Afro Blue Impressions

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Afro Blue Impressions
Afro Blue Impressions.jpg
Live album by
John Coltrane
ReleasedMay/June 1977[1]
RecordedOctober 22, 1963
Konserthuset, Stockholm
November 2, 1963
Auditorium Maximum, Freie Universität Berlin, Berlin
GenreHard bop, modal jazz, avant-garde jazz
Length97:34
LabelPablo Records
2620-101
ProducerNorman Granz
John Coltrane chronology
The European Tour
(1963) 		Afro Blue Impressions
(1977) 		The Paris Concert
(1963)
Alternative cover
Reissue
Reissue

Afro Blue Impressions is an album by jazz musician John Coltrane recorded live in 1963 and released on the Pablo label in 1977 as a double LP.[2]

Reception[]

The AllMusic review by Scott Yanow awarded the album 4 stars, stating: "No new revelations occur, but this is a strong all-around set of Trane near his peak".[3]

The album was re-released in 2013 under the title Afro Blue Impressions (Remastered and Expanded).[4] This re-release won the Grammy Award for Best Album Notes.[5]

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic4/5 stars[3]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz4/4 stars[6]
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide5/5 stars[7]

Track listing[]

All compositions by John Coltrane except as indicated

Disc 1:

  1. "Lonnie's Lament" — 10:16
  2. "Naima" — 8:06
  3. "Chasin' the Trane" — 5:48
  4. "My Favorite Things" (Oscar Hammerstein II, Richard Rodgers)  — 21:10

Disc 2:

  1. "Afro Blue" (Mongo Santamaria)  — 7:43
  2. "Cousin Mary" — 9:55
  3. "I Want to Talk About You" (Billy Eckstine)  — 8:20
  4. "Spiritual" — 12:30
  5. "Impressions" — 11:36

Recorded on October 22, 1963 (Disc 2 tracks 4-5), and on November 2, 1963 (Disc 1, and Disc 2 tracks 1-3)

Personnel[]

References[]

  1. ^ Billboard June 4, 1977
  2. ^ John Coltrane discography accessed July 22, 2011
  3. ^ Jump up to: a b Yanow, S. Allmusic Review accessed July 22, 2011
  4. ^ Tamarkin, Jeff. "Concord to Reissue Coltrane's 'Afro Blue Impressions' with Bonus Tracks". JazzTimes. Retrieved 2019-04-26.
  5. ^ "56th GRAMMY Awards: Full Winners List". Billboard. Retrieved 2019-04-26.
  6. ^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 289. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.
  7. ^ Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. pp. 46. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.
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