Afro Blue Impressions | ||||
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Released | May/June 1977 [1] | |||
Recorded | October 22, 1963 Konserthuset, Stockholm November 2, 1963 Auditorium Maximum, Freie Universität Berlin, Berlin | |||
Genre | Hard bop, modal jazz, avant-garde jazz | |||
Length | 97:34 | |||
Label | Pablo Records 2620-101 | |||
Producer | Norman Granz | |||
John Coltrane chronology | ||||
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Afro Blue Impressions is an album of a performance by jazz musician John Coltrane that was recorded live in 1963. The album was originally released many years later, in 1977, on the Pablo label, as a double LP. [2]
The AllMusic review by Scott Yanow awarded the album 4 stars: "No new revelations occur, but this is a strong all-around set of Trane near his peak." [3]
In 2013, the album was re-released under the title Afro Blue Impressions (Remastered and Expanded). [4] This re-release won the Grammy Award for Best Album Notes. [5]
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Source | Rating |
Allmusic | [3] |
The Penguin Guide to Jazz | [6] |
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide | [7] |
All compositions by John Coltrane except as indicated.
No. | Title | Recording date and venue | Length |
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1. | "Lonnie's Lament" | November 2, 1963, Free University of Berlin Auditorium | 10:16 |
2. | "Naima" | November 2, 1963, Free University of Berlin Auditorium | 8:06 |
3. | "Chasin' the Trane" | November 2, 1963, Free University of Berlin Auditorium | 5:48 |
4. | "My Favorite Things" (Oscar Hammerstein II, Richard Rodgers) | November 2, 1963, Free University of Berlin Auditorium | 21:10 |
No. | Title | Recording date and venue | Length |
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1. | "Afro Blue" (Mongo Santamaria) | November 2, 1963, Free University of Berlin Auditorium | 7:43 |
2. | "Cousin Mary" | November 2, 1963, Free University of Berlin Auditorium | 9:55 |
3. | "I Want to Talk About You" (Billy Eckstine) | November 2, 1963, Free University of Berlin Auditorium | 8:20 |
4. | "Spiritual" | October 22, 1963, Stockholm Concert Hall | 12:30 |
5. | "Impressions" | October 22, 1963, Stockholm Concert Hall | 11:36 |
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