John Coltrane

4 STARS DOWN BEAT MAGAZINE

INCLUDES 1 BONUS TRACK

PERSONNEL:

JOHN COLTRANE tenor sax
WYNTON KELLY piano
PAUL CHAMBERS bass
JIMMY COBB drums
Except on “Village Blues”, where the personnel is:
JOHN COLTRANE (ts), McCOY TYNER (p),
STEVE DAVIS (b), ELVIN JONES (d).

New York, November 24, 1959 (A1, B3 & B5),
December 2, 1959 (A3, A4, B1, B2 & B4),
& October 21, 1960 (A2).

SIDE A:
1 LITTLE OLD LADY (Hoagy Carmichael-Stanley Adams) 4:25
2 VILLAGE BLUES (John Coltrane) 5:21
3 MY SHINING HOUR (Johnny Mercer-Harold Arlen) 4:50
4 FIFTH HOUSE (John Coltrane) 4:38

SIDE B:
1 HARMONIQUE (John Coltrane) 4:10
2 LIKE SONNY (John Coltrane) 5:51
3 I'LL WAIT AND PRAY (Jerry Valentine-George Treadwell) 3:32
4 SOME OTHER BLUES (John Coltrane) 5:33
5 I'LL WAIT AND PRAY (Jerry Valentine-George Treadwell) [alt. tk] 3:25*

*BONUS TRACK

Down Beat original review
“One of the compelling elements of jazz is an artist’s striving to surpass his ‘best’ effort to date. Coltrane produced his most attractive album last year –Giant Steps. It was a mature and intense statement. Coltrane Jazz is not the album Giant Steps was, either in artistry or intensity. Still, it’s an exciting record, one that at the same time is similar to, yet different from, the first of the Atlantic albums. It is similar in personnel but different in concept. This album may not be another Giant Steps, but it is valuable nonetheless.” (Don DeMichael)