John Coltrane - Last Performance at Newport 1966

I do not own the rights to this music! Track list: My Favorite Things: 0:00 - 21:57 Welcome (Part 1) - 21:58 - 30:53 Welcome (Part 2) - 30:54 - 32:38 Leo - 32:39 - End FIRST-HAND EXPERIENCE OF THIS PERFORMANCE: John Coltrane Group, ’Newport Jazz Festival’, Newport RI July 2, 1966. Jack responds to a note that Fujioka had indicated that producer George Wein wanted to stop the band between numbers. Trane was the last act on the afternoon show. By the time the first song was over, it was about the usual ending time for the matinee. As Wein started out, as he would as mc, to thank Trane and announce the end of the show, the band started the second song. I doubt Trane even noticed him. I could see Wein standing off stage from my seat during “Welcome“, and I could sense his understandable anxiety. The logistics of the festival made getting the audience out so clean-up for the evening show could begin very important. At the end of the second number, as he [Wei
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