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JOHN COLTRANE

BLUE TRAIN + 1 BONUS TRACK (LP) (LTD)
Label JAZZTWIN
Catalog 50001
Format LP
Discs 1
Category JAZZ/BLUES/COUNTRY
Street Date 2017-12-28
Description
・ LIMITED COLLECTOR’S EDITIONS
・ NEWLY REMASTERED
・ OUTSTANDING NEW COVERS
・ DIRECT METAL MASTERING
・ 180g LP - AUDIOPHILE PRESSING
When asked in a 1960 radio interview which was his favorite of all the albums he recorded up to that point John Coltrane was quick to reply: Blue Train. Coltrane’s September 15 1957 studio session in Hackensack New Jersey produced all of the material for that legendary album which marked the first time that Trane was given the opportunity to select his own sidemen for a date. He made good use of his newfound freedom enlisting the support of trumpeter Lee Morgan trombonist Curtis Fuller pianist Kenny Drew bassist Paul Chambers and drummer Philly Joe Jones. Coltrane would only record with Lee Morgan on two occasions: first on Johnny Griffin’s April 6 & 17 1957 sessions for the LP A Blowing Session followed by Blue Train several months later. The other member of the front line Curtis Fuller began his recorded collaboration with Coltrane on Paul Chambers’ album High Step (recorded in a quintet setting with Philly Joe Jones on drums in Boston on April 20 1956) followed by a date for pianist Sonny Clark for his album Sonny’s Crib which took place just two weeks before the Blue Train date (and featured the ubiquitous Chambers on bass). As for the rhythm section Kenny Drew had appeared with Coltrane on Chambers’ March 2 1956 date for the album Chamber’s Music that featured the same rhythm section as Blue Train (Drew Chambers & Jones) with Coltrane as the sole horn. They would never record together again after the latter album was made. Trane’s professional association with Chambers and Jones began when the three of them were members of Miles Davis’ first great quintet (with pianist Red Garland as the fifth member).

JOHN COLTRANE tenor saxophone; LEE MORGAN trumpet; CURTIS FULLER trombone; KENNY DREW piano; PAUL CHAMBERS bass; PHILLY JOE JONES drums. Hackensack New Jersey September 15 1957.
Original session recorded by Rudy Van Gelder & produced by Alfred Lion.
tracklisting
SIDE A:
1. BLUE TRAIN (John Coltrane)
2. MOMENT’S NOTICE (John Coltrane)
3. JUST FOR THE LOVE (John Coltrane) *
SIDE B:
1. LOCOMOTION (John Coltrane)
2. I’M OLD FASHIONED (Jerome Kern-Johnny Mercer)
3. LAZY BIRD (John Coltrane)

*BONUS TRACK:
Same personnel except DONALD BYRD (trumpet) replaces Lee Morgan; HORACE SILVER (piano) replaces Kenny Drew. Omit Curtis Fuller. Hackensack, New Jersey, September 21, 1956.
 

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