John Coltrane - At Temple University 1966 (2010)
Genre: Jazz / Avant-Garde Jazz

Digitally remastered live archive release from the Jazz great containing one of
Coltrane's last preserved live performances ever. Taped in Philadelphia with
excellent sound quality, this set presents Coltrane playing probably the freest
version of 'Naima', along with readings of two more of his compositions:
'Crescent' and a powerful version of 'Leo'. Coltrane died shortly after this
performance at the age of 40 on July 17, 1967.

After this set, taped on November 11, 1966, ‘Trane would record a number of
sessions for Impulse (which would mostly be issued posthumously), and would be
recorded privately at the Village Theatre in New York on December 26 (this
performance is mentioned in discographies as circulating among collectors, but
it has never been released; the audio quality is unknown), and finally at New
York’s Olatunji Center, on April 23, 1967. The latter would prove to be his
final live performance, which ‘Trane gave despite feeling extreme pain.


Personnel: 
John Coltrane tenor sax
Pharoah Sanders tenor sax
Alice Coltrane piano
Jimmy Garrison bass
Rashied Ali drums

Tracklist:

01. Naima (John Coltrane) 16:47
02. Crescent (John Coltrane) 26:15
03. Leo (John Coltrane) 20:43