John Coltrane

Artist:  John Coltrane
Birth Name:   John William Coltrane
Born:  September 23, 1926, Hamlet, North Carolina, USA.
Died:  July 17, 1967 (Aged 40),  Huntington, New York, USA.
Genre:  Jazz, Hard Bop, Modal Jazz, Free Jazz, Avant-Garde Jazz, Post-Bop, Jazz Instrument, Saxophone Jazz
Occupation:  Musician, Composer, Bandleader
Instruments:  Tenor Saxophone, Alto Saxophone, Soprano Saxophone.

John Coltrane was an American Jazz Saxophonist and Composer.  He played in style of Bebop and Hard Bop and helped pioneer the use of the modes in Jazz and was later at the forefront of Free Jazz.  He also appeared as a sideman on many album by other musicians, including Miles Davis and Thelonious Monk.  His best known and best-selling albums Blue Train i 1958 and A Love Supreme in 1964.

Title:  Afro Blue Impressions  (2 CD)  (2013)
Genre:  Jazz, Hard Bop, Modal Jazz, Free Jazz, Avant-Garde Jazz, Post-Bop, Jazz Instrument, Saxophone Jazz
Label:  Pablo/Concord Music
Rating:   *****

Tracks:

Disc 1:

 1.  Lonnie's Lament  (10:16)
 2.  Naima  (8:05)
 3.  Chasin' The Trane  (5:46)
 4.  My Favorite Things  (21:08)
 5.  Afro Blue  (7:43)
 6.  Cousin Mary  (9:56)

Disc 2:

 1.  I Want To Talk About You  (8:21)
 2.  Spiritual  (12:29)
 3.  Impressions  (11:38)

Bonus Tracks:  Not on Original Album:

 4.  Naima  (6:40)
 5.  I Want To Talk About You  (9:52)
 6.  My Favorite Things  (13:57)

Personnel:

John Coltrane:  Tenor, Soprano Saxophone
McCoy Tyner:  Piano
Jimmy Garrison:  Double Bass
Elvin Jones:  Drums

Afro Blue Impressions is an album by John Coltrane, originally released in 1977 by Pablo Records, remastered and reissued on August 20, 2013 by Concord Music Group, featuring McCoy Tyner, Jimmy Garrison, and Elvin Jones.