Impulse! · in the Kissa Kissa racks
Live At Birdland
| Recorded | Oct 8 & Nov 18, 1963 |
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| Label | Impulse! |
| Released | 1963 |
| Personnel | 4 credited players |
| Discogs | master 32382 |
The record
Club-honed and blistering, this Birdland set pairs the quartet's road-tested swing with 'Alabama,' Coltrane's spare elegy for the four girls killed in the Birmingham bombing. Tyner and Jones sound locked into something close to telepathy by this point.
Session personnel
- Jimmy Garrison — 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
Showing the first pressing, audiophile reissues and copies carrying a collector marker, out of 107 pressings on file.
| 1964 | Impulse! · A-50-A — Vinyl, LP, Album, Mono, Gatefold earliest on file · RVG stamp; gatefold |
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| 1964 | His Master's Voice · CSD 1544 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo · RVG stamp; laminated sleeve |
| 1964 | Impulse! · SH 3036 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo · deep groove |
| 1964 | Impulse! · A-50 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Promo, Mono · RVG stamp |
| 1964 | Impulse! · A-50, AS-50 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo, Gatefold · RVG stamp; gatefold |
| 1964 | Impulse! · A-50, AS-50 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo · RVG stamp |
| 1968 | Impulse! · AS-50 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Stereo, Gatefold · RVG stamp; gatefold |
| 1968 | Impulse! · A-50 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Stereo, Gatefold · RVG stamp; laminated sleeve; gatefold |
| 1971 | Impulse! · AS-50 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Stereo, Gatefold · RVG stamp; laminated sleeve; gatefold |
| 1972 | Impulse! · AS-50 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Stereo, Gatefold · RVG stamp; gatefold |
| 1987 | Impulse! · 254 637-2 — CD, Album, Reissue, Remastered · RVG stamp |
| 1987 | Impulse! · 32XD-588 — CD, Album, Reissue, Remastered · RVG stamp |
| 1987 | Impulse! · 32XD-588 — CD, Album, Promo, Reissue, Remastered · RVG stamp |
| 1991 | Impulse! · MVCI-23013 — CD, Album, Reissue · RVG stamp |
Follow the players
Jimmy Garrison also plays on
Elvin Jones also plays on
McCoy Tyner also plays on