Full title: The Complete 1961 Village Vanguard Recordings. Personnel: John Coltrane (soprano & tenor saxophones); Eric Dolphy (alto saxophone, bass clarinet); Garvin Bushell (oboe, contrabassoon); Ahmed Abdul-Malik (oud); McCoy Tyner (piano); Reggie Workman, Jimmy Garrison (bass); Elvin Jones, Roy Haynes (drums). Producer: Bob Thiele. Reissue producer: Michael Cuscuna. Recorded live at The Village Vanguard, New York, New York on November 1, 2, 3 & 5, 1961. Includes liner notes by David A. Wild. Digitally remastered using 20-bit Super Mapping by Erick Labson (MCA Music Media Studios). When John Coltrane brought an extended version of his newly-built quartet into New York's Village Vanguard for a week's stay in November of 1961, he and his soon-to-be-longtime producer Bob Thiele already knew that they were about to record Trane's first live dates as a bandleader. After his heavy, big-band Impulse! debut AFRICA BRASS!, Trane's music was streaming further and further into uncharted musical spaces, and recor... Minimize