Live in Paris (John Coltrane album)

Live in Paris is an album by jazz musician John Coltrane originally issued as 2 separate volumes in 1974 by BYG Japan and later reissued on CD by Charly Records.

[1] Coltrane and his quartet then embarked on a one-week tour of Europe, playing at the sixth International Jazz Festival at Juan-les-Pins in Antibes, France on July 26 and 27, followed by a concert at the Salle Pleyel in Paris on July 28, and winding up with a performance at a jazz festival in Comblain-la-Tour, Belgium on August 1.

[2] The July 26 concert, on which Coltrane shared billing with Jimmy McGriff, featured his only live performance of A Love Supreme, a 48-minute version which took up the entire program.

[6] The remaining tracks, "Blue Valse", "Afro-Blue", and a second version of "Impressions", were recorded at the July 28 concert in Paris.

[5] On the tour, during breaks, Coltrane frequently "remained... in his hotel room, practicing as usual, playing along to a tape of an [Albert] Ayler concert.