Coltrane Live at Birdland (CD) Polibio Mayorga Both a penetrating character study

Both a penetrating character study and a disturbing commentary on the draconian crackdowns by the Italian government in the late 1960s and early ’70s

and out of print for almost twenty years

in trademark dark suit

D4 Brian Blessed - The White City

Coltrane Live at Birdland (CD) Polibio Mayorga Both a penetrating character studyArguably John Coltrane's finest all around album, this recording has brilliant versions of "Afro Blue" and "I Want to Talk About You"; the second half of the latter features Coltrane on unaccompanied tenor tearing into the piece but never losing sight of the fact that it is a beautiful ballad. The remainder of this album ("Alabama," "The Promise," and "Your Lady") is almost at the same high level.