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coltrane, john - impressions (33rpm lp)
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MEDIUM Vinyl Record
AUDIOPHIL Yes
Weight 180gr (black vinyl) 33rpm
CONDITION sealed
CONDITION RECORD M mint
COVER Gatefold
CONDITION COVER M mint
SERIALNUMBER No
BARCODE Yes

MUSICIANS

Reggie Workman - bass
Jimmy Garrison – bass
McCoy Tyner – piano
John Coltrane – soprano sax & tenor sax
Roy Haynes – drums
Eric Dolphy – bass clarinet & alto sax
Elvin Jones - drums

SIDE 1

india - 14:10
up 'gainst the wall - 3:17

SIDE 2

impressions - 15:05
after the rain - 4:27

REVIEW

Released on the Impulse label in a gatefold sleeve, "Impressions" is John Coltrane’s seventh album, which brings together recordings made between 1961 and 1963

The two live numbers "India" and "Impressions", recorded during »evenings in Hell« (as Rudy Van Gelder called the smoke-filled Village Vanguard), are the highpoints of the LP

Although he only had a mixing console and a tape recorder placed on two tables next to the stage, Van Gelder managed to make full-bodied, intensive recordings of the quintet

Dolphy plays the bass clarinet in "India" and the alto saxophone in "Impressions"; the result is a new sound colouring, which demands that Coltrane perform with even greater expression

The ballad "After The Rain" has Roy Haynes on the drums and is one of these unmistakable hymn-like solo excursions which became a trademark of John Coltrane in his middle period

Unfortunately this LP was never really given its due because it doesn’t seem to come together as a whole like other Coltrane albums

All the same, it certainly belongs in every collection – and not just because it contains two important numbers from that memorable week in November in the Village Vanguard

RECORDING November 3 1961 - April 29 1963
RE RELEASED January 2008
RATING 4 ½ Stars out of 5
PRESSING Audiophil by Pallas Germany
SOUND Audiophil
MADE IN Germany

STYLE

Jazz / Modal Music / Post Bop

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This product was added to our catalog on Monday 07 January, 2008.

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