3CD: Blue Train, Coltrane Time e The Paris Concert.

Recorded live at The Village Vanguard, New York City on November 2 (#2,3) and November 3 (#1,4,5), 1961.

#1-3 originally issued as 'Live at the Village Vanguard' (Impulse AS-10), #4-5 originally issued on 'Impressions' (Impulse AS-42).

Recorded at Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack, NJ, May 31, 1957.
Remastered at Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, 2009
"I remember the sessions well, I remember how the musicians wanted to sound, and I remember their reactions to the playbacks. Today, I feel strongly that I am their messenger." - RUDY VAN GELDER

Original recorded May 31 and August 16, 1957, and January 10, 1958, all in New York.

3CD.

Recorded at the Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ on November 23, 1965.
Digitally remastered at MCA Music Media Studios using 20-Bit Super Mapping.

The first two movements are played in continuous performance, as are the last three movements.


© & ? 1996 GRP Records, Inc. & "impulse!" Reg. Trademark.

Recorded in New York City on October 13, 1958.

NOTE: Before being issued as COLTRANE TIME in 1962, this album appeared on United Artists in 1959 as STEREO DRIVE under Cecil Taylor's leadership. It is the original liner notes from that first issue that are included here.