Gatefold Sleeve
This release contains the best tunes ever recorded by the great John Coltrane (1926-1967). The first CD is devoted to the saxophonist’s ballad playing, while the second focuses on blues and faster hard bop anthems, and the third and final CD puts together some of Trane’s most exciting collaborations with other great jazz stars, such as Thelonious Monk, Milt Jackson, Miles Davis, Cecil Taylor, Cannonball Adderley, and Duke Ellington. Among the many highlights are the classic readings of “My Favorite Things,” “Giant Steps,” and the perennial “Naima.”
JOHN COLTRANE, tenor & soprano sax On all tracks, plus: Collective personnel: Miles Davis, Freddie Hubbard, Lee Morgan (tp), Sonny Rollins (ts), Cannonball Adderley (as), Curtis Fuller (tb), Milt Jackson (vib), Kenny Burrell (g), Wynton Kelly, Red Garland, Tommy Flanagan, McCoy Tyner, Duke Ellington, Thelonious Monk, Cecil Taylor (p), Jimmy Garrison, Paul Chambers (b), Elvin Jones, Jimmy Cobb, Art Taylor, Phily Joe Jones (d), among others. Recorded in New York, Chicago & New Jersey, between 1955 & 1962.
