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| The Very Best of John Coltrane | 
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Avg. Customer Rating:   (based on 21 reviews)
Sales Rank: 4392
Category: Music
Artist: John Coltrane
Publisher: Atlantic / Wea
Studio: Atlantic / Wea
Manufacturer: Atlantic / Wea
Label: Atlantic / Wea
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 5 x 0.5
MPN: 79778
UPC: 081227977825
EAN: 0081227977825
ASIN: B000046PVI
Release Date: February 15, 2000
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| Tracks:
| • | Giant Steps | | • | Cousin Mary | | • | Naima | | • | Like Sonny | | • | My Shining Hour - John Coltrane, Mercer, Johnny | | • | My Favorite Things - John Coltrane, Rodgers, Richard | | • | Central Park West | | • | Summertime - John Coltrane, Gershwin, George | | • | Mr. Syms | | • | Equinox | | • | Body and Soul - John Coltrane, Green, Johnny |
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With his inexhaustible technique, trademark sound, and limitless imagination, tenor and soprano saxophonist John Coltrane was one of jazz's most dominant musicians. This collection covers his important Atlantic Records sessions recorded from 1959 to 1960 (chronicled in their entirety on Heavyweight Champion). The tunes signal an important transitional phase from Trane's stints with Miles Davis and Thelonious Monk to his emergence as a leader in his own right. "Giant Steps" "Naima," and "Cousin Mary"--featuring pianist Tommy Flanagan and drummer Art Taylor--crystallized Trane's supersonic "sheets of sound" style. "Like Sonny," an Afro-Latin dedication to his friend and contemporary Sonny Rollins with Wynton Kelly on piano, reveals Trane's stylistic debts to Charlie Parker and Coleman Hawkins. His historic renditions of "My Shining Hour," "Body and Soul," "Summertime," and "My Favorite Things" highlight Coltrane's ability to remake a song into his own image, as well as introduce his influential sound on the soprano sax. These landmark recordings show the development of Coltrane's "great" quartet as well as forecast his iconoclastic excursions into the outer limits of rhythm and tonality, which grew during until his death in 1967. --Eugene Holley, Jr.
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 An Excellent Collection December 29, 2008
This album is an excellent collection from John Coltrane's Atlantic years, or his middle period. It starts off with the complex "Giant Steps". Other highlights are "Naima" and "My Shining Hour". Included is the classic "My Favorite Things". Also included is a wonderful rendition of "Summertime". The album concludes with two of my favorites. Equinox, and a wonderful version of "Body and Soul". This is a good starting album for those just getting into Coltrane. It's great even for us long time fans. This album will make you want to buy the albums these songs came from. This is more than just a "greatest hits" album. This is a disc you can play on repeat all day.
 Great tracks, but... December 20, 2008
The album is great - he is a legend. However, song recording issues (likely due to the poor technology at the time of recording) takes away from the overall experience. Still, a good pick.
A masterpiece December 12, 2008
When I first heard "Central Park West" is was moved to tears. I had been invited to attend a concert given by the Julliard Jazz Ensemble directed by Mr. Victor Goines at The Sheldon here in St. Louis, MO. Having never heard Mr. Coltrane's work before, I left the concert asking everyone I knew where could I get that CD. Not knowing what to expect, I began to listen to the CD and was totally blown away by Mr. Coltrane's musical style and flavor. I was immediately a fan. Great music touches me that way. The great thing is that when I heard the Julliard Ensemble cover "Central Park West" and then heard the original, they played it to perfection, note for note. I don't claim to be a judge of musicianship by any stretch of the imagination, but it was as close as you can get to Mr. Coltrane playing if himself. I have purchsed this CD for many friends as gifts because it touched me just that much.
For all those looking for a great instrumental piece, you've found your answer.
Thanks Mr. Coltrane.
Great selection of the most interesting JC tracks... June 9, 2008
I have this CD in a Rhino release: same music, same cover photo, same "very best of" tagline, just not the "Greatest Hits" design. I think of John's time on Atlantic Records as his most interesting, and all the performances here are from 1959 and 1960. In the '50's, Coltrane was a more traditional sax improviser, mainly on the Prestige label, and he produced some lovely things. After 1960, he moved more and more into "avant-garde" or "free-form" jazz and lost me as a fan. On Atlantic, you get the best...he is harmonic and inventive, melodic and yet stretching a few solos into unexpected territory. For those not familiar with Coltrane, but not all that adventurous in their jazz tastes, this is a superb introduction, better than the Ken Burns compliation which was issued back during the "Jazz" miniseries on PBS. Although I own at least a dozen Coltrane CD's, this one will get repeat play. The mix of ballads and uptempo tracks is excellent here.
My favorite Jazz Cd May 30, 2008
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
I love it, great for dinner party background and definitely great just to listen to.
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