John Coltrane - Live Trane: The European Tours (rec. 1961-63, rel. 2001)
This 7 disc collection of John Coltrane's concert recordings documents his ascension in 2 short years from star to legend. These shows contains some of his finest performances with the classic quartet: McCoy Tyner, Elvin Jones and Jimmy Garrison. Maybe the most jaw-dropping of these is Trane's 5 minute unaccompanied solo on "I Want To Talk About You" from Stockholm on October 22, 1963. Hear it for yourself: