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John Coltrane

Coltrane's Sound

Coltrane's Sound Tracks
1. Night Has a Thousand Eyes
2. Central Park West
3. Liberia
4. Body and Soul
5. Equinox
6. Satellite
7. 26-2 [*]
8. Body and Soul [Alternate Take][*]
John Coltrane - Coltrane's Sound
Coltrane's Sound Review
When Rhino Records released The Heavyweight Champion, which collected all John Coltrane's recordings for Atlantic Records, it was finally time to witness in whole how incredible the saxophonist's output was in October 1960. The material for Coltrane's Sound, Coltrane Plays the Blues, and the vastly successful My Favorite Things all came together over the course of several October days. And here, finally, is the missing piece of the October trilogy. Coltrane had pioneered a new musical architecture in early 1959 when he cut the groundbreaking Giant Steps (also available as the 1987 reissue), and with these three albums, he merely extended and exercised the new approach. Bebop was in the rearview, stretchy modal formulations in the distant foreground. In between, 'Trane was using his soprano sax to great effect--as on the low-end wonderland "Central Park West" and part of the cooking "26-2"--and playing closely related chords forwards, backwards, and in instantaneously reconstructed formations. Coltrane's Sound shouldn't surprise, then, with what sound like drop shadows behind other recordings of the 1959-60 period. It's vintage stuff, bristling with his discovery and powerhousing with the utmost sensitivity. --Andrew Bartlett


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COLTRANE'S SOUND: perfect album
5
another classic record from John Coltrane. "Equinox" was the first Coltrane song i ever heard and it still sends shivers up my spine every time i hear it. "Central Park West" also has a wonderful autumn feel to it. i can't help but picture red and orange-yellow leaves falling on doorsteps in brooklyn whenever it plays. every track on here is rock solid and without fault. i dig the melting face cover art too. recommended!
Posted by Anonymous, on 2005-09-20
Hard bop on the threshold of a new jazz form
5
This is a Rhino Records reissue of one great Coltrane album! This album is not only a great introduction to John Coltrane for the new listener, but in my opinion, it is Coltrane's finest. There is a tremendous amount of innovation here yet it is very accessible to the average ear.

Coltrane pushes bebop here as far as it can possibly go. He does so with dynamic style, dexterity, and a real clean sound. It took a very accomplished band behind him to give him the infrastructure to do this and they must be acknowledged for their great performances as well. McCoy Tyner plays piano, Steve Davis on the bass, and Elvin Jones on the drums.

I own a lot of Coltrane albums. Some of which are compilations and some which were originals but I have to say that "Coltrane's Sound" is one of those albums that belongs in every jazz collection. It's up there with Miles Davis'," Birth of Cool", Art Pepper's "Eleven", Sonny Rollins', "Colossus" etc. etc.

To add equity to the purchase Rhino includes both a nineteen-page booklet and two bonus tracks; one of which is alternate take of "Body and Soul". The second song is called "26-2" and it is quite good. The booklet can get a little pedantic or even pompous at times but it gives good info about each song, the people that made this album great, and a history of the album from many qualitative perspectives.

This album should be your first Coltrane album or your next.

Posted by Anonymous, on 2003-02-18
Coltrane's Most Underrated
5
This is Coltrane's most underrated album and my personal favorite. Of course to say it is better then say A Love Supreme is not important. It's like saying is Beethoven's 9th better than his 3rd -- both are masterpieces and it is a matter of personal taste.
But where the comparison ends is that for some reason this album was never given that much recognition. Maybe it was overshadowed by Giant Steps, which might have been considered more innovative at the time.

To me, "Coltrane's Sound" has a simplicity with depth and subtly. For example Equinox. There is a deep elagance, (like Kind Of Blue). Listen to Trane's nuances on this one. (Have you ever heard someone cover Equinox? then you can appreciate how masterfull this performance is. To me, it is much harder to perform a simple minor blues and make it mean something, then than one with the more complex changes of say Giant Steps.)

Body and Soul rivals Lester Young's. Central Park West is one of the great ballads ever written. (Also check out After The Rain, not on this record --another classic ballad of Trane's.). All tracks are strong and the bonus tracks are excellent.

This one is a must.

Posted by Anonymous, on 2003-10-23

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