John Coltrane – Naima (Take 1) from the album “Blue World“. Personnel: John Coltrane – tenor saxophone, soprano saxophone McCoy Tyner – piano Jimmy Garrison – bass Elvine Jones – drums _______________________ Label: Verve Label [More]
Like Sonny is a posthumous studio album combining two sessions from 1958 and 1960 with jazz musician John Coltrane. The six tracks from November 1958 had been released under Ray Draper’s name as A Tuba [More]
Crescent is a 1964 studio album by American jazz musician John Coltrane, released by Impulse! as A-66. “John Coltrane’s Crescent from the spring of 1964 is an epic album, showing his meditative side that would [More]
“FIRST-HAND EXPERIENCE OF THIS PERFORMANCE: John Coltrane Group, ‘Newport Jazz Festival’, Newport RI July 2, 1966. Jack responds to a note that Fujioka had indicated that producer George Wein wanted to stop the band between [More]
In 1964, Coltrane was approached by the French Canadian director Gilles Groulx to record a soundtrack for his film Le chat dans le sac. In June of that year, between the recording sessions for Crescent [More]
Olé Coltrane is the ninth album by American saxophonist John Coltrane, released in 1961 on Atlantic Records. The album was recorded at A&R Studios in New York, and was the last of Coltrane’s Atlantic albums [More]
“I Love You” (Cole Porter) from the album “Lush Life“. ” … Coltrane doesn’t have to supplement the frequent redundancy inherent in pianists, so he has plenty of room to express himself through simple and [More]
Stardust is an album by jazz musician John Coltrane that was released in 1963 by Prestige Records. “In 1958, John Coltrane had yet to take the modal post-bop plunge. He was still a hard bopper, [More]
Coltrane’s breakout year, when his mature sound first grabbed ears and his own recordings began to sell consistently, was 1958. This release chronicles the exciting story session by session, featuring all 37 tracks Coltrane recorded [More]
