Live in Antibes is a live album by jazz musician John Coltrane that was released in 1988 on the France’s Concert label.
Live in Antibes was recorded in the middle of one of Coltrane’s busiest summers. On June 28, 1965, he recorded the groundbreaking album Ascension, followed by New Thing at Newport four days later. This was followed by a two-week double bill with Thelonious Monk’s quartet at the Village Gate from July 6–18.
Coltrane and his quartet then embarked on a one-week tour of Europe, playing at the sixth International Jazz Festival at Juan-les-Pins in Antibes, France on July 26 and 27, followed by a concert at the Salle Pleyel in Paris on July 28, and winding up with a performance at a jazz festival in Comblain-la-Tour, Belgium on August 1. The July 26 concert, on which Coltrane shared billing with Jimmy McGriff, featured his only live performance of A Love Supreme, a 48-minute version which took up the entire program. (A recording of this concert appears on the 2002 Deluxe Edition and the 2015 Super Deluxe Edition of A Love Supreme.) The following day, at the request of the festival, Coltrane performed material that was more familiar to the audience. The versions of “Naima”, “Blue Valse” and “My Favorite Things” on Live in Antibes were recorded that day. The remaining tracks, “Impressions” and “Afro-Blue”, were recorded at the July 28 concert in Paris. (“Blue Valse” is actually a quartet version of “Ascension”, and was mis-titled due to a miscommunication with concert personnel…read more.
Album Data
Released: 1988
Recorded: July 27th & 28th, 1965
Record Label: France’s Concert Records
Location Recorded: Juan-Les-Pins Jazz Festival, Antibes, France
Producer: Unknown
Album Length: 66 min / 35 sec
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