If you want to be reminded that 1961 was a great year for jazz, you only have to look at the latest public-domain reissues – the above, plus Miles, Duke and Bill below. The album comprising the first half of this compilation was the first set by the great quartet to be released in the UK (thanks to the publisher-initiated embargo on releasing ‘My Favourite Things’) and it came as confirmation of the amazing sounds heard on the November 1961 European tour. This original three-track set questioned all sorts of norms, the standout item ‘Chasin’ The Trane’ lasting 16 minutes with the tenorman the only soloist and a 12-bar grid the only thing for performers and fans to hold on to. ‘Spiritual’ was the first time Trane opened and closed a piece entirely out-of-tempo, while the conventional ‘Softly As In A Morning Sunrise’ began with over three minutes of just the rhythm trio before his soprano solo. What's now added is nine-tenths of the follow-up release Impressions, including the long titletrack and ‘India’ (another disguised 12-bar) and lacking only the studio track ‘Up ‘Gainst The Wall’, replaced by a Vanguard version of ‘Greensleeves’. Not merely the first live Trane to be issued, but a turning-point for him and essential listening for us.