Coltrane (1962 album)

Coltrane
Studio album by John Coltrane
Released August 1962
Recorded April 11, June 19–20 & 29, 1962
Van Gelder Studio
(Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey)
Genre Jazz, modal jazz
Length 39:55
Label Impulse!
A-21
Producer Bob Thiele
John Coltrane chronology
Live! at the Village Vanguard
(1961)
Coltrane
(1962)
Duke Ellington & John Coltrane
(1962)
Reissue cover
2002 Impulse reissue, 589567
Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic [1]
The Village Voice (favorable)[2]

Coltrane is a 1962 studio album by jazz saxophonist John Coltrane. When reissued on CD, it featured a Coltrane composition dedicated to his hero "Big Nick" Nicholas which Coltrane would record later the same year with his Ellington collaboration Duke Ellington & John Coltrane.

Contents

Track listing

Original LP

  1. "Out of This World" (Harold Arlen) — 14:06
    • Johnny Mercer wrote lyrics for this song, but this recording is instrumental
  2. "Soul Eyes" (Mal Waldron) — 5:26
  3. "The Inch Worm" (Frank Loesser) — 6:19
  4. "Tunji" ( Coltrane) — 6:33
  5. "Miles' Mode" (Coltrane) — 7:31

Bonus tracks on 1997 CD reissue (IMPD-215):

  1. "Big Nick" (Coltrane) — 4:04
  2. "Up 'Gainst The Wall" (Coltrane) — 3:13

Track 1-2 recorded on June 19, 1962; #3, 6 on April 11; #4 on June 29; #5 on June 20; #7 on September 18, 1962. Bonus track "Not Yet" recorded on June 20 of the same year.

2002 Deluxe Edition (589567)

Disc One

  1. "Out of This World"  — 14:04
  2. "Soul Eyes"  — 5:25
  3. "The Inch Worm"  — 6:14
  4. "Tunji"  — 6:32
  5. "Miles' Mode"  — 7:31

Disc Two

  1. "Not Yet" (Tyner) — 6:13
  2. "Miles' Mode" — 7:08
  3. "Tunji" — 10:41
  4. "Tunji" — 7:55
  5. "Tunji" — 7:16
  6. "Tunji" — 7:48
  7. "Impressions" (Coltrane) — 6:32
  8. "Impressions" — 4:33
  9. "Big Nick"  — 4:28
  10. "Up 'Gainst the Wall"  — 3:15

Personnel

References

  1. ^ Nastoes, Michael G. Review: Coltrane. Allmusic. Retrieved on 2010-10-05.
  2. ^ Frances Davis (2006-05-30). "The John Coltrane Guide". The Village Voice. http://www.villagevoice.com/2006-05-30/music/the-john-coltrane-guide/. Retrieved 2009-10-18. 

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