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Evenings At The Village Gate
| Recorded | Aug 1961 |
|---|---|
| Label | Impulse! |
| Released | 1961 |
| Personnel | 6 credited players |
| Discogs | master 3167358 |
The record
Live tapes from the short-lived Dolphy-Coltrane frontline, caught mid-transition as the quartet stretched toward the modal, two-bass explorations that would define the Impulse! years. Dolphy's bass clarinet snarls against Coltrane's soprano on extended workouts, a rare document of two restless improvisers pushing each other in real time.
Session personnel
- Eric Dolphy — alto saxophone, bass clarinet, flute
- Art Davis — bass
- Reggie Workman — bass
- Elvin Jones — drums
- McCoy Tyner — piano
- John Coltrane — tenor saxophone, soprano saxophone
Contemporary reception
No period review located yet. The vintage-press pipeline searches DownBeat, Cash Box, and Billboard for this session.
Pressings
Nothing on file here predates 2023, so there is no original-era pressing to chase. Impulse! issued it in mono three ways that year: a US gatefold, B0037785-01, an orange-vinyl variant on that same number, and a limited European orange edition, 602455514202. All three are current production. Choose on packaging and vinyl colour rather than rarity, and expect them to be equally easy to find.
| 2023 | Impulse! · B0037785-01 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Mono, Gatefold earliest on file · gatefold |
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| 2023 | Impulse! — MONO |
| 2023 | Impulse! · 602455514202 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Limited Edition, Mono, Orange |
| 2023 | Impulse! · 00602455514189 — CD, Album, Mono |
| 2023 | Impulse! · B0037784-02 — CD, Album, Mono |
| 2023 | Impulse! · UCCI-1058 — CD, Album, Mono, SHM-CD |
| 2023 | Impulse! · UCGU-9073 — SACD, Mono, Album, Limited Edition, SHM-SACD |
| 2023 | Impulse! · B0037785-01 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Mono, Orange |
| 2023 | Impulse! — File, MP3, Album, Mono, VBR |
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