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Coltrane's Sound

John ColtraneAudio CD
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Whether legendary jazz saxophonist John Coltrane was inverting bebop chord structures or inducing meditational depth with his complex melodies, he seemed to shift gears and gain new expertise with every passing year in the 1960s.

In the 50s, Coltrane played in Miles Davis’ ‘First Great Quintet’, and experienced a spiritual epiphany after kicking heroin in 1957 that inspired everything he played… Read more in Amazon's John Coltrane Store

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  • Audio CD (October 25, 1990)
  • Number of Discs: 1
  • Label: Atlantic
  • ASIN: B000002I5I
  • Also Available in: Audio Cassette  |  MP3 Download
  • Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (15 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #7,042 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

 
1. Night Has a Thousand Eyes
2. Central Park West
3. Liberia
4. Body and Soul
5. Equinox
6. Satellite
7. 26-2 [*]
8. Body and Soul [Alternate Take][*]

 

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32 of 34 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Coltrane's bop album, January 21, 2001
This review is from: Coltrane's Sound (Audio CD)
This album is like many Coltrane albums palpably in transition between styles. It follows on from the experiments with dense, irregularly moving chord changes of _Giant Steps_, and also contains a couple reharmonized standards, "The Night Has a Thousand Eyes" and "Body and Soul", which have areas of sustained modal exploration in the manner of "My Favourite Things". The band is the first edition of the "classic" Coltrane band, with Steve Davis on bass before Jimmy Garrison hopped on board.

What's most unusual about this album, perhaps, is that it's actually Coltrane's meditation on the bop heritage. Only one tune is completely original, the lovely ballad "Central Park West" (one of my favourite Coltrane tracks; he only states the melody, leaving the improvisation to Tyner, but it's so rounded a statement that like Monk's "Crepuscule with Nellie" it doesn't really need elaboration at all). The other tunes rework standard bop fare via the techniques of movement in thirds and pedal notes that obsessed Coltrane in this period. "Liberia" is a version of "A Night in Tunisia"; "Equinox" is a minor blues but borrows its intro from Parker's intro to "Star Eyes"; "Satellite" is a reworking of "How High the Moon"/"Ornithology"; "26-2" (a rather mysterious title) is a version of "Confirmation". The practice was of course already there on _Giant Steps_ ("Giant Steps" and "Countdown" are themselves based on standards like "Tune Up") but the concentration of such material, & the tenor sax shibboleth "Body and Soul", suggest a rather more self-conscious exploration of the tradition. (Note that Coltrane's albums otherwise rarely contain bop tunes, preferring to concentrate on pop standards when not playing originals.) The quartet's take on these tunes is dark, intense and brooding--this album is a long way from the sunny mood of _Giant Steps_ & _Coltrane Jazz_.

This disc is one of the most interesting of the Atlantics; don't be put off by the ghastly cover-art. This is music of a high order, a little less user-friendly than _My Favourite Things_ but no less important.

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10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Praised by Expert Coltrane Biographer Lewis Porter - This is a GREAT Release!, February 18, 2008
This review is from: Coltrane's Sound (Audio CD)
First of all - ignore any reviewer who claims this is not a choice Coltrane selection. I recently purchased the Lewis Porter biography "John Coltrane: His Life and His Music" Porter is the reigning Coltrane expert, he was invited to write the booklets for the Prestige box sets. Porter's book is full of praise for this release and there is even lots of musical analysis of Trane's solos.

I LOVE this release. I've been listening to Trane for over 30 years and have all of the Prestige, all of the Atlantic and most of the Impulse releases. My collection spans from his first outing as a leader up to his "difficult" Meditations. I also have EVERYTHING he recorded with Miles. I know the man's music. I'm a musician myself. Any reviewer (and there are a couple out here) that claims this is half-baked material doesn't know their CM7 from a C7#9 chord. It is an important part of the Coltrane legacy and essential listening. Reading Lewis Porter's excellent biography of Trane I learned that much of the material on this release was in Trane's original quartets book from their very first gig at the Jazz Gallery when Steve Khun and Pete La Rocca were in the band. This isn't just some half-baked release that Atlantic threw together to cash in like some other reviewers have asserted.

This release was culled from the very same October 24 - 26 1960 sessions that brought us My Favorite Things and Coltrane Plays the Blues. That session was the very first recording session of Trane's mainstay quartet in the 60's (only Steve Davis was replaced). This release was not made public until 1964 - long after Trane had left Atlantic, but that is in no way a statement on the music found here. There is nothing unusual in that, labels always store up sides in the vault for later release. Prestige did this with both Miles and Trane long after they'd moved on and their stars shone a bit brighter. It's strategic release planning.

If you enjoyed Favorite Things and Coltrane Plays the Blues, don't even give this a second thought, buy it. The intensity of the playing is similar - obviously since they were recorded during the same sessions.

I have been listening to Trane for over 32 years and I'm also a semi-pro jazz player myself (guitar) After several listens to Coltrane's Sound, I really do not understand why this release was not more popular. There isn't a weak track in the bunch and that includes the two bonus tracks 26-2 and the alt take of Body and Soul. 26-2 is interesting because Trane starts out playing his tenor but wraps things up on the soprano - something you'll find on the Complete Village Vanguard records but still, somewhat rare.

There's really not much more to say. Out of all the Atlantic Coltrane releases I own here is how they stack up as far as my preference. I'm not saying one release is better than another, it's just ordered by the my frequency of play and, if your listening habits are similar, encourage you to buy:


My Favorite Things
Coltrane Plays the Blues
Coltrane's Sound
Ole' (sometimes Ole' is #1)
Giant Steps
Bags & Trane
John Coltrane Jazz

While Giant Steps is simply amazing (understatement) I do have a preference for the work Trane did with McCoy and Elvin over the stuff with Wynton Kelly and Jimmy Cobb. Those two guys are perfect foils for Trane. Again, it's all very good, this is just my order of preference.

If you've heard the Pablo release "Afro Blue Impression" (Live in Europe) and like it then you will definitely love Coltrane's Sound.
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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars The Best of the Atlantics, May 10, 2008
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This review is from: Coltrane's Sound (Audio CD)
Coltrane's Sound was recorded at the same October 1960 sessions as My Favorite Things. (Coltrane Plays the Blues also comes from these sessions.) Though it has never achieved the same popularity as MFT, in my opinion Coltrane's Sound is actually a better album! It comes from a period where Coltrane finally got a working band (McCoy Tyner, Steve Davis, Elvin Jones) together and was shifting direction away from the harmonic density of Giant Steps and "sheets of sound" toward modal improvisation and more open structures.

Coltrane was experimenting with a bunch of approaches around this time, making variety one of this album's strengths. He plays soprano saxophone on the beautiful ballad "Central Park West" (pretty rare for him -- he usually played ballads on the tenor). "Satellite" is a piano-less trio tune. "Night of a Thousand Eyes" and "Liberia" are explosive workouts which already showcase Coltrane's powerful tenor playing and his special relationship with Elvin Jones. "Equinox" has him digging deep, deep into the blues -- some of Coltrane's finest, most powerful blues playing this side of "Chasin' the Trane". Throughout this album, his playing is overflowing with ideas.

The Atlantic recordings contain some of John Coltrane's best, most accessible, and most focused music. If you've already heard Giant Steps and My Favorite Things (or if you haven't), don't hesitate to pick up Coltrane's Sound.

[This review is based on the Deluxe edition, now out of print. The tracklists are identical.]
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