Afro Blue Impressions

The recordings that make up Afro Blue Impressions were acquired by jazz impresario/auteur Norman Granz during the tours he produced for many jazz artists during the 1960s, though they weren't issued until 1973. Recorded at shows in Berlin and Stockholm, the John Coltrane Quartet -- with pianist McCoy Tyner, bassist Jimmy Garrison, and drummer Elvin Jones -- is in tremendous form here, using a familiar repertoire in order to expand upon the group's own building blocks in creating the new post-harmonic system that the saxophonist was developing.

Disc: 1 1 Lonnie's Lament 2 Naima 3 Chasin' the Trane 4 My Favorite Things 5 Afro Blue 6 Cousin Mary Disc: 2 1 I Want to Talk About You 2 Spiritual 3 Impressions 4 Naima 5 I Want to Talk About You 6 My Favorite Things