The Complete 1961 Village Vanguard Recordings

by John Coltrane

The Complete 1961 Village Vanguard Recordings cover art

This monumental four-disc box set restores the complete, unedited performances from John Coltrane's historic four-night residency at the Village Vanguard. Featuring the controversial addition of Eric Dolphy on bass clarinet, the sprawling, marathon improvisations pushed modal jazz into violently expressive, highly spiritual avant-garde territory. Heavily criticized by conservative critics at the time as 'anti-jazz', these deeply hypnotic sessions are now revered as some of the most crucial live recordings in the genre's history.

Genres

  • Modal Jazz
  • Avant-Garde Jazz
  • Post-Bop

Tracklist

  1. India
  2. Chasin' The Trane
  3. Impressions
  4. Spiritual
  5. Miles' Mode
  6. Naima
  7. Brasilia
  8. Chasin' Another Trane
  9. India
  10. Spiritual
  11. Softly As In A Morning Sunrise
  12. Chasin' The Trane
  13. Greensleeves
  14. Impressions
  15. Spiritual
  16. Naima
  17. Impressions
  18. India
  19. Greensleeves
  20. Miles' Mode
  21. India
  22. Spiritual