Live at Birdland (1964 John Coltrane album)
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| Studio album / Live album by John Coltrane | ||||
| Released | April 1964 | |||
| Recorded | October 8, 1963 (#1-3) Birdland, New York City March 6, 1963 (#6, CD only) November 18, 1963 (#4-5) Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs |
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| Genre | Jazz, post-bop | |||
| Length | 38:59 original LP 43:35 CD reissue |
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| Label | Impulse! A-50 | |||
| Producer | Bob Thiele | |||
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Live at Birdland is a 1964 album by jazz musician John Coltrane. Despite its title, only the first three tracks were recorded live at the Birdland club; the rest are studio tracks. Among them is "Alabama", a tribute to four children killed in the 16th Street Baptist Church bombing, an attack at a Birmingham, Alabama church by white supremacists. The album's original pressing accidentally included a false start - this was corrected in later copies, but restored in CD editions. 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 an extended cadenza.
All songs written by John Coltrane except as indicated
"Vilia" is the main melodic statement to the Franz Lehár piece "Vivias", set to a swing feel and chord changes.
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