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Release Date
22 January 2007
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Length
39 tracks
Live Trane: The European Tours is a 7–CD compilation album by American saxophonist John Coltrane containing music recorded live during 1961, 1962, and 1963 European tours, all of which took place under the auspices of Norman Granz's Jazz at the Philharmonic programs. The album, which was released in 2001 by Pablo Records, features Coltrane on tenor and soprano saxophones along with pianist McCoy Tyner, bassists Jimmy Garrison and Reggie Workman, and drummer Elvin Jones. In addition, Eric Dolphy is heard on alto saxophone, bass clarinet, and flute on a number of tracks.
The 1961 European tour took place from November 11 through December 4, and immediately followed the Coltrane quintet's stay at the Village Vanguard (captured on Coltrane "Live" at the Village Vanguard and The Complete 1961 Village Vanguard Recordings). During the tour, the group was paired with the Dizzy Gillespie Quintet. The tour consisted of a UK portion (Kilburn (London), Birmingham, Glasgow, Newcastle, Leicester, Brighton, and Walthamstow (London)) from November 11 - 17, followed by a continental visit (Paris, Scheveningen, Amsterdam, Copenhagen, Gothenburg, Helsinki, Stockholm, Hannover, Hamburg, Copenhagen (again), Stuttgart, Düsseldorf, Frankfurt am Main, Nuremberg, Munich, Berlin, and Baden-Baden) from November 18 - December 4.
The 1962 tour occurred during November 17 - December 2, and included stops in Paris, Zurich, Stockholm, Helsinki, Oslo, Copenhagen, Berlin, Hamburg, Vienna, Graz, Munich, Frankfurt am Main, Scheveningen, Amsterdam, and Milan. The 1963 tour took place from October 22 - November 4, and encompassed Stockholm, Oslo, Helsinki, Copenhagen, Amsterdam, Milan, Kaiserslautern, Frankfurt am Main, Paris, Berlin, Munich, and Stuttgart.
Nineteen of the tracks on Live Trane had not previously appeared on authorized releases, while the remaining tracks were included on The Paris Concert, The European Tour, Afro Blue Impressions, and Bye Bye Blackbird, but appear here in remastered form.
Personnel:
John Coltrane — tenor saxophone, soprano saxophone
Eric Dolphy — alto saxophone, bass clarinet, flute
McCoy Tyner — piano
Jimmy Garrison — double bass
Reggie Workman — double bass
Elvin Jones — drums
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