Live at Birdland

:"For other recordings of the same name, see Live at Birdland (disambiguation)"

Infobox Album
Name = Live at Birdland
Type = Live
Longtype =
Artist = John Coltrane


Released = 1963
Recorded =
Genre = Avant-garde jazz
Post-bop
Length =
Label = Impulse!
Producer =
Reviews =
*Allmusic Rating|5|5 [http://www.allmusicguide.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&token=&sql=10:5psyxdgb8olk link]
Last album = "Impressions"
(1963)
This album = "Live at Birdland"
(1964)
Next album = "Crescent"
(1964)

"Live at Birdland" is a 1963 album by jazz musician John Coltrane. Despite its title, only the first three tracks were recorded live at the Birdland club, the rest were studio tracks. Among the studio tracks is "Alabama" a tribute to three children murdered in an Alabama church by white supremecists. The album's original pressing accidentally included a false start - this was corrected in later copies, but some listeners prefer the original pressing, which adds further drama to the song. The album also features a live recording of "I Want to Talk About You," a song Coltrane had recorded on his 1958 album "Soultrane", this time with a famous extended coda, lasting nearly as long as the rest of the song.

Track listing

:Original LP release "Live at Birdland", 1963 (Impulse!)

Track
# "Afro Blue" – 10:50
# "I Want to Talk About You" – 8:11
# "The Promise" – 8:10
# "Alabama" – 5:09
# "Your Lady" – 6:39
# "Villia" – 4:38

Personnel

Tracks 1-3 recorded October 8 1963 at Birdland, New York, NY

Tracks 4-5 recorded November 18 1963 at Van Gelder Studios, Englewood Cliffs, NJ

Track 6 recorded March 6 1963 at Van Gelder Studios, Englewood Cliffs, NJ

* John Coltrane — tenor saxophone/soprano saxophone
* McCoy Tyner — piano
* Jimmy Garrison — bass
* Elvin Jones — drums

See http://home.att.net/~dawild/jcdisc63notes.htm#631008 for more on this album's history.