John Coltrane - Coltrane Jazz
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Artist: John ColtraneEdition: Music CD
Format: Import
CD Release Date: 1990-10-25
Music Label: Atlantic UK
Soundtracks:
- Little Old Lady - John Coltrane, Carmichael, Hoagy
- Village Blues
- My Shining Hour - John Coltrane, Mercer, Johnny
- Fifth House
- Harmonique
- Like Sonny
- I'll Wait and Pray - John Coltrane, Valentine, Gerald
- Some Other Blues
- Like Sonny
- I'll Wait and Pray - John Coltrane, Valentine, Gerald
- Like Sonny
- Village Blues
Free Music Notes for Coltrane Jazz
Free Music Review: A nice, transitional album
Hit: 4 Stars
This was one of Coltrane's transitional LPs, released between two of his best-known albums (Giant Steps and My Favorite Things). In fact, the original album draws from sessions that made up both albums -- one track ("Village Blues") from the My Favorite Things/Coltrane Plays the Blues/Coltrane's Sound sessions (October 1960), and the other 7 from the sessions that also produced one classic tune for Giant Steps ("Naima", December 1959).
As you would expect, the album has a transitional feel, fitting in between its better known neighbors. While most of the performances are very good, few of them have the bracing impact of the best Coltrane Atlantics and I wouldn't put this one in the first tier. (My personal favorites are Coltrane's Sound, Coltrane Plays the Blues, and Giant Steps.) "Village Blues" was most listeners' first taste of the McCoy Tyner and Elvin Jones rhythm section, and sounds similar to another minor blues recorded around the same date ("Equinox", on Coltrane's Sound).
The 1959 tunes are divided between more traditional, conservative tunes and more radical experimentation, all with the great Wynton Kelly/Paul Chambers/Jimmy Cobb rhythm section as backup. The best of the experimental tracks is "Fifth House", based on Tad Dameron's "Hot House". Like "My Favorite Things", "Ole" and many other noteworthy performances, Coltrane spends much of his time improvising intensely on one vamp. "Harmonique" is another interesting tune -- Coltrane incorporates saxophone multiphonics (playing more than one note at a time) into the song's melody, providing an exotic sound. I feel the song is hamstrung a bit by the more traditional rhythm section, which sounds a little too tight. Out of the more straightforward tracks, "Some Other Blues" is a very nice preview of the Coltrane Plays the Blues album (even if it doesn't quite match the heights of that album); "Like Sonny" is a very catchy tune that combines Latin and straight-ahead rhythms; "I'll Wait and Pray" is a beautiful if not quite top-of-the-line Trane ballad performance; and "Little Old Lady" and "My Shining Hour" are two nice bouncy performances.
As far as the bonus tracks, the most interesting are two takes of "Like Sonny" from the March 1959 (pre-Giant Steps) session. Lex Humphries and Cedar Walton (I think) replace Cobb and Kelly, making the rhythm section a little more beboppish.
If you like Giant Steps, Coltrane's Sound, and My Favorite Things, Coltrane Jazz is definitely worth picking it up, though it probably isn't the most essential of the Coltrane Atlantics.
[This review is based on the deluxe edition, which has an identical tracklist.]
Coltrane Jazz Poster
Import only expanded edition reissue of 1960 album includes 4 bonus tracks. Warner. 2005.Jazz Music CDs
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