Released April 1964 Artist John Coltrane Producer Bob Thiele | Live at Birdland
(1964) Crescent
(1964) Release date 1964 Label Impulse! Records | |
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 Length 38:59 original LP
43:35 CD reissue Genres Avant-garde jazz, Post-bop Similar John Coltrane albums, Avant-garde jazz albums, Other albums | ||
John coltrane org 1963 live at birdland impress a 50 mono side 1
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.
Contents
John coltrane quartet at birdland afro blue
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
- "Vilia" – 4:36
"Vilia" is the main melodic statement to the Franz Lehár piece "Vivias", set to a swing feel and chord changes.
Personnel
Songs
1Afro Blue10:50
2I Want to Talk About You8:12
3The Promise