02/03/2026
This week in 1981, Bye Bye Blackbird was posthumously awarded the 1981 Grammy Award for Best Jazz Instrumental Performance, Soloist.
Bye Bye Blackbird was recorded on November 19, 1962 at the Konserthuset in Stockholm, Sweden.
John Coltrane - tenor and soprano saxophone
McCoy Tyner - piano
Jimmy Garrison - double bass
Elvin Jones - drums