John Coltrane - Impressions (1963)

John Coltrane - Impressions (1963)

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One of John Coltrane's great LPs of the early '60s, Impressions might seem like a hodgepodge, with tracks from three different sessions in three different years.



The two long tracks–"Impressions" and "India"–come from Coltrane's November 1961 stand at the Village Vanguard, and together they represent the poles of Coltrane's conception at the time. "Impressions," a personal variant of "So What" that Coltrane had long explored as a member of the Miles Davis quintet, is an uptempo tenor onslaught, a blistering, sustained exploration in which Coltrane and drummer Elvin Jones established new parameters for intensity and sheer physicality.



"India," a variant on the earlier "Mr. Knight," has Coltrane's soprano and Eric Dolphy's bass clarinet keening over two pulsing basses, piano, and drums, pressing jazz toward hypnotic depths.



Balancing those extraordinary live performances are more compact studio recordings. "Up 'Gainst the Wall," from 1962, is a tautly convoluted blues without piano.



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Tracklist:

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01. India

02. Up 'Gainst The Wall

03. Impressions

04. After The Rain



*2008 Verve Originals / Impulse! | CAT # 64899 9





Personnel:

John Coltrane - tenor saxophone, soprano saxophone

Eric Dolphy - alto saxophone, bass clarinet

McCoy Tyner - piano

Jimmy Garrison, Reggie Workman - bass

Roy Haynes, Elvin Jones - drums