John Coltrane has featured on the following live albums:
1955 1958 Miles & Coltrane
1956 Miles Davis at Peacock Alley
1956 Miles Davis In St Louis
1957 Thelonious Monk Quartet With John Coltrane At Carnegie Hall
1957 – 1963 With Miles Davis Live In New York
1958 Miles Davis 1958 Miles (half live)
1958 Miles Davis At Newport
1958 Miles Davis Miles & Monk at Newport
1958 Miles Davis Jazz at the Plaza
1958 Thelonious Monk John Coltrane Complete Live At The Five Spot
1960 Miles Davis All Of You The Last Tour
1960 Miles Davis In Stockholm Complete
1961 Live At The Village Vanguard
1961-1963 Live Trane The European Tours
1963 Live At Birdland
1963 Afro Blue Impressions
1963 Newport 63
1963 Live In Stockholm
1965 A Love Supreme Live In Juan-les-Pins France
1965 New Thing at Newport
1966 Offering Live At Temple University
1966 Live At The Village Vanguard Again!
1966 Live In Japan
Plus many more.
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Live in Stockholm 1963 is a live album by John Coltrane.
It was recorded at the Koncerthusen in Stockholm on 22 October, 1963.
Playing on the album are:
John Coltrane – tenor and soprano saxophones,
McCoy Tyner – piano,
Jimmy Garrison – bass,
Elvin Jones – drums.
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A number of John Coltrane’s studio albums are widely recognised as jazz classics including A Love Supreme, Giant Steps, Blue Train and My Favourite Things but are there any live albums that should be regarded as equally essential to any collection of jazz albums?
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Is his best live album one of those early recordings when he was part of the Miles Davis or Thelonious Monk bands or when he became a band leader himself?
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Miles Davis In Stockholm 1960 Complete is a compilation of two live concerts held in Sweden in 1960.
The first was recorded at Konserthuset on March 22, 1960 (with John Coltrane) and the second was on October 13, 1960 (with Sonny Stitt).
Playing on the album are:
Miles Davis – trumpet
John Coltrane – tenor saxophone (CD 1 and the first track of CD 2)
Sonny Stitt – alto and tenor saxophones (all other tracks)
Wynton Kelly – piano
Paul Chambers – bass
Jimmy Cobb – drums
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Newport ’63 is a live album by John Coltrane.
As the title suggests, this was recorded at the famous Newport Jazz Festival on Rhode island July 7, 1963 with the exception of the last track which came from the Village Vanguard, New York City on November 2, 1961.
At Newport, the band was:
John Coltrane – tenor and soprano saxophones
McCoy Tyler – piano
Jimmy Garrison – bass
Roy Haynes – drums
The band for the Village Vanguard track was:
John Coltrane – tenor saxophone
Eric Dolphy – alto saxophone
Reggie Workman – bass
Roy Haynes – drums
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A Love Supreme Live In Juan-les-Pins is a live recording by John Coltrane.
It is sold as part of the deluxe version of A Love Supreme because the bonus tracks include this live performance from the Antibes Jazz Festival in France in July 1965.
It is also available as:
I’ve read that this is the only time the full suite has been played live at one concert.
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Afro Blue Impressions is a live album by John Coltrane.
It was recorded in 1963 and released in 1977.
Playing on the album are:
John Coltrane — tenor saxophone, soprano saxophone
McCoy Tyner — piano
Jimmy Garrison — double bass
Elvin Jones — drums
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Live At Birdland is an album by John Coltrane that is partly recorded live in concert and partly in the studio.
Tracks 1 to 3 were recorded at the club in New York City on October 8, 1963. The remaining two tracks on the original vinyl album were recorded in the studio in November 1963 and the CD bonus was recorded in March 1963.
Playing on the album are:
John Coltrane – tenor saxophone, soprano saxophone
McCoy Tyner – piano
Jimmy Garrison – double bass
Elvin Jones – drums
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Offering: Live At Temple University is a live album by jazz legend John Coltrane.
It was recorded in his home town of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania at Temple University on November 11, 1966.
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Live At The Village Vanguard: The Master Takes is a live album by John Coltrane.
It was recorded in New York City on November 2nd and 3rd, 1961.
Various versions of recordings of these nights exist.
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Thelonious Monk Quartet With John Coltrane At Carnegie Hall is a live album.
It was recorded on 29 November 1957 in New York as part of a benefit concert for the Morningside Community Center in Harlem.
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