MEDIUM Vinyl Record WEIGHT 2 x 180gr (black Vinyl) 45rpm CONDITION sealed COVER Gatefold CONDITION COVER M mint COVER DAMAGES No, we take care about that SERIALNUMBER Yes LIMITED Yes, to 2500 MISCELLANEOUS Stereo MUSICIAN HOMEPAGEjohncoltrane.com
John Coltrane - soprano sax, tenor sax
McCoy Tyner - piano
Steve Davis - bass
Elvin Jones - drums
blues to elvin - 7:53
blues to bechet - 5:46
blues to you - 6:29
mr. day - 7:56
mr. syms - 5:22
mr. knight - 7:31
"Coltrane's sessions for Atlantic in late October 1960 were prolific, yielding the material for My Favorite Things, Coltrane Plays the Blues, and Coltrane's Sound
My Favorite Things was destined to be the most remembered and influential of these, and while Coltrane Plays the Blues is not as renowned or daring in material, it is still a powerful session
As for the phrase "plays the blues" in the title, that's not an indicator that the tunes are conventional blues (they aren't)
It's more indicative of a bluesy sensibility, whether he is playing muscular saxophone or, on "Blues to Bechet" and "Mr. Syms," the more unusual sounding (at the time) soprano sax
Elvin Jones, who hadn't been in Coltrane's band long, really busts out on the quicker numbers, such as "Blues to You" and "Mr. Day"
- Richie Unterberger, amg -
"The Coltrane Quartet, three-fourths complete at the time of this recording, had begun its historic rise and had also turned the corner in Coltrane's music, transitioning from the expressive verticality of Giant Steps to the more elongated, long-limbed lyricism that would define his role in the avant-garde
It can come as no surprise that to do so, he engaged the material he'd known longest and best - the blues"
- Neil Tesser, author of The Playboy Guide To Jazz -
RECORDING October 24 1960 at Atlantic Studios New York ENGINEERING Tom Dowd LABEL Atlantic RE MASTERING Bernie Grundman RE RELEASED 2019 AVERAGE RATING 4 ½ Stars out of 5 PRESSING by Gotta Groove Records MADE IN USA STYLE Jazz / Hard Bop AVAILABLE as long as inventory stock
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