Impulse! · in the Kissa Kissa racks
Selflessness Featuring My Favorite Things
| Recorded | 1963 |
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| Label | Impulse! |
| Released | 1963 |
| Personnel | 9 credited players |
| Discogs | master 75934 |
The record
Stitched together after Coltrane's death from separate sessions, pairing a soaring live reading of 'My Favorite Things' with the sprawling, percussion-thick 'Selflessness' and 'Room 608.' Juno Lewis and Donald Garrett widen the palette as the group reaches past its earlier boundaries.
Session personnel
- Jimmy Garrison — bass
- Roy Haynes — drums
- McCoy Tyner — piano
- John Coltrane — tenor saxophone
- Donald Garrett — bass clarinet, bass
- Elvin Jones — drums
- Frank Butler — drums, percussion
- Juno Lewis — percussion
- Pharoah Sanders — tenor saxophone
Contemporary reception
No period review located yet. The vintage-press pipeline searches DownBeat, Cash Box, and Billboard for this session.
Pressings
Showing the first pressing, audiophile reissues and copies carrying a collector marker, out of 45 pressings on file.
| 1968 | Impulse! · AS-9161 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Club Edition, Stereo earliest on file · gatefold |
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| 1968 | Impulse! — STEREO |
| 1968 | Impulse! · AS-9161 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo · gatefold |
| 1968 | Impulse! · AS-9161 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo |
| 1968 | Impulse! · AS-9161 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo, Gatefold · gatefold |
| 1969 | Impulse! · ASR 9161 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo · laminated sleeve; gatefold |
| 1970 | Impulse! · SIPL 522 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo · laminated sleeve |
| 1970 | Impulse! · AS-9161 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Stereo · gatefold |
| 1971 | Impulse! · SR-3121 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Stereo · gatefold |
| 1971 | Impulse! · AS-9161 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Stereo, Gatefold · gatefold |
| 1971 | Impulse! · AS-9161 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Stereo, Gatefold · gatefold |
| 1972 | Impulse! · AS-9161 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Stereo, Gatefold · gatefold |
| 1973 | Impulse! · IMP-88104 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Stereo · gatefold |
| 1973 | Impulse! · AS-9161 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Stereo, Pitman Pressing · gatefold |
Follow the players
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