MEDIUM HYBRID SACD
CONDITION sealed
CD CASE M mint
BOOKLET M mint
SERIALNUMBER No
LIMITED Yes
MISCELLANEOUS Mono
MUSICIAN HOMEPAGE johncoltrane.com
John Coltrane - tenor sax
Red Garland - piano
Paul Chambers - bass
Art Taylor - drums
traneing in - 12:34
slow dance - 5:28
bass blues - 7:48
you leave me breathless - 7:25
soft lights and sweet music – 4:41
For his second long player, John Coltrane (tenor saxophone) joined forces with his Prestige labelmate Red Garland (piano) to command a quartet through a five-song outing supported by a rhythm section of Paul Chambers (bass) and Art Taylor (drums)
The absence of any unessential instrumentalists encouraged a decidedly concerted focus from Coltrane, who plays with equal measures of confidence and freedom
The Coltrane original "Traneing In" Is a rousing blues that exemplifies the musical singularity between Coltrane and Garland
Even though Garland, the pianist, takes charge from the start, the structure of the arrangement permits the tenor to construct his solo seamlessly out of Garland’s while incrementally increasing in intensity, yet never losing the song’s underlying swinging bop
Chambers gets in on the action with an effervescent run that quotes the seasonal favorite "Santa Claus Is Coming to Town"
The poignant "Slow Dance" is a dark ballad with a simple, refined tune that is established by Coltrane, then turned over to Chambers, then Garland, before the tenor brings it home with one final verse
Coltrane’s second original composition "Bass Blues" showcases Chambers’ ability to mirror even the most intricate or seemingly improvised lines from Coltrane
And "You Leave Me Breathless" provides everything that a love song should with long, languid runs by Coltrane, Garland and what is arguably Paul Chambers at his absolute finest
The album draws to a close on a bebop lover’s dream — a fast and furious interpretation of the Irving Berlin classic "Soft Lights And Sweet Music"
The original album title and cover with its abstract painting was changed in later pressings to "Tranein’ In", and revised to show a monochrome portrait of John Coltrane
RECORDING August 23 1957 at the van Gelder Studio Hackensack NJ
ENGINEERING Rudy van Gelder
LABEL Prestige
RE MASTERING Kevin Gray
RE RELEASED July 2014
AVERAGE RATING 4 ½ Stars out of 5
MADE IN USA
STYLE Jazz / Hard Bop
AVAILABLE as long as inventory stock
