Afro Blue Impressions Explained

Afro Blue Impressions
Type:	live
Artist:	John Coltrane
Cover:	Afro_Blue_Impressions.jpg
Released:	May/June 1977^[1]
Recorded:	October 22, 1963 Konserthuset, Stockholm November 2, 1963 Auditorium Maximum, Freie Universität Berlin, Berlin
Genre:	Hard bop, modal jazz, avant-garde jazz
Length:	97:34
Label:	Pablo Records 2620-101
Producer:	Norman Granz
Prev Title:	The European Tour
Prev Year:	1963
Next Title:	The Paris Concert
Next Year:	1963

Afro Blue Impressions is an album of a performance by jazz musician John Coltrane that was recorded live in 1963. The album was originally released many years later, in 1977, on the Pablo label, as a double LP.^[2]

Reception

The AllMusic review by Scott Yanow awarded the album 4 stars: "No new revelations occur, but this is a strong all-around set of Trane near his peak."^[3]

Reissue

In 2013, the album was re-released under the title Afro Blue Impressions (Remastered and Expanded).^[4] This re-release won the Grammy Award for Best Album Notes.^[5]

Track listing

All compositions by John Coltrane except as indicated.

Personnel

• John Coltrane — tenor saxophone, soprano saxophone
• McCoy Tyner — piano
• Jimmy Garrison — double bass
• Elvin Jones — drums

Notes and References

1. https://books.google.com/books?id=dEUEAAAAMBAJ&dq=Coltrane+Afro+Blue&pg=PT62 Billboard June 4, 1977
2. Web site: John Coltrane discography . 2011-07-22 .
3. Web site: Yanow . Scott . Allmusic Review . . 2011-07-22 .
4. Web site: Concord to Reissue Coltrane's 'Afro Blue Impressions' with Bonus Tracks . Tamarkin . Jeff . JazzTimes . en-US . 2019-04-26 .
5. 56th GRAMMY Awards: Full Winners List . Billboard . 2019-04-26 .