JOHN COLTRANE - Birdland 1962 Colonel Claypool's Fearless Flying Frog Brigade - BBC Music

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JOHN COLTRANE - Birdland 1962 Colonel Claypool's Fearless Flying Frog Brigade - BBC MusicThis may be one of the pearls in the history of jazz recordings, the John Coltrane Quartet featuring McCoy Tyner, Jimmy Garrison, and Elvin Jones with guest Eric Dolphy. Its the John Coltrane Quartet at its peak, with Elvin Jones confirming once again his rank as one of the all time greatest percussionists. The program on that fiery broadcast night in February 1962 on Symphony Sids, a long time jazz disc jockey in the United States, radio program