John Coltrane - My Favorite Things (Live In Europe 1963)

I don't have much to say about this recording other than the following:

• Here's John Coltrane's classic quartet (Coltrane, Garrison, Jones, Tyner) performing live in Europe circa 1963...at least, that's what the spare information inside this quasi-legit release says
• This was a purchase from Bibelot Books & Music in Bel Air, MD, circa 1996, shortly after I got my first copy of A Love Supreme and fell deeply in lust with the rare musician worthy of their own church. I totally thought it was a budget copy of My Favorite Things...I didn't know better
• It's a pair of songs originally cut during Coltrane's excellent Atlantic run, as well as a deeper cut from his recording with the Red Garland Trio (1958, Prestige Records). I'm not Bob Thiele or Rudy van Gelder, but this shows Coltrane's quartet moving further away from bop sounds and into modal jazz mode
• This beats the hell out 99.9% of the records in my collection, even if it's a cruddy Euro live CD from the 90s with dodgy provenance

I would LOVE to hear more about this actual recording, if you're more of a scholar than I am.

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