Bye Bye Blackbird (John Coltrane album)
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| artist = John Coltrane
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| released = 1981
| recorded = November 19, 1962
| venue = Konserthuset, Stockholm
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| genre = Avant-garde jazz
Modal jazz
Hard bop
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| label = Pablo Records
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Bye Bye Blackbird is a live album by jazz musician John Coltrane recorded on November 19, 1962 at the Konserthuset in Stockholm and released in 1981 by Pablo Records.
The album was recorded during a 1962 European tour which took place from November 17 - December 2, and which included stops in Paris, Zurich, Stockholm, Helsinki, Oslo, Copenhagen, Berlin, Hamburg, Vienna, Graz, Munich, Frankfurt am Main, Scheveningen, Amsterdam, and Milan.{{cite book |last1=Porter |first1=Lewis |last2=DeVito |first2=Chris |last3=Fujioka |first3=Yasuhiro |last4=Wild |first4=David |last5=Schmaler |first5=Wolf |title=The John Coltrane Reference |year=2008 |publisher=Routledge |pages=261-266 }} The Coltrane quartet played two concerts at the Konserthuset on November 19; "Traneing In" was recorded at the first concert, while "Bye Bye Blackbird" was recorded at the second.{{cite book |last1=Porter |first1=Lewis |last2=DeVito |first2=Chris |last3=Fujioka |first3=Yasuhiro |last4=Wild |first4=David |last5=Schmaler |first5=Wolf |title=The John Coltrane Reference |year=2008 |publisher=Routledge |pages=663-665 }} Material from these concerts and others that took place during the tour were released in 2001 on the 7–CD collection Live Trane: The European Tours.
Reception
{{Album reviews
|rev1 = The Penguin Guide to Jazz
|rev1score = {{Rating|3.5|4}}{{cite book|last1=Cook|first1=Richard|authorlink1=Richard Cook (journalist)|last2=Morton|first2=Brian|authorlink2=Brian Morton (Scottish writer)|year=2008|title=The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings|edition=9th|publisher=Penguin|page=288|isbn=978-0-141-03401-0}}
|rev2 = The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide
| rev2Score = {{rating|4|5}} {{Cite book
|editor-last=Swenson
|editor-first=J.
| author-link =
| year = 1985
| title = The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide
| publisher = Random House/Rolling Stone
| location = USA
| isbn = 0-394-72643-X
| pages = 48
}}
| rev3 = AllMusic
| rev3Score = {{rating|4|5}}{{cite web |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/bye-bye-blackbird-mw0000196934 |title=John Coltrane: Bye Bye Blackbird |last=Yanow |first=Scott |website=AllMusic |access-date=May 1, 2021}}
}}
In a review for AllMusic, Scott Yanow wrote: "Bye Bye Blackbird only contains 36 minutes of music, but the quality is quite high. John Coltrane and his Quartet... perform extended versions of "Bye Bye Blackbird" and "Traneing In" that gradually build up to great intensity. Well recorded, this European concert... is worth hearing, particularly by Coltrane collectors who already have his more essential recordings."
Chris May, writing for All About Jazz, called the performances "incandescent," and stated that Coltrane's solo on "Traneing In" is "among the most thrilling he ever recorded, live or in the studio."{{cite web |url=https://www.allaboutjazz.com/john-coltrane-ten-top-live-albums-john-coltrane |title=John Coltrane: Top Ten Live Albums |first=Chris |last=May |date=May 13, 2021 |website=All About Jazz |access-date=May 19, 2022}}
Coltrane was posthumously awarded the 1981 Grammy Award for Best Jazz Instrumental Performance, Soloist for Bye Bye Blackbird.{{cite web |url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/john-coltrane-mn0000175553/biography |title=John Coltrane |last=Ruhlmann |first=William |website=AllMusic |access-date=May 1, 2021}}{{cite web |url=https://www.grammy.com/grammys/artists/john-coltrane/8796 |title=John Coltrane |website=Grammy Awards |access-date=May 1, 2021}}
Track listing
Original CD release Bye Bye Blackbird (Pablo){{cite web |url=https://www.jazzdisco.org/pablo-records/catalog-pablo-live-2308-200-2620-100-2640-100-series/#2308-227 |title=2308-227 John Coltrane - Bye Bye Blackbird 1981 |website=JazzDisco |access-date=May 19, 2022}}{{cite web |url=https://www.jazzmusicarchives.com/album/john-coltrane/bye-bye-blackbird(live) |title=John Coltrane - Bye Bye Blackbird |website=Jazz Music Archives |access-date=May 19, 2022}}
- "Bye Bye Blackbird" (Ray Henderson / Mort Dixon) – 17:50
- "Traneing In" (John Coltrane) – 18:40
Recorded on November 19, 1962 in Stockholm, Sweden.
Personnel
References
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Category:John Coltrane live albums
Category:Live avant-garde jazz albums
Category:Live modal jazz albums
Category:Pablo Records live albums
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