MEDIUM HYBRID SACD
CONDITION sealed
CD CASE M mint
BOOKLET M mint
SERIALNUMBER No
LIMITED Yes
MISCELLANEOUS Mini LP Cover, Mono
MUSICIAN HOMEPAGE johncoltrane.com
John Coltrane - tenor sax
Red Garland - piano
Paul Chambers - bass
Art Taylor - drums
good bait - 12:10
i want to talk about you - 10:57
you say you care - 6:17
theme for ernie - 4:58
russian lullaby - 5:39
This album continued the reinforcement of Coltrane’s importance as a stylist
As in "Coltrane" and "John Coltrane And The Red Garland Trio", his first two albums as a leader for Prestige, the material in "Soultrane" is away from the ordinary
The Red Garland–Paul Chambers–Arthur Taylor rhythm section is a perfect accompanying unit for 'Trane' who, by this time, was acknowledged to be — along with Sonny Rollins — one of the two most influential tenor saxophonists in jazz
"Soultrane" opens with an exploration at length of "Good Bait", a Tadd Dameron-Count Basie collaboration, first recorded by Dizzy Gillespie in the 1940s
The way Coltrane plays the turns in the melody gives it a slight minuet flavor, complimented by solos by Garland and Chambers in the same, solid groove
"I Want To Talk About You" is a ballad written and originally recorded by Billy Eckstine in the mid-1940s
It’s entirely new to jazz interpretation
Side Two opens with a Joe Stein-Leo Robin tune, "You Say You Care", never heard before this in a jazz context
Trane makes the most of chord changes in a swinging, medium-up setting
"Theme For Ernie" is a smoldering ballad dedicated by Philadelphian Freddie Lacey to Ernie Henry, the ex-Gillespie alto saxophonist who died suddenly in December 1957
Red begins the final track "Russian Lullaby" with an out-of-tempo introduction before Coltrane comes ripping in
Taking this and Coltrane’s prior interpretation of "Soft Lights And Sweet Music", it seems as though the boys like to play their Irving Berlin at high velocity
Because of the astounding Coltrane solo works that both precede and follow Soultrane — most notably "Lush Life" and "Blue Train" — All Music Guide says this album has »perhaps not been given the exclusive attention it so deserves«
RECORDING February 7 1958
ENGINEERING Rudy van Gelder
LABEL Prestige
RE MASTERING Kevin Gray
RE RELEASED October 2014
AVERAGE RATING 4 ½ Stars out of 5
MADE IN USA
STYLE Jazz / Hard Bop
AVAILABLE as long as inventory
