John Coltrane Quartet: Live in France July 27/28 1965
Copy at Case Memorial Library
Contents: CD 1, Juan les Pins, Antibes, July 27, 1965. Naima; Ascension (quartet version, aka Blue Valse); My Favorite Things; Impressions. CD 2, Salle Pleyel, Paris, July 28, 1965. Ascension (quartet version, aka Blue Valse); Afro Blue; Impressions.
Personnel: John Coltrane, tenor sax; McCoy Tyner, piano; Jimmy Garrison, bass; Elvin Jones, drums.
From the notes by Lawrence Steel: "The inclusion of 'Ascension' on both of these concerts is noteworthy, for these are the only other known versions of the tune apart from the studio recordings. When Coltrane performed this piece in Paris, a French radio broadcaster asked what the name of it was. Coltrane mumbled something incomprehensible, which the Frenchman took to be 'Blue Valse' — that is, 'Blue Waltz.' … But these are indeed quartet versions of 'Ascension,' the recording that raised the hackles of the conservative jazz press … but without the collective improvisation and without Pharoah Sanders … it sounds in fact like a gentle ballad."
Contents: CD 1, Juan les Pins, Antibes, July 27, 1965. Naima; Ascension (quartet version, aka Blue Valse); My Favorite Things; Impressions. CD 2, Salle Pleyel, Paris, July 28, 1965. Ascension (quartet version, aka Blue Valse); Afro Blue; Impressions.
Personnel: John Coltrane, tenor sax; McCoy Tyner, piano; Jimmy Garrison, bass; Elvin Jones, drums.
From the notes by Lawrence Steel: "The inclusion of 'Ascension' on both of these concerts is noteworthy, for these are the only other known versions of the tune apart from the studio recordings. When Coltrane performed this piece in Paris, a French radio broadcaster asked what the name of it was. Coltrane mumbled something incomprehensible, which the Frenchman took to be 'Blue Valse' — that is, 'Blue Waltz.' … But these are indeed quartet versions of 'Ascension,' the recording that raised the hackles of the conservative jazz press … but without the collective improvisation and without Pharoah Sanders … it sounds in fact like a gentle ballad."
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