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The Final Tour: Paris, March 21, 1960

The Final Tour: Paris, March 21, 1960 cover
Recordedc. 1995
LabelColumbia
Released1995
Personnel5 credited players
Discogsmaster 615016

The record

Coltrane's last stand with Davis, caught live as the quintet was already dissolving -- Kelly's blues-rooted comping easing against Trane's increasingly furious runs. A document of a partnership at its breaking point, not a farewell so much as a last argument worked out in real time.

Session personnel

  • Paul Chambers — bass
  • Jimmy Cobb — drums
  • Wynton Kelly — piano
  • John Coltrane — tenor saxophone
  • Miles Davis — trumpet

Contemporary reception

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Pressings

2019Columbia · 88985448441 — Vinyl, LP, Club Edition, Reissue, Remastered, Repress, 180g earliest on file
2018Columbia
2018Columbia · 88985448441 — File, WAV, Album
2021Columbia · 88985448441 — Vinyl, LP, Club Edition, Reissue, Remastered, Repress, 180g
Sony Music Commercial Music Group · 88985448441 — Vinyl, LP, Club Edition, Reissue, Remastered, Test Pressing, 180g

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