On September 1955 John Coltrane joined the Miles Davis Quintet. By that time Coltrane was a seasoned professional musician, a dyed in-the-wool jazz player who had learned his craft in a considerable number of outfits during the preceding ten years or so. Coltrane was nearly thirty years old at the time, a jazz musician who was certainly not universally acclaimed. Thus far Coltrane had failed to impress the jazz audiences at large, although he played in a distinctive but not yet fully formed style. During the next five years after his debut with Miles Davis, Coltrane moved from virtual obscurity to acclaim as the greatest tenor saxophone innovator of the era. This is the era covered in this 4CD set.
TRACK LISTING
Disc 1
1. Beer Drinking Baby
2. We Love To Boogie
3. Stablemates
4. Avalon
5. Tenor Madness
6. Tenor Conclave
7. How Deep Is The Ocean
8. Oleo
9. Airegin
10. Mating Call
11. Soultrane
Disc 2
1. On A Mighty Night
2. Superjet
3. Soul Eyes
4. C.T.A
5. Monk's Mood
6. Eclypso
7. Potpourri
8. Cattin'
9. Anatomy
10. Sunday
Disc 3
1. Straight Street
2. While My Lady Sleeps
3. Chronic Blues
4. Bakai
5. Violets For Your Furs
6. Time Was
7. I Hear A Rhapsody
8. Nutty
9. Ruby, My Dear
10. Trinkle, Tinkle
11. Trane's Slow Blues
12. Like Someone In Love
Disc 4
1. You Leave Me Breathless
2. Bass Blues
3. Soft Lights And Sweet Music
4. Traneing In
5. Slow Dance
6. Lazy Bird
7. Moment's Notice
8. Blue Train
9. Locomotion
10. I'm Old Fashioned
PROPERBOX 136 JOHN COLTRANE - EARLY TRANE P DISC ONE : STABLEMATES DISCOGRAPHY
Prestige All Stars : Hank Mobley, Al Cohn, Zoot Sims, John Coltrane, ts; Red Garland, p; Paul Chambers, b; Art Taylor, d.
Hackensack, September 7, 1956
976 TENOR CONCLAVE
977 HOW DEEP IS THE OCEAN
Miles Davis Quintet : Miles Davis, tp; John Coltrane, ts, Red Garland, p; Paul Chambers, b; Philly Joe Jones, d.
New York, October 26, 1956
1001 OLEO
1002 AIREGIN
Tadd Dameron Quartet : John Coltrane, ts; Tadd Dameron, p; John Simmons, b; Philly Joe Jones, d.
New York, November 30, 1956
1025 MATING CALL
1026 SOULTRANE
1030 ROMAS
PROPERBOX 136 JOHN COLTRANE - EARLY TRANE P DISC TWO : SOUL EYES
Tadd Dameron Quartet : John Coltrane, ts; Tadd Dameron, p; John Simmons, b; Philly Joe Jones, d.
New York, December 30, 1956
1029 ON A MISTY NIGHT
1028 SUPER JET
Prestige All Stars : Idrees Sulieman, tp; Webster Young, cnt; John Coltrane, Bobby Jaspar, ts; Mal Waldron, p; Kenny Burrell, g; Paul Chambers, b; Art Taylor, d.
New York, March 22, 1957
1166 SOUL EYES
Taylor’s Wailers : John Coltrane, ts; Red Garland, p; Paul Chambers, b; Art Taylor, d.
New York, March 22, 1957
1167 C.T.A
John Coltrane, ts; Thelonious Monk, p; Wilbur Ware, b
New York, April 16, 1957
MONK’S MOOD
Prestige All Stars : Idrees Sulieman, tp; John Coltrane, ts; Tommy Flanagan, p; Kenny Burell, g; Doug Watkins, b; Louis Hayes, d.
Hackensack, April 18, 1957
1194 ECLYPSO
Mat Waldron Sextet : Bill Hardman, tp; Jackee McLean, as; John Coltrane, ts; Mal Waldron, p; Julian Euell, b; Art Taylor, d.
New York, April 19, 1957
1199 POTPOURRI
Paul Quinichette - John Coltrane Quintet : Paul Quinichette, John Coltrane, ts; Mal Waldron, p; Julian Euell, b; Ed Thigpen, d
Hackensack, May 17, 1957
1270 CATTIN’
1271 ANATOMY
1273 SUNDAY
PROPERBOX 136 JOHN COLTRANE - EARLY TRANE P DISC THREE : WHILE MY LADY SLEEPS DISCOGRAPHY
John Coltrane sextet : Johnny Splawn, tp; John Coltrane, ts; Sahib Shihab, bs; Mal Waldron, p; Paul Chambers, b; Albert “Tootie” Heath, d.
New York, May 31, 1957
1292 STRAIGHT STREET
1293 WHILE MY LADY SLEEPS (no, bs)
1294 CHRONIC BLUES
Same date as above, but Red Garland, p; replaces Mal Waldron
1295 BAKAI
1296 VIOLETS FOR YOUR FURS ( no, tp, bs)
1297 TIME WAS (no, tp, bs)
1298 I HEAR A RHAPSODY
Thelonious Monk Quartet : John Coltrane, ts; Thelonious Monk, p; Wilbur Ware, b; Shadow Wilson, d.
New York, July 1957
NUTTY
RUBY, MY DEAR
TRINKLE TINKLE
John Coltrane Trio : John Coltrane, ts; Earl May, b; Art Taylor, d.
New York, August 16, 1957
1334-1 TRANE’S SLOW BLUES
1335 LIKE SOMEONE IN LOVE
PROPERBOX 136 JOHN COLTRANE - EARLY TRANE P DISC FOUR : MOMENT’S NOTICE
John Coltrane with Red Garland Trio : John Coltrane, ts; Red Garland, p; Paul Chambers, b; Art Taylor, d.
New York, August 23, 1957
1337 YOU LEAVE ME BREATHLESS
1338 BASS BLUES
1339 SOFT LIGHTS AND SWEET MUSIC
1340 TRANEING IN
1341 SLOW DANCE
John Coltrane Sextet : Lee Morgan, tp; Curtis Fuller,, tb; John Coltrane, ts; Kenny Drew, p; Paul Chambers, b; Philly Joe Jones, d.
New York, September 15, 1957
LAZY BIRD
MOMENT’
S NOTICE
BLUE TRAIN
LOCOMOTION
I’M OLD FASHIONED
