john coltrane - coltrane plays the blues (2 x 45rpm lp)
john coltrane - coltrane plays the blues (2 x 45rpm lp)
john coltrane - coltrane plays the blues (2 x 45rpm lp)
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john coltrane - coltrane plays the blues (2 x 45rpm lp)

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Description
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 HOMEPAGE   johncoltrane.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
This product is expected to be in stock again on Friday, 23. October 2020