The recordings that make up Afro Blue Impressions were acquired by jazz impresario/auteur Norman Granz during the tours he produced for many jazz artists during the 1960s, though they weren't issued until 1973. Recorded at shows in Berlin and Stockholm, the John Coltrane Quartet -- with pianist McCoy Tyner, bassist Jimmy Garrison, and drummer Elvin Jones -- is in tremendous form here, using a familiar repertoire in order to expand upon the group's own building blocks in creating the new post-harmonic system that the saxophonist was developing.
Disc One
- Lonnie's Lament - John Coltrane (10.15)
- Naima - John Coltrane (8.05)
- Chasin' the Trane - John Coltrane (5.45)
- My Favorite Things - John Coltrane (21.07)
Disc Two
- Afro Blue - John Coltrane (7.34)
- Cousin Mary - John Coltrane (9.55)
- I Want to Talk About You - John Coltrane (8.20)
- Spiritual - John Coltrane (12.29)
- Impressions - John Coltrane (11.36)