I think that the most essential Coltrane issue is the The Complete 1961 Village Vanguard Recordings. That collection is the heart of John Coltrane. Less well known is Live At the Village Vanguard Again! It's no rival to the former, but it is still full of unstable genius bursting forth in all directions. I am playing 'Naima'. Here is the band:
- Bass – Jimmy Garrison
- Drums – Rashied Ali
- Percussion – Emanuel Rahim
- Piano – Alice Coltrane
- Tenor Saxophone, Flute – Pharoah Sanders
- Tenor Saxophone, Soprano Saxophone, Bass Clarinet – John Coltrane
The cut features a long, leathered solo by Sanders. I like it, like it or not. There is Trane enough for everyone here.
I am also playing the same composition from the 1961 recordings. This is the live one. Here is a marvelously complete list of the personnel:
- Double Bass – Jimmy Garrison (tracks: 1.1, 1.3, 2.3, 3.1, 3.3, 3.6, 4.1, 4.3, 4.4), Reggie Workman (tracks: 1.1, 1.2, 1.4 to 2.5, 3.2, 3.4, 3.5, 4.1 to 4.5)
- Drums – Elvin Jones (tracks: 1.1 to 2.1, 2.3 to 4.5), Roy Haynes (tracks: 2.2)
- Oboe, Bassoon [Contra] – Garvin Bushell (tracks: 2.3, 2.4, 4.4, 4.5)
- Oud – Ahmed Abdul-Malik (tracks: 1.1, 2.3, 4.1)
- Piano – McCoy Tyner (tracks: 1.1, 1.3 to 1.6, 2.3 to 2.5, 3.2 to 4.5)
- Saxophone [Alto], Clarinet [Bass] – Eric Dolphy (tracks: 1.1 to 2.4, 3.3 to 3.5, 4.1, 4.3 to 4.5)
- Saxophone [Soprano, Tenor] – John Coltrane
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