdict of history echoes their approbation. Olympia Theatre Paris Nov. 18, 1961 second concert (11:30 pm). John Coltrane (tenor sax, soprano sax) Eric Dolphy (alto sax, flute) McCoy Tyner (piano) Reggie Workman (bass) Elvin Jones (drums) • Completely unreleased show from Paris restored & remastered •Limited pressing Vinyl with free Cd. • Artwork by acclaimed designer Sophie Lo. Artist John Coltrane Genre Jazz Label Birdland Buying Options 1LP Includes CD Format 1LP , Includes CD Condition New Country United Kingdom Track Listings Side One 1. Blue Train (12:47) 2. 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