Coltrane Plays The Blues
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Limited edition 180g vinyl audiophile pressing of this classic John Coltrane LP featuring McCoy Tyner, Steve Davis and Elvin Jones.
"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, that's not so much an indicator that the tunes are conventional blues (which they aren't). It's more indicative of a bluesy sensibility, whether he is playing muscular saxophone or, on "Blues to Bechet" and "Mr. Syms", the more unusual-sounding (at the time) soprano sax. Elvin Jones, who hadn't been in Coltrane's band long, really busts out on the quicker numbers, such as "Blues to You" and "Mr. Day"." - **** 1/2 Richie Unterberger, AllMusic
Tracklisting
Miles Davis
Dorothy Ashby
Dorothy Ashby
Ray Charles
Ravi Shankar
Nat King Cole
Sun Ra
Clifford Brown & Max Roach
John Coltrane
John Coltrane
Duke Ellington & John Coltrane
John Coltrane
John Coltrane
John Coltrane
John Coltrane
John Coltrane