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:  Live At The Village Vanguard (2026)

Genre:  Jazz, Hard Bop, Modal Jazz, Free Jazz, Avant-Garde Jazz, Post-Bop, Jazz Instrument, Saxophone Jazz

Label:  20th Century Records

Rating:   *****

Format:  LP

Tracks:

Side A:

 1.  Spiritual (13:47)

 2.  Softly, As In A Morning Sunrise (6:36)

Side B:

 1.  Chasin' The Trane (16:08)

 2.  Greensleves (Bonus Track) (6:24)

Personnel:

John Coltrane:  Soprano & Tenor Saxophone

Eric Dolphy:  Bass Clarinet on Track A1

McCoy Tyner:  Piano on Side A

Reggie Workman:  Bass on Side A

Jimmy Garrison:  Bass on Side B

Elvin Jones:  Drums

Live At The Village Vanguard is a live album by John Coltrane, originally released on February 1962 by Impulse! Records, remastered and reissued on January 23, 2026 by 20th Century Records with 1 Bonus Track.  Pressed on 180 Gram Colored Red Vinyl.