Last weekend’s post featuring three versions of the Miles Davis Quintet playing So What seemed to go over pretty well, so I’m going to push my luck and do another music post. Trying to keep things as educational as they can reasonably be at 3:55 AM, I’m going to stick with the same tune, with a different head and a different name. Have a look at this performance of Impressions by the John Coltrane Quintet, featuring Eric Dolphy from 1961.
Last week there were about 40 versions of this taping up on YouTube, and this week there is only this one. The video and sound quality are not great, but this will have to do. The performance was taped for a television show in West Germany a little less than two years after last week’s video and about a year after the two Mp3’s I linked to. Just for giggles, listen to this performance of Impressions recorded at the Newport Jazz Festival on July 7, 1963.
Since it’s almost 4:00 and I really need to try get a few hours of sleep, I hope you’ll forgive me for the complete lack of analysis. I’d prefer you just listen to the five performances and gather what you will about John Coltrane’s development without me boring you to death with my thoughts.
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