Bye Bye Blackbird only contains 36 minutes of music, but the quality is quite high.
John Coltrane and his Quartet (pianist
McCoy Tyner, bassist
Jimmy Garrison, and drummer
Elvin Jones) perform extended versions of "Bye Bye Blackbird" and "Traneing In" that gradually build up to great intensity. Well recorded, this European concert (of uncertain origin) is worth hearing, particularly by
Coltrane collectors who already have his more essential recordings, although it does not quite live up to the label that producer
Norman Granz gave it: "His Greatest Concert Performance." ~ Scott Yanow