The 10 Best John Coltrane Albums To Own On Vinyl. If you’re looking for a good entry point for Coltrane, this is it. RK: The tone, feel, and improvisation style that Coltrane achieves on this album is something that saxophonists are emulating to this day, more than 50 years after its release. That being said, Mr. PC (Paul Chambers) is the.

Called Coltrane ' The Prestige Recordings -- available in five-CD / digital formats March 29th and on April 26th for the 8-LP format, reviewed here -- this set is a doozy! The albums have been mastered from the original analog master tapes by Paul Blakemore (all of which were recorded by renowned engineer Rudy Van Gelder).

A Coltrane album not to be overlooked. It links up to Lush Life as 3 of its 4 numbers share the same personnel on the very same dates; something outstanding must have filled the air during those sessions. Intriguing to wonder if, instead of being companion albums, these had been released as the package to launch Coltrane's career/5(8).

Details Coltrane’s breakout year, when his mature sound first grabbed ears and his own recordings began to sell consistently, was This release chronicles the exciting story session by session, featuring all 37 tracks Coltrane recorded as a leader or co-leader for the independent Prestige Records label in those twelve months. This collection captures him in .

Jan 21,  · Another personal favorite is the Miles Davis/John Coltrane Live in Stockholm double LP, but I've not seen nor heard it on any other format. I find it of interest as they're playing the Kind of Blue material, but it's apparent how far Coltrane had progressed in his own searing, searching style.

This release chronicles the exciting story session by session, featuring all 37 tracks Coltrane recorded as a leader or co-leader for the independent Prestige Records label in those twelve months. This collection captures him in creative high gear—developing the signature improvisational style that journalist Ira Gitler famously dubbed “sheets of sound.”/5(44).

Though in he had recorded Blue Trane his only Blue Note session as a leader, Coltrane ' The Prestige Recordings follows Coltrane primarily as a sideman, lending his emerging soulful, searching sound to sessions led by such bop comrades and confidantes as pianist Red Garland, trumpeters Donald Byrd and Freddie Hubbard, guitarist Kenny.

Strong work from John Coltrane's early years as a leader – even if the album is sort of a collection of tracks that Trane recorded for Prestige, instead of a discreetly separate session! Side one features Coltrane's tenor in a spare setting with Earl May on bass and Art Taylor on drums – playing mellow tunes like "I Love You" and "Like.