John Coltrane – "Live" At The Village Vanguard (E/E) – LP, Worldwide 2022

"Live" At The Village Vanguard is an LP by John Coltrane from 2022 released on the Impulse!, UMe, Verve Records label.

About this album

John Coltrane’s Live at the Village Vanguard is a landmark live recording that documents his shift from hard bop into more searching, open-ended improvisation. Recorded in 1961 and issued in 1962, the set captures Coltrane with a formidable quartet in New York’s Village Vanguard, stretching harmony, rhythm and form with unusual freedom. Pieces such as Chasin’ the Trane and Spiritual helped define his move towards modal and avant-garde jazz, while the album’s intensity and risk-taking made it one of the most influential live documents in modern jazz. It remains a key statement in Coltrane’s rapid artistic evolution.

Genre: Jazz

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