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JOHN COLTRANE - EVENINGS AT THE VILLAGE GATE: JOHN COLTRANE WITH ERIC DOLPHY
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In
August
of
1961,
the
John
Coltrane
Quintet
played
an
engagement
at
the
legendary
Village
Gate
in
Greenwich
Village,
New
York.
Coltrane’s
Classic
Quartet
was
not
as
fully
established
as
it
would
soon
become
and
there
was
a
meteoric
fifth
member
of
Coltrane’s
group
those
nights—
visionary
multi-instrumentalist
Eric
Dolphy.
Ninety
minutes
of
never-before-heard
music
from
this
group
were
recently
discovered
at
the
New
York
Public
Library
for
the
Performing
Arts,
offering
a
glimpse
into
a
powerful
musical
partnership
that
ended
much
too
soon.
In
addition
to
some
well-known
Coltrane
material
(“My
Favorite
Things”,
“Impressions”,
“Greensleeves”),
there
is
a
breathtaking
feature
for
Dolphy’s
bass
clarinet
on
“When
Lights
Are
Low”
and
the
only
known
non-studio
recording
of
Coltrane’s
composition
“Africa”,
from
the
Africa/Brass
album.
This
recording
represents
a
very
special
moment
in
John
Coltrane's
journey—the
summer
of
1961—when
his
signature,
ecstatic
live
sound,
commonly
associated
his
Classic
Quartet
of
'62
to
'65,
was
first
maturing
and
when
he
was
drawing
inspiration
from
deep,
African
sources—
and
experimenting
with
the
two-bass
idea
both
in
the
studio
(Olé)
and
on
stage.
This
truly
rare
recording
of
"Africa"
captures
his
expansive
vision
at
the
time.
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