John Coltrane solo Bye Bye Blackbird 1960 Live in Paris, Miles Davis Quintet

The year is 1960, and legendary jazz saxophonist John Coltrane is close to quitting Miles Davis's band. They are on tour, performing in Paris. This is a live recording of their performance in Paris on March 21st, 1960.
0:14 Miles Davis plays the melody of "Bye Bye Blackbird" on muted trumpet.
1:10 Miles takes an improvised solo on the chord changes.
4:57 Coltrane begins his long improvisation on the chord changes.
7:23 Where you might think Coltrane would end his long solo, he keeps going, his improvisation getting more and more "challenging".
8:20 Coltrane keeps going, and the Paris crowd doesn't know what to make of it.
9:17 The crowd gets restless- you can hear them start to whistle and make noise- what is going on? What is Coltrane doing? And is the crowd cheering or protesting?
9:58 Now the crowd REALLY doesn't know what to make of things. The tension is electric. Coltrane is undaunted in his passionate improvisatory solo which has now gone on for close to 6 minutes.
10:39 Perhaps a consensus has emerged: the crowd bursts into applause before Coltane's solo ends.
11:00 Coltrane's solo ends, and Wynton Kelly begins his piano solo, which is sparkling and as swinging as it gets- but after hearing Coltrane, is the way that we hear Wynton Kelly forever changed?
At the end of the tour, Coltrane quits Miles' band.

[@roderickberry2508]

You can’t ....damn did you hear this shit? Miles is telling life stories ..... Trane is working on ideas that will later become Platos for future horn players like myself to spend lifetimes trying to assimilate-he ...... WOW! And again Miles is like the older well traveled man of life just layin the knowledge down. This is why I embrace this music! Thanks Pop Thanks Paul Thompson 61 years of this and I’m still amazed.

[@frankie3351]

I'm so stoned I was watchin this shit zoom in and out on the picture for way too long lmao

[@LorenzoDeLeon]

This is legend. At 6:30, Air Trane takes off to another planet, fasten your seat belt, enjoy the flight

[@angelajoseph6709]

Perhaps that was just John Coltrane's way of saying Bye-bye blackbird to Miles😍

[@paulgrass4855]

But Bird was black too?

[@victormanzanera2634]

Just brilliant. The best saxophone player ever.

[@GjaP_242]

In 1982, the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) posthumously awarded John Coltrane a Grammy Award of " Best Jazz Solo Performance" 10:50

[@gds506]

Things like these are the ones capable of keeping us alive.... no politics, no warfare, no supermarket bullshit, just pure music... Rhythm and melody getting deep into ourselves and showing us what we really are: pure energy. Bless Dave Len Scott for sharing this jewel with the world.

[@alternateunreleasedshellac505]

This is true for me.

[@ernietollar407]

love this transitional stage of Coltrane - past present and future circa 1960 - it's all there

[@karenkiebooms2113]

John Coltrane and 1960 ... two things that CHANGED EVERYTHING ... I was just the one WHO COULD LINK IT ALL TOGETHER ... nothing is lost yet, BUT WE HAVE TO CHANGE OUR ATTITUDE and cherish the things we have gained ... without taking it away from others ... And for those who believe in a touch of MAGIC - there's a blackbird in my garden, WHO THINKS HE'S THE REINCARNATION OF THE BEST PERFORMER EVER ... I can listen to him with a smile on my face, and KNOW THAT WE WILL SOON COME TO REASON AGAIN ... VERY SOON ...

[@darudesandstorm5993]

Karen Kiebooms explain

[@dijonstreak]

Mr. C. thank you for the goose pimples......just speechless.......ya gotta be a REAL Musician to fully comprehend what he accomplished in this solo.....Holy Fuck. !!

[@healthawarenessprosperity4428]

The French weren’t ready yet for Coltrane’s challenging style of improvisation. He was already steps ahead and nearly ready to take the quantum jump into a more avant-garde style of playing. I love this ‘in between’ style; searching for freedom in the set boundaries of the theme.

[@AnonYmous-yu1gm]

Just heard this yesterday.... Let me start by saying I've always admired Coltrane, even transcribing and then playing on alto and tenor sax his Giant Steps solo. His performance here, though, left me forever changed. Still shocked by its brilliance and depth of perspective, I see the world and my life as being more expansive than I had ever imagined, that everything I've done has been nothing but an exercise in naivete. But with that said, I now have a richer appreciation of the past and how my future should be shaped. In summary, his performance is life altering, as goosebumps don't lie; and this, my friends, is the truth and compelling essence of art--nourishing and liberating the soul!

[@contactkeithstack]

Anon Ymous agreed

[@vidalsbrighi1652]

Yes,Anon

[@joeroganofficial5433]

A small list of some of Coltrane’s best solos: Round midnight Bye bye blackbird Giant Steps A love supreme part 2: Resolution If I were a bell Spiral On Green Dolphin street(live version) So What Freddie freeloader Russian Lullaby Love thy neighbor Equinox (And then pretty much every song he solos in, these are just my personal favorites)

[@devilshark6694]

Don't forget Rize n Shine solo insane

[@radioimproved]

What a song to pick ? Surely it will bee blue Grief & loss unmeasurable You sea I do not hold Deep silence darkness Instead I speak of it to share Mostly because impossible For carry alone & this cripple Humble collapsing down gray Then suddenly notice shock Colors mixed in vivid Joy One without the other steal Life from you alive in moment

[@thinktwice4565]

Miles is just Godly here. Space, sound, Melody, ghost notes , Key against tonal. A GREAT TRUMPETER AND MUSICIAN.

[@a.crawley5064]

That’s a bad man right there, beautiful.

[@sunnysaxman]

Damn. Trane is soaring here - the crowd really starts to go after the 'Mona Lisa' quote at 9:09... brilliant solo..

[@ericwinter4513]

I just spent a bunch of time learning Miles’s solo on this from the Round Midnight album. I think that may be part of why I’m having the reaction I am right now, which is...ecstasy. Even before Trane came in, I was already on cloud nine. What a magnificent performance. Simply stellar.

[@markturner6942]

Coltrane is flying, so sweet, what a farewell!

[@simongrady1298]

Greatest solo I've ever heard. Beautiful trane

[@timmo491]

one of them anyway

[@andreasfriedli7419]

Coltrane forever ... courage is there to play it out. Great.

[@porterhall27]

wonderful..I have never heard this before,,Coltrane is really pushing it here...

[@esiegel2]

Miles *hears* every note he plays, is all about the communication with the band and the audience. His beautiful use of the real blues vocabulary, his reinvention of the melody, his unbelievable time draws the band and audience into his ideas. Trane is communicating with someone/thing else entirely and you get to listen in.

[@thinktwice4565]

Miles’s Playing here is inventive and magical.

[@GsoozEnt]

The more I listen to coltranes evolution the more i realize it truly is psychadelic music. 3 dry games of shrooms, nothing too heavy and just hit play....

[@thyslop1737]

In an interview with McCoy Tyner he said he was playing a gig in Philadelphia where Trane solo'd for three hours.

[@koko-kh5hp]

Awesome! God Bless These Quintet!

[@GjaP_242]

The four years Coltrane spent in Davis's group-from 1955 through '59-catapulted the unknown saxophonist from local obscurity to national renown. Under the spotlight that came with playing alongside Davis, Coltrane evolved from what many heard as faltering insecurity to bold, chance-taking confidence. A creative rift had formed between Davis and his enormously talented tenor saxophonist, John Coltrane. One month prior to the show at the Olympia, Coltrane told the bandleader he wanted to leave the quintet to focus on his solo career, but Davis convinced him to stay until the tour ended on April 10, 1960. [John Coltrane com; OZY] 9:56

[@wickedmouse8265]

I was probably about 3 1/2 years old when this shit appeared in human consciousness. I'm 61 now. When artificial intelligence can do something comparable, come and get me. Until then I'll be listening to Miles and Coltrane, glad for the opportunity and improved because of it.

[@fredd.clayton6441]

Wow John Coltrane!!!!

[@tronker7248]

Excellent job. Congratulations!

[@ningxiabird]

Thankyou !!

[@theodorepullins3124]

MAGNIFICENT

[@hezekiahdaggett2179]

Love reading the description along with the video it was great thank you! 👍

[@liti1554]

thank you!, great to hear this didnt know existed. miles doing great ..still got coltrane ahead

[@continentalgin]

The syncopation in the drumming is killer.

[@Chopper5364]

It sounds like Cobb

[@adla44]

I am fully aware of the universality of John Coltrane's music and that his spirit and legacy does reach and touch the lives of people of many different faiths, creeds, and religions. I, however, in this time and place, am grateful for the opportunity to lift up John Coltrane's music, knowing from personal experience and testimony, and from a great cloud of witnesses, that it is the Spirit of the Lord which is delivered from heaven through John.

[@josephjohnson701]

om ma ni pad me hum check out: John Coltrane complete interview. Japan 1965.

[@michaelorr9253]

Amen He came to a saving knowledge of Jesus Christ

[@martinoestate4758]

He was in another planet...

[@mellodc]

It's a good thing Coltrane didn't have the internet or youtube, he never would have gotten any woodshedding done...like all of us! 😎Express yourself!

[@victorkeucker8572]

Is beautiful

[@stephenmitchell9024]

Wow! Just Wow!

[@SuperGarden78]

For me Coltrane's playing is the answer to his upbringing with his very religious surroundings, his extensive practising his instrument later on, studying scales and harmonies like no one before. Add to that his use of drugs until a point, but everything added together led to him reach a type of nirvana when he played. There's is no God or anything involved only the right mix of circumstances.

[@angelajoseph6709]

Anders Trägårdh God is EVERYTHING and this lovely tune reflects that. Decades can ago a newspaper reported that these astronauts said when they got in the Sun's atmosphere these vibrations could be felt and heard like POWERFUL MUSICAL NOTES and he felt the SUN WAS SINGING TO THEM. And that's why reporter named article: THE SUN SINGS A HEAVENLY TUNE/SONG😍 That's the CREATOR for ya😍😘

[@contactkeithstack]

mind blowing

[@MrLeaff]

Miles at his best?

[@llarsson5558]

Paul Chambers! Wow!

[@josephhankramirez8600]

Mi amigo humilde coltrane.Bravo. Bravo coltrane.Eres el mejor,por hoy y para siempre!

[@MrZappianoify]

Coltrane que estás en los cielos y a ellos nos llevas continuamente. Inmenso...

[@vidalsbrighi1652]

The manifestation at 9:17 is because Coltrane starts a ¨citation¨(Mona Liza) at 9:10 .Or not.

[@ryuzakikoichi8153]

Dragony:As a mere mortal,I think this was one of a kind sensation. Trane was very triumphant.

[@christianremygressier6084]

Coltrane,incroyable,un concert que j'ai raté, par ignorance.Coltrane quel bonheur!bien sur il y a Miles aussi.

[@didierboudet88]

fallait être au courant à l'époque, c'est génial qu'on puisse l'écouter aujourd'hui -le son est de qualité - - quel bonheur - et Miles est au top - y avait surement juliette gréco dans la salle - il voulait l'épater - vive le jazz, le vrai -

[@christianremygressier6084]

Didier Boudet oui,j'avais 20 ans et con, il m'a fallut plus de 10 ans pour commencer à être capable d'entendre :Coltrane, Éric Dolphy etc.et Boulez et Pascal Dusapin.La musique nous aide à habiter le monde.

[@alilotfi7974]

3:22 miles : 1 , 4& , 4, 3, 2, 1 !!! love miles simplicity !

[@healthawarenessprosperity4428]

Excellent performance!! I guess Paris wasn't ready yet for the artistic expressions from the greatest jazzplayers of all time. Technically, nothing wrong with the improvisations on the cord changes. Thanks for the upload!Greetz, Ray

[@Thouveninpascal]

Je ne vois pas pourquoi Paris n'aurait pas été prêt à apprécier Coltrane en 1960, l'Amérique non plus n'était pas prête, pays où la musique la plus vendue aujourd'hui est la folk musique , musique de plouc par excellence.

[@jozuecoronel10]

@@Thouveninpascal Para mí lo mejor de Coltrane está en Expression (1967) y First Meditation (1977). Esta versión del 60 es sólo un preámbulo cordial para lo sublime que devino.

[@emmanuelmassarotti5535]

@@Thouveninpascal en effet nul n'était prêt, pas même Miles

[@Thouveninpascal]

@@emmanuelmassarotti5535 Miles avait joué et recruté avait tout ceux qui comptaient depuis quinze ans, s'il a gardé aussi longtemps Coltrane n'a rien d'un hasard, le plus grand novateur de l'après Parker.

[@billbusby2357]

Perpetual zoom crap is so so creative! It's not annoying at all! GOOD JOB! :-\

[@kenkai6133]

Wow.

[@tompethic887]

Really. That's all one needs to say. Wow!

[@timmo491]

Wow Miles.

[@westloop651]

great

[@ayarrapapeles]

estupendo

[@normanspurgeon5324]

They were lucky they had the tape rolling on this one. I wonder how many of these went unrecorded, while on tour?

[@George_Pueblo]

I doubt that. I got the „European Tour complete“ on CD. These includes most of the concerts .....as far as I know. Please correct me: Paris, Stockholm, Munich, Düsseldorf, Graz.

[@elmia78]

J'adore la façon dont Coltrane dit merde à sa façon à ce public ignorant et râleur de 9'49 à 10'02 ... Il n'y a qu'en France que quelqu'un comme Coltrane peut se faire siffler ...

[@emmanuelmassarotti5535]

C'était partout pareil, nul n'était prêt à ce nouveau décollage musical que Coltrane a créé

[@jackejonette]

コルトレーンのソロは神ががりのよう、アメイジング！

[@lucasavilaadorno742]

nice

[@learningaresintenorrecorde8310]

As an ex-trumpet player, Miles always gave me confidence. Why? Because he could be technically quite dreadful and was quite capable of occasionally playing the wrong chord! So maybe my own jazz solos were not so bad after all. Yes, I know he was a jazz genius but not because of his continual technical accuracy but sometimes in spite of it.

[@porterhall27]

there is more to music than technical ability..I have lost count of the number of players I have heard who have all the technical skill but no artistry..Miles had artistry, boy did he have it

[@dijonstreak]

for ANY jazz musician: ya wanna learn how to improvise. ?....hear and learn the artistry and mastery of Mr.C and Mr. D.............

[@timmo491]

hearing this i have no idea why every young tenor player wants to interminably phrase like Mike Brecker these days

[@jiyujizai]

💙🌸🌱😀

[@jiyujizai]

自由にやらせている感じ🎵

[@virgilus]

13:23 it seems the crowd doesn't like how Davis plays the theme.... Overall, if you pay close attention, you can hear part of the audience is really enjoying the tune, and an other part just doesn't get what's going on.

[@smg-le4zo]

Any more tracks from this performance available?

[@bladome]

!!

[@andriesschoneveld320]

God on tenor...

[@didierboudet88]

Coltrane se fait siffler à 9mn 16 par le public Parisien !!! Honte à nous !!! Ils n'avaient rien compris.

[@NeilS.]

Didier Boudet ce sont des sifflets de joie .. ca s’entend tout de suite

[@joelvalade9377]

@@NeilS. euh non il s’est fait conspuer, c’est resté célèbre.

[@emmanuelmassarotti5535]

Personne pas même Miles n'était prêt à ça. Demandez à François Janneau. Lui-même à l'époque a trouvé ça mauvais. Ainsi soit il. Coltrane ensuite a dit, si les gens n'aiment pas c'est que je ne suis même pas encore allé assez loin 💖💖💖

[@juliuswendrich4896]

my god col colt collloootraaane wauw

[@regisguiho9426]

on entend déja giant step!!!

[@paxwallacejazz]

God from these posts I was expecting that Trane went into hyperspace nowhere does Mr. Coltrane actually abandon the changes .

[@charlesliles2966]

"Abandon the changes." What? Did you want him to start playing some other tune?

[@arthurholloway-bu4gu]

FUCKIN'A BRO"!@!!!!@

[@user-oy1cj8sz2x]

ただいまークリスチャンスコットｔｐにまいるす,,、マイルス，，，まいるす

[@emmanuelmassarotti5535]

Pas sûr que j'aurais eu les glaoui de prendre une impro de piano après Trane...

[@user-oy1cj8sz2x]

バイバイ　　バイバイ　　ブラック　　　　　バード

[@mariolongo7369]

Dopo quel concerto Miles e Trane ebbero un violento diverbio, Miles non poté accettare che John lo sovrastò e lo allontanò dal gruppo sostituendolo con Wayne Shorter...

[@leonardoadornetto1025]

Questo è falso. Fu Coltrane ad allontanarsi spontaneamente dal quintetto di Miles per dedicarsi ai suoi progetti ed al suo nuovo quartetto, non a caso quello stesso anno registrò giant steps.

[@mariolongo7369]

Vero, Coltrane aveva progetti nuovi e prese la palla al balzo per realizzarli non essendo più legato a Miles.

[@antoninogalofar0998]

Miles e John non plus ultra

[@mjazzguitar]

Was this before or after he discovered LSD?

[@MiqelDotCom]

He first tried LSD in fall of 1964.

[@lottierose8668]

tenor sax turned outside in then inside out then outsind enn !!!!

[@blaimaver5217]

Mare quin domini, i encara diu de pujar el pich! Eh d'aquí ve la 13' i totes tensions..

[@TerranceNgassa]

miles and Jimmiy Cobb, cooking,,,,

[@normanndaba8823]

Philly Jones ..!

[@dennisdalesandro6105]

the rhythm section has no idea what to do with Johns playing here.... its major human evolution caught on tape.

[@copeyhead]

Oh yeah they had an idea alright....swing their asses off....the perfect foil for Tranes explorations.

[@jeanmalherbe5044]

Çover the rainbow

[@euclid1618]

I'd give this a 7

[@erichuang7839]

Out of 7

[@slavaleiman]

Что-то Майлз здесь не в лучшей форме

[@jiyujizai]

タモリさん？

[@gsco82]

While I really like the audio portion of this video--a great jazz standard with excellent solos, I think the video portion is rather boring. One or more still shots of Coltrane and Miles Davis would be preferable, in my opinion.

[@JakeMcBain]

just listen to the music then

[@56conn6h]

Imho, this is all about the phenomenal music. It wasn't recorded with the foresight to produce a video. It is what it is, and I prefer to focus on that and hopefully get that much more out of the experience of absorbing it all

[@tomasperrone8105]

imagine being the reed

[@TerranceNgassa]

Miles playing solo better than Tranes! although TRANE IS GREAT , the same shit going ,

[@paulpenelly5564]

fuck off

[@TerranceNgassa]

nice Quote of Mona Lisa by who you well know soloing... lol

[@vidalsbrighi1652]

COLTRANE...years ahead

[@TerranceNgassa]

@@paulpenelly5564 MILES allowed Trane to be Miles AHEAD. YOU CAN rudely FUCK ME OFF AS YOU WANT ; BUT DEEPLY YOU KNOW WHAT I AM SAYING IS THE TRUTH AND MEANINGFUL: I HOPE YOU KNOW CONTRAST MEANS:.

[@frankfeldman6657]

he's high as a kite here, don't kid yourself

[@robertzantay5923]

And know this how? And then why would it matter?

[@geraldorezende3200]

Sax with zoot sims

[@geraldorezende3200]

Eu não sei como ouvir o saxofone de zoot sims

[@geraldorezende3200]

Não há nada mais que a gente vai ter uma ideia que existe

[@copeyhead]

Oh yeah Frank you a musical expert AND a NARC.....fucking idiot.

[@abbottkatz8830]

Too often Trane's solo here issues a series of isolates that don't cohere. In fact his "straight ahead" take on Bye Bye Blackbird in the 1956 Columbia session is superior.

[@emmanuelmassarotti5535]

Just... fy ?