John Coltrane - Plays The Blues - 4617LP

John Coltrane - Plays The Blues - 350269

Plays The Blues

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Release Date: 30 September 2016

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Release Date: 01 January 2017

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Release Date: 19 May 2023

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Release Date: 10 November 2023

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Release Date: 30 August 2024

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The complete original album 'Coltrane Plays the Blues' (Atlantic SD1553) a thematic LP consisting of six tunes based on the blues.

Pianist McCoy Tyner sits out on 'Blues to Bechet' and 'Blues to You', reducing the band to a trio on these tunes. On 'Blues to Bechet' and 'Mr. Syms', Trane plays soprano sax.

This expanded edition explores even deeper into Coltrane's approach to playing the blues by including 13 additional blues composition of his own.
Recorded between 1957 and 1960, these outstanding tunes feature a myriad of jazz stars. The formations range from trios to multi-horn blowing performances, and among the latter is the remarkable 'Groove Blues', which finds Trane playing on alto sax.

Includes 16-page booklet containing rare photos, original art and both new and original liner notes.

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Limited edition high-definition premium vinyl for super fidelity, 180g audiophile pressing - the complete LP + 2 bonus tracks. Coltrane's sessions for Atlantic in late October 1960 were prolific, yielding the material for 'My Favorite Things', 'Coltrane Plays the Blues', and 'Coltrane's Sound'. 'My Favorite Things' was destined to be the most remembered and influential of these, and while Coltrane Plays the Blues is not as renowned or daring in material, it is still a powerful session.

As for the phrase "plays the blues" in the title, it's not so much an indicator that the tunes are conventional blues, but more indicative of a bluesy sensibility.

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THE COMPLETE LP + 2 BONUS TRACKS - 180g COLORED BLUE VINYL - LIMITED EDITION. Contains new specially prepared liner notes by Penguin Guide to Jazz's writer Brian Morton.
In 1960, and after recording the music to be issued on The Avant Garde(with Don Cherry), and the all-time classic My Favorite Things, Coltrane embarked on the making of Coltrane Plays the Blues, a thematic LP consisting of six tunes based on the blues.
'Blues for Bechet', one of the two tracks on which Coltrane plays soprano sax, is an obvious dedication to the man who brought the instrument to jazz, the great Sidney Bechet. Pianist McCoy Tyner sits out on 'Blues to Bechet' and 'Blues to You', reducing the quartet to a trio on these two tracks.
"A powerful session. As for the phrase 'plays the blues' in the title, that's not an indicator that the tunes are conventional blues (they aren't). It's more indicative of a bluesy sensibility." - AllMusic, 4.5 STARS (Richie Unterberger)
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