Album Live at the Village Vanguard Again! by John Coltrane Review
This album was always a bit of a disappointment. John Coltrane plays passionately on "My Favorite Things" and with great beauty on "Naima", but Pharoah Sanders' ferocious screeching on the latter piece largely ruins the almost-sacred ballad. Pianist Alice Coltrane, bassist Jimmy Garrison, and drummer Rashied Ali mostly vamp behind the saxophonists. This album is worth getting for Coltrane's passionate but coherent playing, but one wishes that Sanders (who comes across as a much more limited player) had sat the night out.Review by allmusic.com
