John Coltrane Sessionography
(Last modified: 6:10 PM, January 11, 2003.)
Allan J. Sutherland.
The discography is by recording session, and lists the source from my collection.
John Coltrane Session 46-07-13:
Date: 13 July 1946.
Place: Hawaii.
Ensemble: Jam Session by Navy Musicians: Dexter Culbertson trumpet, John Coltrane alto sax, Norman Poulshock piano, Willie Stauder bass, Joe Theimer (aka Timer), drums, Benny Thomas vocal, on 1, 4, 5, 7.
Recording: Private recordings, on acetates; five discs to be exact.
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Alternative Issues:
Recent Available Issue: John Coltrane The Last Giant: The John Coltrane Anthology. Rhino CD R2-71255, for item 8, only.
1. Embraceable You (2:48)
2. Ornithology (2:40)
3. Sweet Miss (2:55) (2:44)
4. It’s Only a Paper Moon (1:50) (1:53)
5. Sweet Lorraine (2:50) (2:48)
6. Koko (2:13) (2:16)
7. Now’s the Time (2:42) (2:41)
8. Hot House (2:00)
Notes: There are 5 unnumbered discs, of which only 4 or 5 copies were made, of only items 6 and 8 were released generally.
The influence of bebop, Charlie Parker in particular, is incredible, and obvious, especially given the time of these recordings, soon after the first bebop discs hit the street.
(Copies of recordings for items 1, 3 – 7 provided by Jan Lohmann and Chris DeVito, of item 1 & 2 was supplied by MJ.)
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John Coltrane Session 49-11-21:
Date: 21 November 1949.
Place: New York City, NY.
Ensemble: Dizzy Gillespie and His Orchestra: Dizzy Gillespie trumpet, on all, voc on 3 only, Don Slaughter trumpet, Elmon Wright trumpet, Willie Cook trumpet, Matthew Gee trombone, Charlie “Majeed” Greenlee trombone, Sam Hurt trombone, Jimmy Heath alto sax, John Coltrane alto sax, Jessie Powell tenor sax, Paul Gonsalves tenor sax, Al Gibson baritone sax, John Acea piano, John Collins guitar, Al McKibbon bass, Charles ‘Specs’ Wright drums, Tiny Irvin voc on 4 only.
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Alternative Issues:
Recent Available Issue: All items on LP, Cap, (J) CR8084, otherwise 1 & 2 are on the CD Cap(J) TOCJ-5621-8. Capital Jazz Classics- Be Bop, Professors.
1. Tally Ho (3:06)
2. Say When (3:06)
3. You Stole My Wife (3:03)
4. I Can’t Remember (2:48)
Notes: Information for this session from David Wild’s Coltrane Discography, (Spring 1979).
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John Coltrane Session 50-01-09:
Date: 09 January 1950.
Place: New York City NY.
Ensemble: Dizzy Gillespie and His Orchestra: Dizzy Gillespie trumpet, vocals, Don Slaughter trumpet, Elmon Wright trumpet, Willie Cook trumpet, Matthew Gee trombone, Charlie Greenlea trombone, Sam Hurt trombone, Jimmy Heath alto sax, John Coltrane alto sax, Jessie Powell tenor sax, Paul Gonsalves, tenor sax, Al Gibson barritone sax, John Acea piano, Floyd Smith guitar, Al McKibbon bass, Charles ‘Specs’ Wright drums, Tiny Irvin, Joe Carroll vocals, Carlos Duchesne conga, Francisco (Cahno) Pozo bongo, Floyd Smith guitar, John Collins g
Recording: Commercial for Capitol.
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Alternative Issues:
Recent Available Issue: All on LP only; Cap(J) CR8084; only 1, 2, are on CD, Cap(J) TOCJ-5621-8.
1. Coast To Coast (3:13)
2. Oo-La-La (2:49)
3. Honeysuckle Rose (2:48)
4. Carambol (2:59)
Notes: It is obviously a Gillespie session, from the outset, this is Gillespie in his peak strengths. Was not the second item used in a movie.
(Copy of recordings items for 1 & 2 kindly supplied by Claude Lortie, and of items 3 & 4 kindly supplied by Jan Lohmann.)
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John Coltrane Session 50-00-00:
Date: ???, 1950.
Place: Chicago.
Ensemble: Dizzy Gillespie Sextet: Dizzy Gillespie trumpet, Jimmy Heath alto sax, John Coltrane alto sax, Milt Jackson vibraphone, Percy Heath bass, Charles ‘Specs’ Wright drums,
Recording: : Private tape.
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Alternative Issues:
Recent Available Issue: (Unissued.)
1. Nice Work if you can get it (4:57)
2. Night in Tunisa (7:48)
3. Emanon (6:18)
Notes: This is the recording famous for the train heard in the background.
(Copy of recording kindly supplied by Chris DeVito.)
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John Coltrane Session 51-01-06:
Date: 06 January 1951.
Place: Birdland, New York city, NY.
Ensemble: Dizzy Gillespie Septet: Dizzy Gillespie trumpet, John Coltrane alto sax, Milt Jackson vibraphone, Billie Taylo, piano, Percy Heath bass, Art Blakey drums, Joe Carroll v on 4.
Recording: Private tape, radio broadcast.
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Alternative Issues:
Recent Available Issue: Oberon 5100; items 1 - 3; Duke D109, for items 3, & 4; Dizzy Gillespie, Birks Works, Duke LP D109, (isn’t the latter now on CD?).
1. Congo Blues (3:15)
2. Yesterdays (3:30)
3. Night in Tunisa (7:00)
4. Ooh-Pa-Pa-Dah (5:30)
Notes: Information for items 2, & 4, from David Wild’s Coltrane Discography, (Spring 1979).
(Copy of recording kindly supplied by Jan Lohmann.)
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John Coltrane Session 51-03-13:
Date: 13 January 1951.
Place: Birdland New York City, NY.
Ensemble: Dizzy Gillespie Septet: Dizzy Gillespie trumpet, John Coltrane alto sax, Milt Jackson vibraphone, Billie Taylor piano, Percy Heath bass, Art Blakey drums, Joe Carroll v on 4, Symphony Sid ann. between each tune.
Recording: Private tape, broadcast, Brian Rose/radio broadcast.
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Alternative Issues:
Recent Available Issue: John Coltrane The Last Giant: The John Coltrane Anthology. Rhino CD R2-71255, for item 1, time for that from there; Broadcast Tribute LP, BT 009, Dizzy Gillespie, Birks Works, Duke LP D109, (isn’t the latter now on CD?).
1. Good Groove (3:58)
2. Tin Tin Daeo (No. 1) (3:15)
3. Birk’s Works (3:48)
4. Wow (3:15) (Unissued).
5. Good Bait (3:52)
6. Jumpin’ with Symphony Sid (Incomplete.) (0:02)
Notes: I have items 2, 3, & 5 on private tape, listed as Groovin’ High is this what is listed here as Good Groove, or is it Wow; this is being investigated.
(Copy of recording kindly supplied by Claude Lortie.)
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John Coltrane Session 51-01-20:
Date: 20 January 1951.
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Ensemble: Dizzy Gillespie Septet: Dizzy Gillespie trumpet, John Coltrane alto sax, Milt Jackson vibraphone, Billie Taylor piano, Percy Heath bass, Art Blakey drums, Joe Carroll vocals on 4, Symphony Sid announcements between each tune.
Recording: Private tape, radio broadcast, Brian Rose.
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Alternative Issues:
Recent Available Issue: Broadcast Tribute BT 009, for items 2, & 3.
1. Groovin High (5:00)
2. I Can’t Get Started (3:00) (Unissued)
3. Night in Tunisia (5:30)
4. Ooh-Pa-Pa-Dah (5:00) (Unissued)
5. Jumpin’ with Symphony Sid (0:13) (Unissued)
Notes: Information for this session from David Wild’s Coltrane Discography, (Spring 1979).
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John Coltrane Session 51-02-03:
Date: 03 February 1951.
Place: Birdland, New York City, NY.
Ensemble: Dizzy Gillespie Octet: Dizzy Gillespie trumpet, v on 3 - 5, J. J. Johnson trombone, on 3, John Coltrane alto sax, Milt Jackson vibraphone, Billie Taylor piano, Percy Heath bass, Art Blakey drums, Joe Carroll v on 3, Symphony Sid ann. between each tune.
Recording: Private tape, radio broadcast, Brian Rose.
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Alternative Issues:
Recent Available Issue: Oberon 5100 for items 1, 2, & 5; 4, BT 009, for item 3 GAJ(I)JZCD316.
1. Birks Works (5:30)
2. I Can’t Get Started (3:00)
3. Lady Be Good (2:30) (Unissued)
4. Good Bait (6:15)
5. Jumpin’ with Symphony Sid (3:07)
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(Copy of recording kindly supplied by Jan Lohmann.)
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John Coltrane Session 51-03-01:
Date: 01 March 1951.
Place: Detroit, Michigan.
Ensemble: Dizzy Gillespie Septet: Dizzy Gillespie trumpet, John Coltrane alto sax, tenor sax, Milt Jackson vibraphone, piano, on 1, Kenny Burrell guitar, Percy Heath bass, Carl ‘Kansas’ Fields drums, Fred Strong v on 1,2, The Calypso Boys include Fred Strong (1 congo, 1 maracas 1 claves on 2.
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Alternative Issues:
Recent Available Issue: Dizzy Gillespie The Champ, Nippon Columbia CD,. COCY-9824, listings and times for these from there; John Coltrane The Last Giant: The John Coltrane Anthology. Rhino CD R2-71255, for item 1.
1. We Love to Boogie (2:50)
2. Birk’s Works (3:05)
3. Tin Tin Daeo (2:38)
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John Coltrane Session 51-03-17:
Date: 17 March 1951.
Place: Birdland, New York City, NY.
Ensemble: Dizzy Gillespie trumpet, vocal on 3, J.J. Johnson trombone, John Coltrane alto sax, tenor sax, Milt Jackson vibraphone, John Lewis piano, Percy Heath bass, Kansas Fields, drums, Joe Carroll vocal on 3, Symphony Sid announcements between each tune.
Recording: Private tape by Boris Rose from a radio broadcast.
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Alternative Issues:
Recent Available Issue: Oberon 5100 for item 1; BT 009, for items 1, 2, 5 & 6.
1. Birk’s Works (5:30)
2. Tin Tin Daeo (5:30)
3. Lady Be Good (2:30) (Unissued.)
4. I Can’t Get Started (3:30) (Unissued.)
5. The Champ, (6:15)
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(Copy of recording kindly supplied by Jan Lohmann.)
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John Coltrane Session 52-01-19 :
Date: 19 January 1952.
Place: Philadelphia, PA.
Ensemble: James Robertson trumpet, Gay Cross tenor sax, vo, on 1, 2, John Coltrane alto sax, on 5, tenor sax, on 1 & 2, Charles Ross piano, John Lathan bass, Charles ‘Specs’ Wright drums, chorus by members on 1, 2.
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Alternative Issues:
Recent Available Issue: John Coltrane The Last Giant: The John Coltrane Anthology, Rhino CD R2-71255, for item 5.
1. Fat Sam From Birmingham (3:08)
2. Fat Sam From Birmingham (3:12)
3. Bittersweet (?:??) (Unissued)
4. Bittersweet (?:??) (Unissued)
5. Bittersweet (3:25)
6. Bittersweet (?:??) (Unissued)
7. Slow and Easy (?:??) (Unissued)
8. No Better You (?:??) (Unissued)
Notes: (Items 1- 4, & 6 -7, not in my collection.)
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John Coltrane Session 52-00-00:
Date: ??? ??, 1952.
Place: Nashville, TN.
Ensemble: Christine Kittrell and Gay Crosse with the Good Humour Six: Tommy Turrentine trumpet, Gay Crosse tenor sax, vocal, John Coltrane tenor sax, Stanley ‘Stash’ O’Laughlin piano, Alvin Jackson bass, Oliver Jackson drums, Christine Kittrell vocals.
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Alternative Issues:
Recent Available Issue:
1. Gotta Stop, Loving You (3:08)
Notes: Source Fujioka, (1995), who notes that it is probably from January 1952.
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John Coltrane Session 52-00-00:
Date: ??? ??, 1952.
Place: Nashville, TN.
Ensemble: Gay Crosse with the Good Humour Six: Tommy Turrentine trumpet, Gay Crosse tenor sax, vo, John Coltrane tenor sax, Stanley ‘Stash’ O’Laughlin piano, Alvin Jackson bass, Oliver Jackson drums,
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Alternative Issues:
Recent Available Issue: Republic 7008 3& 4, Republic 7027 1 & 2,
1. Easy Rockin’ (?:??)
2. G. C. Rock (?:??)
3. No Better for You (?:??)
4.Tired of Being Shoved Around (?:??)
Notes: Source Fujioka, (1995).
(All not in my collection.)
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John Coltrane Session 52-00-00:
Date: ??? ??, 1952.
Place:. Nashville, TN.
Ensemble: Charles Ruckles vo, piano, John Coltrane tenor sax, unk tenor sax, bass, drums,
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Alternative Issues:
Recent Available Issue:
1. I Got a Feelin’ (3:10)
Notes: Source Fujioka, (1995).
(All not in my collection.)
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John Coltrane Session 52-04-07:
Date: April 07, 1952.
Place: Cincinnati
Ensemble: Earl Bostic and his Orchestra: Gene Redd trumpet, vibraphone, Joe Mitchell trumpet, Earl Bostic alto sax, Pinky Williams alto sax, John Coltrane tenor sax, Joe Knight, piano, Harold Grant, guitar, Ike Isaacs bass, Specs Wright drums,
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Alternative Issues:
Recent Available Issue:
1. Velvet Sunset (3:03)
2. Moonglow (2:36)
3. Ain’t Misbehavin’ (2:25)
4. Linger Awhile(3:03)
Notes: Information for this session from David Wild’s Coltrane Discography, (Spring 1979).
(All not in my collection.)
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John Coltrane Session 52-04-00:
Date: April ??, 1952.
Place: Nashville
Ensemble: Gaye Crosse and his Band: Tommy Turrentine trumpet, John Coltrane alto sax, tenor sax, Gay Crosse tenor sax, vocs, Stash O’Laughlin piano, Alvin Jackson bass, Oliver Jackson drums,
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Alternative Issues:
Recent Available Issue: Gotham 276, for item 2.
1. Bittersweet (?:??)
2. Fat Sam From Birmingham bass, (?:??)
Notes: Information for this session from David Wild’s Coltrane Discography, (Spring 1979), who notes that the titles are unconfirmed, but probable.
(All not in my collection.)
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John Coltrane Session 54-06-00:
Date: June ??, 1954.
Place: Los Angeles, CA.
Ensemble: Johnny Hodges ad His Orchestra: Harold “Shorty” Baker trumpet, Lawrence Brown trombone, Johnny Hodges alto sax, John Coltrane tenor sax, Call Cobbs piano, John Williams bass, Joes Marshall drums, Unknown vo, on 4 & 5.
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Alternative Issues:
Recent Available Issue:
1. Thru for the night (4:29)
2. Castle Rock (4:23)
3. In a MelloTone (7:09)
4. I’ve Got a Mind to Ramble Blues (2:16)
5. Don’t Cry Baby Blues (3:10)
6. Burgundy Walk (4:24)
7. Don’t Blame Me (2:53)
Notes: Information for this session from David Wild’s Coltrane Discography, (Spring 1979).
(All not in my collection.)
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John Coltrane Session 54-07-02:
Date: July 02, 1954.
Place: Radio Recorders, LA.
Ensemble: Johnny Hodges and His Orchestra: Harold “Shorty” Baker trumpet, Lawrence Brown trombone, Johnny Hodges alto sax, John Coltrane tenor sax, Call Cobbs piano, John Williams bass, Lou Bellson drums,
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Alternative Issues:
Recent Available Issue: LP: The Rabbit’s Work on Verve in Chronological Order 1954. Used to Be Duke Verve CD 846 394-2.
1. Burgundy Walk (7:03)
2. On the Sunny Side Of The Street (2:55)
3. Sweet As Bear Meat (3:15)
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John Coltrane Session 54-08-05:
Date: August 05, 1954.
Place: L.A.
Ensemble: Johnny Hodges and His Orchestra: Harold “Shorty” Baker trumpet, Lawrence Brown trombone, Johnny Hodges alto sax, Jimmy Hamilton tenor sax, omit on 11 & 12, cl, on 5 - 9, John Coltrane tenor sax, except 1, 2, 3, 4, 9, 10, 11, 12, Cal Cobbs piano, omit on 9, Richie Powell piano, on 9, John Williams bass, Louis Bellson drums, Unknown tambourine on 11 and 12.
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Alternative Issues:
Recent Available Issue: Johnny Hodges and his Orchestra, Used to be Duke, Verve CD Vrv 849 349-2, times of issued items from there.
1. Madam Butterfly (3:15)
2. Warm Valley (?:??) (Unissued.)
3. Warm Valley (?:??) (Unissued.)
4. Warm Valley (3:21)
5 Used To Be Duke (?:??) (Unissued.)
6. Used To Be Duke (?:??) (Unissued.)
7. Used To Be Duke (?:??) (Unissued.)
8. Used To Be Duke (7:20)
9. Ballad Medley (14:48)
Autumn in New York.
Sweet Lorraine.
Smoke Gets in Your Eyes
If You Were Mine
Poor Butterfly
10. All of Me (3:05)
11. Skokiaan (?:??)
12. Skokiaan(2:35)
13. Burgundy Walk (?:??)
14. Sunny Side Of The Street (?:??)
15. Sweet As Bear Meat (?:??)
16. All Of Me (?:??)
Notes: Some information for this session from David Wild’s Coltrane Discography, (Spring 1979).
(Unissued items not in my collection.)
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John Coltrane Session 55-10-18:
Date: October 18, 1955.
Place: New York City, NY. Basin St. East Broadcast
Ensemble: Miles Davis trumpet, John Coltrane tenor sax, Red Garland piano, Paul Chambers bass, Philly Joe Jones drums,
Recording: Private tape made by Boris Rose from the NBC-TV Broadcast “The Steve Allen Tonight Show.”
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Alternative Issues:
Recent Available Issue: Items 1, 2 & 4 can be found on “Miles Davis Rare Unreleased Broadcasts,” CD, YADEON 502, listings and time, read by my CD-ROM, from there for issued items.
1. Ann (1:38) PT
2. Max Is Making Wax (3:15)
3. (Interview) (2:00) PT
4. It Never Entered My Mind (2:50)
Notes: Sometimes this is mistakenly listed alto sax, recorded on November 11, 1955.
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John Coltrane Session 55-10-27:
Date: October 27, 1955.
Place: Columbia 799 Seventh Avenue Studio, New York City, NY.
Ensemble: Miles Davis trumpet, John Coltrane tenor sax, Red Garland piano, Paul Chambers bass, Philly Joe Jones drums,
Recording: Commercial for Columbia.
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Alternative Issues:
Recent Available Issue: Miles Davis ‘Round About Midnight,’ Sony 20 bit super mapping Mastersound CD SSRCS 9101, for item 12, time from there; Budo Master, on Evolution of a Genius: Miles Davis 1945-1958 GOJ(I) CDB1203 (3 CDs) and GOJ(I) CD53063, for item 27; Miles Davis, 1958 Miles, Sony 20 bit super mapping, Mastersound CD, SRCS 9102, for item for item 20, times from there; Miles Davis, Circle Around the Sun, for item 6.
1. Two Bass Hit (Take 1) (False start) (3:28) (Unissued.)
2. Two Bass Hit (Take 2) (3:30)
3. Two Bass Hit (Take 3) (2 False starts +) (Incomplete.) (1:21) (Unissued.)
4. Two Bass Hit (Take 4) (Incomplete.) (0:16)
5. Two Bass Hit (Take 5) (3:23)
6. Two Bass Hit Master (Take 2 + take 5) (3:43)
7. Ah-Leu-Cha (Take 1) (5:47) (Unissued.)
8. Ah-Leu-Cha (Take 2) (Incomplete.) (0:11) (Unissued.)
9. Ah-Leu-Cha (Take 3) (Incomplete.) (0:16) (Unissued.)
10. Ah-Leu-Cha (Take 4) (False start +) (5:56)
11. Ah-Leu-Cha (Take 5) (5:32)
12. Ah-Leu-Cha (Master) (take 5 + take 4) (5:50)
13. Billy Boy (Take 1) (Incomplete) (0:26) (Unissued.)
14. Billy Boy (Take 2) (False start +) (10:56) (Unissued.)
15. Billy Boy (Take 3) (8:20) (Unissued.)
16. Little Melonae (Take 1) (Rehearsal +) (Incomplete) (1:03) (Unissued.)
17. Little Melonae (Take 2) (2 False starts +) (8:40)
18. Little Melonae (Take 3) (False start +) (6:30)
19. Little Melonae (Take 4) (the theme) (Incomplete) (0:35)
20. Little Melonae (Master) (take 2 + take 3 + take 4) (7:19)
21. Budo (Take 1) Rehearsal + 4 (False start +)(5:00)
22. Budo (Take 2) (False start +) (4:10) (Unissued.)
23. Budo (Take 3) (2 False starts +) (Incomplete.) (0:08, ):08, 0:11) (Unissued.)
24. Budo (Take 4) (Incomplete.) (0:51) (Unissued.)
25. Budo (Take 5) (Incomplete.) (0:32) (Unissued.)
26. Budo (Take 6) (4:13)
27. Budo (Master) (take 1 + take 6 + take 1) (4:16)
Notes: The Sony, 1958 Miles, release states that item 20 ws recorded either on this date or on March 04, 1958, which is strange as the timing of the track fits quite perfectly the one listed for this date, furthermore Fujioka noted that the item was misdaated as the March date on one release of this track.
Source of information concerning unissued takes, and the composition of issued takes edited together from multiple takes by Teo Macero, Fujioka, (1995), who remarks that he is in possession of all the above on tape, which were analysed by his friends:
1. Two Bass Hit master: until the end of the 6th chorus of Coltrane’s solo it is take 2, from then on it is take 5.
2. Ah-Leu-Cha: Until 1:59 it is take 5, then, from the middle of the trumpet solo to the end it is take 4.
3. Little Melonae master: until the middle of the trumpet solo it is take 2, from then until the end of all solos it is take 3, wherupon the ending theme is from take 4.
4. Budo Master the motif is from take 1, the solo parts and the coda are from take 6, finishing with take 1.
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John Coltrane Session 55-11-16:
Date: November 16, 1955.
Place: Van Gelder, Hackensack studio, N.J.
Ensemble: Miles Davis trumpet, John Coltrane tenor sax, (except 4) Red Garland piano, Paul Chambers bass, Philly Joe Jones drums,
Recording: Commercial for Prestige.
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Alternative Issues:
Recent Available Issue: Various issues; Miles Davis The Complete Prestige Recordings Prst (J) VICJ40225-232, Disc 6, times taken from there.
1. Stablemates (5:21)
2. How Am I To Know (4:38)
3. Just Squeeze Me (7:26)
4. There is no Grater Love (5:18)
5. Miles’ Theme (5:18)
6. S’posin’ (5:14)
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John Coltrane Session 56-03-01 or 03:
Date: March 01 or 02, 1956.
Place: L.A.
Ensemble: Paul Chambers Quartet: John Coltrane tenor sax, except on 4, Kenny Drew piano, Paul Chambers piano, Philly Joe Jones drums,
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Alternative Issues:
Recent Available Issue: Paul Chambers/John Coltrane High Step. Blue Note CD, BN (J) CJ28-5160.
1. Dexterity (6:38)
2. Eastbound (4:20)
3. Easy To Love (3:50)
4. Visitations (4:55)
5. John Paul Jones (6:55)
6. Stablemates (5:50)
7. That’s What I’ve Been Thru (?:??) (Unissued.)
Notes: Information for this session from David Wild’s Coltrane Discography, (Spring 1979).
(All not in my collection.)
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John Coltrane Session 56-04-20:
Date: April 20, 1956.
Place: Boston, Massachusetts.
Ensemble: Paul Chambers Sextet: Curtis Fuller trombone, John Coltrane tenor sax, Pepper Adams barritone sax, Roland Alexander piano, Paul Chambers bass, Philly Joe Jones drums,
Recording: Commercial for Blue Note.
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Alternative Issues:
Recent Available Issue: Paul Chambers/John Coltrane High Step. Blue Note CD, BN (J) CJ28-5160.
1. Trane’s Strane (11:00)
2. Nixon, Dixon And Yates Blues (8:25)
3. High Step, (8:07)
Notes: Information for this session from David Wild’s Coltrane Discography, (Spring 1979).
(Copy of recording kindly supplied by Claude Lortie.)
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John Coltrane Session 56-05-07:
Date: May 07, 1956.
Place: Van Gelder Studio- Hackensack, NJ.
Ensemble: Elmo Hope Sextet: Donald Byrd trumpet, Hank Mobley tenor sax, John Coltrane tenor sax, Elmo Hope piano, Paul Chambers bass, Philly Joe Jones drums,
Recording: Commercial for Prestige.
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Alternative Issues:
Recent Available Issue: John Coltrane The Complete Prestige Recordings, Fan 16PCD-4405-2. Disc 1, listing and times from there.
1. Weejah (11:07)
2. Polka Dots And Moonbeams (8:37)
3. On It (9:00)
4. Avalon (9:38)
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John Coltrane Session 56-05-11:
Date: May 11, 1956.
Place: Van Gelder Studio- Hackensack, NJ.
Ensemble: Miles Davis Quintet: Miles Davis trumpet, (except 7) John Coltrane tenor sax, (except 4, 7, 9) Red Garland piano, Paul Chambers bass, Philly Joe Jones drums,
Recording: Commercial for Prestige.
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Alternative Issues:
Recent Available Issue: Various issues; All, on Miles Davis The Complete Prestige Recordings Prst (J) VICJ40225-232; 1-5 on Disc 6; 6-12, 14 on disc 7; 13 on disc 8, listings and times taken from there.
1. In Your Own Sweet Way (5:41)
2. It Could Happen To You (6:34)
3. Diane (6:34)
4. Trane’s Blues (8:23)
5. Something I Dreamed Last Night. (6:10)
6. Surrey With The Fringe On Top, (9:02)
7. Ahmed’s Blues (7:21)
8. Salt Peanuts (6:04)
9. Woodyn’ You (4:59)
10. It Never Entered My mind (5:21)
11. When I Fall in Love (4:22)
12. Four (7:11)
13. The Theme, I (1:58)
14. The Theme, II (1:03)
Notes: See the above note regarding track 4. This became known as a ‘marathon session,’ as, Miles did it in one session of single takes to complete his contract with Prestige before officially moving to Columbia, with whom he had already recorded.
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John Coltrane Session 56-05-24:
Date: May 24, 1956.
Place: Van Gelder Studio- Hackensack, NJ.
Ensemble: Sonny Rollins Quartet: Sonny Rollins tenor sax, John Coltrane tenor sax, (4 only) Red Garland piano, Paul Chambers bass, Philly Joe Jones drums,
Recording: Commercial for Prestige.
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Alternative Issues:
Recent Available Issue: Track 4 only, John Coltrane The Complete Prestige Recordings, Fan 16PCD-4405-2. Disc 1, time from there. All tracks are on The Complete Prestige Recordings Prst (J) VICJ40053-59.
1. My Reverie (5:57)
2. The Most Beautiful Girl in the World (5:28)
3. When Your Lover has Gone (6:00)
4. Tenor Madness (12:14)
Notes: Tenor Madness is also known as ‘Sportin Crowd’ by Hank Mobley, and ‘Royal Roost’ by Kenny Clarke.
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John Coltrane Session 56-06-05:
Date: 05 June, 1956.
Place: Columbia 30th Street Studio, New York City, NY.
Ensemble: Miles Davis Quintet: Miles Davis trumpet, John Coltrane tenor sax, Red Garland piano, Paul Chambers bass, Philly Joe Jones drums,
Recording: Commercial for Columbia.
Recording Engineer:
Alternative Issues:
Recent Available Issue: Items 2, 8, 12; on Miles Davis ‘Round About Midnight,’ Sony CD SSRCS 9101; times as, read for these items from here.
1. Dear Old Stockholm (Incomplete.) (1:00) (Unissued.)
2. Dear Old Stockholm (7:53)
3. Dear Old Stockholm (Incomplete.) (1:45) (Unissued.)
4. Dear Old Stockholm (Incomplete.) (0:30) (Unissued.)
5. Dear Old Stockholm (False start +) (7:30) (Unissued.)
6. Bye Bye Blackbird (7:52) (Unissued.)
7. Bye Bye Blackbird (Rehearsal + Incomplete.) (0:09) (Unissued.)
8. Bye Bye Blackbird (7:59)
9. Tadd’s Delight (Incomplete) (1:27) (Unissued.)
10. Tadd’s Delight (Incomplete) (0:34) (Unissued.)
11. Tadd’s Delight (Incomplete) (0:31) (Unissued.)
12. Tadd’s Delight (4:31)
13. Tadd’s Delight (4:21) (Unissued.)
14. Tadd’s Delight(Incomplete) (0:49) (Unissued.)
15. Tadd’s Delight (4:20) (Unissued.)
16. Dear Old Stockholm (6:42) (Unissued.)
Notes: As appears to be not uncommon with Japanese releases of recordings that the information is incorrect; the track listings for item 8 is inverted with the track preceding it, All of You; track 3 on the disc, in the inner information sheet. Listing and timings of unissued items Fujioka, (1995).
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John Coltrane Session 56-07-14:
Date: 14 July, 1956.
Place: Peacock Alley, St Louis Ma.
Ensemble: Miles Davis Quintet: Miles Davis trumpet, except 3, John Coltrane tenor sax, except 3, Red Garland piano, Paul Chambers bass, Philly Joe Jones drums,
Recording: Live afternoon radio broadcast “House of Joy, KXLW- Am 1320” “Spider Burks”.
Recording Engineer:
Alternative Issues:
Recent Available Issue: The Miles Davis Quintet at Peacock Alley July 14 & 21, 1956 St. Louis Mo. Presided over by the Legendary Spider Burks, A Spider Web, Production from Spider Nest Archives. Soulard CD VGM-SOU-1997 6DN40; listing and times from here.
1. Announcement by Spider Burks (0:41)
2. Ah-leu-cha (5:53)
3. A Foggy Day (5:19)
4. All of You (6:35)
5. Woody’n’ You (5:13)
6. Walkin’ (7:27)
Notes:
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John Coltrane Session 56-07-21:
Date: 21 July, 1956.
Place: Peacock Alley, St Louis Ma.
Ensemble: Miles Davis Quintet: Miles Davis trumpet, except 3, John Coltrane tenor sax, except 3, Red Garland piano, Paul Chambers bass, Philly Joe Jones drums,
Recording: Live afternoon radio broadcast “House of Joy, KXLW- Am 1320” “Spider Burks”.
Recording Engineer:
Alternative Issues:
Recent Available Issue: The Miles Davis Quintet at Peacock Alley July 14 & 21, 1956 St. Louis Mo. Presided over by the Legendary Spider Burks, A Spider Web, Production from Spider Nest Archives. Soulard CD VGM-SOU-1997 6DN40.
1. Two Bass Hit (5:15)
2. Well You Needn’t (7:39)
3. Billy Boy (4:23)
4. All of You (11:03)
5. Oleo (6:07)
6. Aerigin (7:01)
7. Theme (1:17)
Notes: Item 5 on the disc is mistakenly listed as Airegin, and item 6 as Newk, and item 7 as Newk #2/Theme.
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John Coltrane Session 56-09-07:
Date: 07 September, 1956.
Place: Van Gelder Studio- Hackensack, N.J.
Ensemble: Hank Mobley tenor sax, Al Coh, tenor sax, Zoot Sims tenor sax, John Coltrane tenor sax, Red Garland piano, Paul Chambers bass, Art Taylor drums,
Recording: Commercial for Prestige.
Recording Engineer:
Alternative Issues:
Recent Available Issue: All on John Coltrane- The Complete Prestige Recordings, Fan 16 PCD-4405-2. Discs 1 & 2, times and listings from there.
1. Tenor Conclave (8:16)
2. How Deep, Is The Ocean (15:04)
3. Just You, Just Me (9:26)
4. Bob’s Boys (11:02.
Notes:
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John Coltrane Session 56-09-10:
Date: 10 September, 1956.
Place: Columbia 30th Street Studio, New York City, NY.
Ensemble: Miles Davis Quintet: Miles Davis trumpet, John Coltrane tenor sax, except Red Garland piano, Paul Chambers bass, Philly Joe Jones drums,
Recording: Commercial for Columbia.
Recording Engineer:
Alternative Issues:
Recent Available Issue: Items 1 & 3; on Miles Davis ‘Round About Midnight,’ Sony CD SSRCS 9101; times for these items from here.
1. All Of You (7:31) (Unissued.)
2. All Of You (7:04)
3. All Of You (Incomplete.) (0:53)
All Of You (Master take 2 + take 3.) (6:58)
4. Sweet Sue (4:21) (Unissued.)
5. Sweet Sue (Incomplete.) (3:35) (Unissued.)
6. Sweet Sue (Incomplete.) (0:51) (Unissued.)
7. Sweet Sue (Incomplete.) (0:21) (Unissued.)
8. Sweet Sue (Incomplete.) (0:26) (Unissued.)
9. Sweet Sue (Incomplete.) (0:56) (Unissued.)
10. Sweet Sue (5:21) (Unissued.)
11. Sweet Sue (3:30) (Unissued.)
12. Sweet Sue (Incomplete.) () (Unissued.)
13. Sweet Sue (Incomplete.) () (Unissued.)
14. Sweet Sue (3:41)
15. ‘Round Midnight (False start +) (5:58)
Notes: See my note above regarding the recent Sony Master sound release of this CD and the inversion of track times. Source; Fujioka, (1995), for the listings and times of unissued items, who states that the edited All Of You Master is, from the beginning to the coda, take 2, the coda is from take 3.
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John Coltrane Session 56-09-15:
Date: 15 September, 1956.
Place: Café Boheme, New York City, NY..
Ensemble: Miles Davis Quintet: Miles Davis trumpet, John Coltrane tenor sax, Red Garland piano, Paul Chambers bass, Philly Joe Jones drums,
Recording: Private tape. Radio Broadcast “Bandstand USA.”
Recording Engineer:
Alternative Issues:
Recent Available Issue:
1. Well You Needn’t (5:44) (Unissued.)
2. It Never Entered My Mind (5:11) (Unissued.)
Notes:
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John Coltrane Session 56-09-21:
Date: 21 September, 1956.
Place: Van Gelder Studio- Hackensack, NJ.
Ensemble: Paul Chambers Sextet: Donald Byrd trumpet, John Coltrane tenor sax, except items 6 -8, Horace Silver piano, Paul Chambers bass, Kenny Burrell guitar, Philly Joe Jones drums,
Recording:
Recording Engineer:
Alternative Issues:
Recent Available Issue: Items 3, 5, 6, 8, 9, 11, and 13 on Whims of Chambers Paul Chambers Sextet, BN BNLP 1534 and other issues.
1. We Six (?:??) (Unissued.)
2. We Six (?:??) (Unissued.)
3. We Six (7:21)
4. Omicron (?:??) (Unissued.)
5. Omicron (7:15)
6. Tale of the Fingers (4:41)
7. Whims of Chambers (?:??) (Unissued.)
8. Whims of Chambers (4:01)
9. Nita (6:30)
10. Just For The Love (?:??) (Unissued.)
11. Just For The Love (3:40)
12 Dear Ann (?:??) (Unissued.)
13. Dear Ann (4:16)
Notes: Source, listing and times of unissued items; Fujioka (1995).
(Unissued items not in my collection, a copy of the remainder kindly supplied by Claude Lortie.).)
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John Coltrane Session 56-09-29:
Date: 29 September, 1956.
Place: Café Bohemia, New York City, NY..
Ensemble: Miles Davis Quintet: Miles Davis trumpet, John Coltrane tenor sax, Red Garland piano, Paul Chambers bass, Philly Joe Jones drums,
Recording: Private tape, radio broadcast ‘Bandstand USA.’
Recording Engineer:
Alternative Issues:
Recent Available Issue:
1. A Gal in Calico (4:38) (Unissued.)
2. Stablemates (3:36) (Unissued.)
3. How am I to Know (Incomplete.) (4:17) (Unissued.)
Notes: Source, listing and times; Lohmann.
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John Coltrane Session 56-10-26:
Date: 26 October, 1956.
Place: Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack, N.J.
Ensemble: Miles Davis Quintet: Miles Davis trumpet, John Coltrane tenor sax, except item 12, Red Garland piano, Paul Chambers bass, Philly Joe Jones drums,
Recording: Commercial for Prestige.
Recording Engineer:
Alternative Issues:
Recent Available Issue: Various issues; All, on Miles Davis The Complete Prestige Recordings Prst (J) VICJ40225-232; 1 - 3 on disc 7; 8 - on disc 8, listings and times taken from there.
1. If I Were A Bell (8:05)
2. Well You Needn’t (6:16)
3. ‘Round Midnight (5:23)
4. Half Nelson (4:44)
5. You’re My Everything (False start +)(4:45)
6. Blues By Five (9:52)
7. I Could Write A Book (5:06)
8. Tune Up, (5:38)
9. When Lights Are Low (7:25)
10. Oleo (5:50)
11. Airegin (4:22)
12. My Funny Valentine (5:57)
Notes: This was known as a marathon session because they played only one take of each title.
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John Coltrane Session 56-11-30:
Date: 30 November, 1956.
Place: Van Gelder Studio- Hackensack, N.J.
Ensemble: Tadd Dameron Quartet: John Coltrane tenor sax, Tadd Dameron piano, John Simmons bass, Philly Joe Jones drums,
Recording: Commercial for Prestige.
Recording Engineer:
Alternative Issues:
Recent Available Issue: All on John Coltrane- The Complete Prestige Recordings, Fan 16PCD-4405-2. Disc 2, times and listings from there.
1. Mating Call (5:31)
2. Soultrane (5:21)
3. Gnid (5:06)
4. Super-Jet (5:51)
5. On A Misty Night (6:19)
6. Romas (7:45)
7. Romas (6:50)
Notes: Fujioka (1995), states that item 7 is an edited down version of item 6.
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John Coltrane Session 56-12-08:
Date: 08 December, 1956.
Place: Blue Note, Philadelphia, PA.
Ensemble: Miles Davis Quintet: Miles Davis trumpet, John Coltrane tenor sax, Red Garland piano, Paul Chambers bass, Philly Joe Jones drums,
Recording: Private tape, Radio broadcast. “Bandstand USA.”
Recording Engineer:
Alternative Issues:
Recent Available Issue: Items 2 & 3 can be found on “Miles Davis Rare Unreleased Broadcasts,” CD, YADEON 502, listings and time.
1. (Ann) (0:05) (Unissued.)
2. Tune-up, (4:35)
3. Walkin’ (5:20)
4. Four (Incomplete.) (0:01) (Unissued.)
Notes: There is a very curious thing about this CD; when item 3 ends with clapping, it immediately goes into Four and continues on; now the following track is Four, listed as being recorded on February 19, 1957; there is only the slightest hint of discontinuity, perhaps it is not.
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John Coltrane Session 57-03-22:
Date: 22 March, 1957.
Place: Van Gelder Studio- Hackensack, N.J.
Ensemble: Prestige All Stars: Webster Young trumpet, Idrees Sulieman trumpet, Bobby Jaspar tenor sax, John Coltrane tenor sax, Mal Waldron piano, Kenny Burrell guitar, Paul Chambers bass, Art Taylor drums, except for item 5; see the note below.
Recording: Commercial for Prestige.
Recording Engineer:
Alternative Issues:
Recent Available Issue: All on John Coltrane- The Complete Prestige Recordings, Fan 16PCD-4405-2. Discs 2 & 3, times for issued tracks from there.
1. Soul Eyes (17:29)
2. Anatomy (12:10) (Unissued, erased.)
3. Anatomy (11:30) (Unissued, erased.)
2. Anatomy (11:53)
3. Interplay (9:36)
4. Light Blue (7:49)
5. C.T.A (4:40)
Notes: Times for unissued items from Fujioka, (1995), who lists the following players for the last item, 5, John Coltrane tenor sax, Red Garland piano, Paul Chambers or George Joyner bass, Art Taylor drums, whereas The Complete Prestige Recordings booklet has no doubt regarding the bass being Paul Chambers; which is correct?
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John Coltrane Session 57-04-06:
Date: 06 April, 1957.
Place: Van Gelder Studio- Hackensack, N.J.
Ensemble: Johnny Griffin Septet: Lee Morgan trumpet, Johnny Griffin, tenor sax, Hank Mobley tenor sax, John Coltrane tenor sax, Wynton Kelly piano, Paul Chambers bass, Art Blakey drums,
Recording: Commercial for Blue Note.
Recording Engineer:
Alternative Issues:
Recent Available Issue: Johnny Griffin: A Blowing Session, Blue Note CD, TOCJ-1559, times for issued items from there.
1. Smokestack 3 (False start +) (10:52) (Unissued.)
2. Smokestack (9:58)
3. Smokestack (Incomplete (0:30) (0:07)
4. The Way You Look Tonight (False start +) (9:36)
5. Ball Bearing (8:06)
6. All The Things You Are (10:10)
Notes: Information for unissued items Fujioka (1995), who also states that item 4 is composed of the master plus a false start, however I could not say that from listening to it, it begins with a (0:12) drum intro.
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John Coltrane Session 57-04-13:
Date: 13 April, 1957.
Place: Café Bohemia, New York City, NY..
Ensemble: Miles Davis Quintet: Miles Davis trumpet, John Coltrane tenor sax, Red Garland piano, Paul Chambers bass, Philly Joe Jones drums,
Recording: Private tape of radio broadcast, “Bandstand USA”.
Recording Engineer:
Alternative Issues:
Recent Available Issue:
1. The Theme (1:32) (Unissued.)
2. Woody’n You (3:57) (Unissued.)
3. Walkin’ (4:05) (Unissued.)
4. All of You (Incomplete.) (4:43) (Unissued.)
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John Coltrane Session 57-04-16:
Date: 16 April, 1957.
Place: Reeves Sound Studio, New York City, NY.
Ensemble: John Coltrane tenor sax, Thelonious Monk piano, Wilbur Ware bass, Shadow Wilson drums,
Recording Commercial for Prestige.
Recording Engineer:
Alternative Issues:
Recent Available Issue: Thelonious Monk. The Complete Riverside recordings. RCD-022-2, listings and times from there.
1. Monk’s Mood (Incomplete.) (0:57)
2. Monk’s Mood (7:52)
Notes:
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John Coltrane Session 57-04-18:
Date: 18 April, 1957.
Place: Van Gelder Studio- Hackensack, New York City, NY.
Ensemble: Prestige All Stars: The Cats: Idrees Sulieman trumpet, John Coltrane tenor sax, except 4, Tommy Flanagan piano, Kenny Burrell guitar, Doug Watkins bass, Louis Hayes drums,
Recording: Commercial for Prestige.
Recording Engineer:
Alternative Issues:
Recent Available Issue: Items 1-3, 5 on John Coltrane- The Complete Prestige Recordings, Fan 16PCD-4405-2. Disc 3, times for those tracks from there.
1. Eclypso (7:54)
2. Solacium (9:08)
3. Minor Mishap, (7:24)
4. How Long Has This Been Going On (5:54)
5. Tommy’s Time (11:56)
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John Coltrane Session 57-04-19:
Date: 19 April, 1957.
Place: Van Gelder Studio- Hackensack, N.J.
Ensemble: Mal Waldron Sextet: Bill Hardman trumpet, Jackie McLean alto sax, John Coltrane tenor sax, Mal Waldron piano, Julian Euell bass, Art Taylor drums,
Recording: Commercial for Prestige.
Recording Engineer:
Alternative Issues:
Recent Available Issue: All on John Coltrane- The Complete Prestige Recordings, Fan 16 PCD-4405-2. Discs 3 & 4, listings and times from there.
1. Potpourri (6:34)
2. J.M.’s Dream Doll (8:35)
3. Don’t Explain (6:55)
4. Falling In Love With Love (11:37.
5. Blue Calypso (8:56)
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John Coltrane Session 57-04-20:
Date: 20 April, 1957.
Place: Van Gelder Studio- Hackensack, N.J.
Ensemble: Prestige All Stars: John Coltrane tenor sax, Cecil Payne, bars Pepper Adams bars Mal Waldron piano, Doug Watkins bass, Art Taylor drums,
Recording: Commercial for Prestige.
Recording Engineer:
Alternative Issues:
Recent Available Issue: All on John Coltrane- The Complete Prestige Recordings, Fan 16 PCD-4405-2. Disc 3, listings and times for issued tracks from there.
1. Dakar (7:07)
2. Mary’s Blues (6:45)
3. Route 4 (6:53)
4. Velvet Scene (4:53)
5. Watches’ Pit (6:40)
6. Cat Walk (7:11)
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John Coltrane Session 57-05-17:
Date: 17 May, 1957.
Place: Van Gelder Studio- Hackensack, N.J.
Ensemble: Mal Waldron Sextet: Idrees Sulieman trumpet, Sahib, Shihab alto sax, barritone sax, John Coltrane tenor sax, Mal Waldron piano, Julian Euell bass, Ed Thigpen drums,
Recording: Commercial for Prestige.
Recording Engineer:
Alternative Issues:
Recent Available Issue: 1, 2, & 4, on John Coltrane- The Complete Prestige Recordings, Fan 16 PCD-4405-2. Disc 4, listings and times for issued tracks from there.
1. The Way You Look Tonight (8:23)
2. From This Moment On (6:10)
3. From This Moment On (6:10) (Unissued.)
4. One By One (9:40)
Notes: Source for the unissued take Fujioka (1995).
(Item 3 not in my collection.)
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John Coltrane Session 57-05-17:
Date: 17 May, 1957.
Place: Van Gelder Studio- Hackensack, N.J.
Ensemble: Paul Quinichette/ John Coltrane: Paul Quinichette tenor sax, John Coltrane tenor sax, except 7- 10, Mal Waldron piano, Julian Euell bass, Ed Thigpen drums,
Recording: Commercial for Prestige.
Recording Engineer:
Alternative Issues:
Recent Available Issue: 1, 2, 3, & 6,on John Coltrane- The Complete Prestige Recordings, Fan 16 PCD-4405-2. Disc 5, times for these issued tracks from there.
1. Cattin’ (7:20)
2. Anatomy (8:48)
3. Vodka (9:04)
4. Sunday (Erased) (8:30) (Unissued.)
5. Sunday (Erased) (8:00) (Unissued.)
6. Sunday (6:58)
7. Tea For Two (8:04)
8. Exactly Like You (5:30)
9. Exactly Like You (6:30)
10. Exactly Like You (6:45)
Notes: (Information for items unissued Fujioka, 1995).
(Items 4, 5, & 6, not in my collection.)
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John Coltrane Session 57-05-31:
Date: 31 May, 1957.
Place: Van Gelder Studio- Hackensack, N.J.
Ensemble: John Coltrane Sextet: Johnny Splawn trumpet, except 6 - 8, John Coltrane tenor sax, Sahib, Shihab bars except 1, 3, 4 & 5, Red Garland piano, except on 4, 5, 6 & 7, Mal Waldron piano, except on 1, 2 & 3, Paul Chambers bass, Art Taylor drums,
Recording: Commercial for Prestige.
Recording Engineer:
Alternative Issues:
Recent Available Issue: John Coltrane- The Complete Prestige Recordings, Fan 16 PCD-4405-2. Disc 6, for issued items.
1. Straight Street (6:16)
2. While My Lady Sleeps (4:39)
3. Chronic Blues (8:10)
4. Bakai (8:39)
5. Bakai (?:??) (Unissued.)
6. Violets For Your Furs (6:14)
7. Time Was (7:25)
8. I Hear A Rhapsody (5:56)
Notes: This is Coltrane’s first album as leader, under his own name, which was issued with the title – Coltrane. According to the sleeve notes to the Complete Prestige Recordings, he had signed his contract with Prestige, after having failed to sign with the Blue Note label. Listing source for the unissued item, Fujioka (1995).
(Item 5 not in my collection.)
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John Coltrane Session 57-06-25:
Date: 25 June, 1957.
Place: Reeves Sound Studio, New York City, NY.
Ensemble: Thelonious Monk Septet: Ray Copeland trumpet, except 3, Gigi Gryce alto sax, except 2, Coleman Hawkins except 2, tenor sax, John Coltrane except 2, tenor sax, Thelonious Monk piano, Wilbur Ware bass, Art Blakey drums,
Recording: Commercial for Riverside.
Recording Engineer:
Alternative Issues:
Recent Available Issue: Thelonious Monk. The Complete Riverside recordings. RCD-022-2, Disc 4, times from there.
1. Crepuscule With Nellie (4:34)
2. Crepuscule With Nellie(Incomplete) (1:01)
3. Blues For Tomorrow (13:30)
Notes: Preparing for this session Monk spent many sleepless nights and subsequently became ill after recording 1, & 2, drawing the session to a premature close, to be continued the following day. Crepuscule With Nellie is, after all, an inordinately difficult piece to play, moreover the rest of the band were not sufficiently prepared. Regardless, an amazingly powerful, stimulating piece.
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John Coltrane Session 57-06-26:
Date: 26 June, 1957.
Place: Reeves Sound Studio, New York City, NY.
Ensemble: Thelonious Monk Septet: Ray Copeland trumpet, Gigi Gryce alto sax, Coleman Hawkins tenor sax, John Coltrane tenor sax, Thelonious Monk piano, Wilbur Ware bass, Art Blakey drums,
Recording: Commercial for Riverside.
Recording Engineer:
Alternative Issues:
Recent Available Issue: Thelonious Monk. The Complete Riverside Recordings. RCD-022-2, Discs 4 and 5, times from there.
1. Off Minor (?:??) (Unissued.)
2. Off Minor (?:??) (Unissued.)
3. Off Minor (?:??) (Unissued.)
4. Off Minor (Take 4) (5:14)
5. Off Minor (Take 5) (5:08)
6. Abide With Me (0:53)
7. Crepuscule With Nellie (?:??) (Unissued.)
8. Crepuscule With Nellie (?:??) (Unissued.)
9. Crepuscule With Nellie (?:??) (Unissued.)
10. Crepuscule With Nellie (Take 4/5) (4:46)
11. Crepuscule With Nellie (Take 6) (4:39)
12. Epistrophy (1:46)
13. Epistrophy (10:45)
14. Well You Needn’t (2 False starts, incomplete.) (1:25)
15, Well You Needn’t (11:23)
16. Ruby, My Dear (5:25)
Notes: Unissued items derived from the take numbers of the issued items noted in the booklet for the above issue.
(Items 1 -3, & 7 - 8, not in my collection.)
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John Coltrane Session 57-06-00:
Date: ?? July, 1957, probably.
Place: Reeves Sound Studio, New York City, NY.
Ensemble: Thelonious Monk Quartet: John Coltrane tenor sax, Thelonious Monk piano, Wilbur Ware bass, Shadow Wilson drums,
Recording: Commercial for Riverside.
Recording Engineer:
Alternative Issues:
Recent Available Issue: Thelonious Monk. The Complete Riverside recordings. RCD-022-2, Disc 5, listings and times from there.
1. Ruby, My Dear (6:19)
2. Nutty (6:36)
3. Trinkle, Tinkle (6:39)
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John Coltrane Session 57-08-16:
Date: 16 August, 1957.
Place: Van Gelder Studio- Hackensack, NJ.
Ensemble: John Coltrane tenor sax, Earl May bass, Art Taylor drums,
Recording: Commercial for Prestige.
Recording Engineer:
Alternative Issues:
Recent Available Issue: All on John Coltrane- The Complete Prestige Recordings, Fan 16 PCD-4405-2. Disc 6, listings and times for issued tracks from there
1. Trane’s Slo Blues (6:01)
2. Slowtrane (aka Trane’s Slo Blues) (7:16)
3. Like Someone In Love (4:55)
4. I Love You (5:28)
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John Coltrane Session 57-08-23:
Date: 23 August, 1957.
Place: Van Gelder Studio- Hackensack, NJ.
Ensemble: John Coltrane tenor sax, Red Garland piano, Paul Chambers bass, Art Taylor drums,
Recording: Commercial for Prestige.
Recording Engineer:
Alternative Issues:
Recent Available Issue: All issued tracks on John Coltrane- The Complete Prestige Recordings, Fan 16 PCD-4405-2. Disc 8, times for issued tracks from there
1. You Leave Me Breathless (7:20)
2. Bass Blues (8:30) (Unissued, erased.)
3. Bass Blues (7:42)
4. Soft Lights And Sweet Music (4:50) (Erased.)
5. Soft Lights And Sweet Music (4:40) (Erased.)
6. Soft Lights And Sweet Music (4:38)
7. Traneing In (12:30)
8. Slow Dance (5:24)
Notes: Information for unissued/erased items, Fujioka (1995), who notes that 6 is a master amalgamated from the two takes, 4 and 5.
(Items 2, 4 & 5, not in my collection.)
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John Coltrane Session 57-09-01:
Date: 01 September 1957.
Place: Van Gelder Studio- Hackensack, NJ.
Ensemble: Sonny Clark Sextet: Donald Byrd trumpet, Curtis Fuller trombone, John Coltrane tenor sax, Sonny Clark piano, Paul Chambers bass, Art Taylor drums,
Recording:
Recording Engineer:
Alternative Issues:
Recent Available Issue: All issued tracks on Sonny Clark Sonny’s Crib, + 3, Blue Note, BN (J) CD32-9509; Blue Note 7234 4 97367 2 6.
1. News For Lulu (8:32)
2. News For Lulu (?:??) (Unissued.)
3. Sonny’s Crib, (13:28)
4. Sonny’s Crib, (9:53)
5. Title Unknown (?:??) (Unissued.)
6. Speak Low (5:01)
7. Speak Low (6:48)
8. Speak Low (Incomplete) (?:??) (Unissued.)
9. With A Song In My Heart (7:56)
10. With A Song In My Heart (7:54)
11. With A Song In My Heart (Incomplete) (?:??) (Unissued.)
12. Come Rain Or Come Shine (7:26)
Notes: Information for unissued items, Fujioka (1995).
(Copy of recording kindly supplied by Claude Lortie, unissued items not in my collection.)
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John Coltrane Session 57-09-15:
Date: 15 September, 1957.
Place: Van Gelder Studio- Hackensack, NJ.
Ensemble: John Coltrane tenor sax, Lee Morgan trumpet, Curtis Fuller trombone, Kenny Drew piano, Paul Chambers bass, Philly Joe Jones drums,
Recording:
Recording Engineer:
Alternative Issues:
Recent Available Issue: John Coltrane The Ultimate Blue Train, Enhanced Compact Disc, Blue Note CDP7243 8 53428 0 6, time for issued takes from there.
1. Lazy Bird (9:12) (Unissued.)
2. Lazy Bird (0:34) + (7:13)
3. Lazy Bird (7:03)
4. Moment’s Notice (6:45)
5. Moment’s Notice (3 False starts + Incomplete) (4:08) (Unissued.)
6. Moment’s Notice (9:10)
7. Blue Train (7:08) (Unissued.)
8. Blue Train (9:55)
9. Blue Train (10:39)
10. Locomotion (?:??) (Unissued.)
11. Locomotion (7:11)
12. I’m Old Fashioned (7:55)
Notes: The liner notes for the enhanced CD indicate that 8 Drew’s solo on item had originally been edited out and used for item 9; for this release the solo, taken from take 9, has been reinserted.
(Items 1, 5, 7, & 10, not in my collection.)
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John Coltrane Session 57-09-20:
Date: 20 September, 1957.
Place: Van Gelder Studio- Hackensack, NJ.
Ensemble: Prestige All Stars: John Coltrane tenor sax, Paul Quinichette tenor sax, Frank Wess tenor sax, flute, Mal Waldron piano, Doug Watkins bass, Art Taylor drums,
Recording: Commercial for Prestige.
Recording Engineer:
Alternative Issues:
Recent Available Issue: All on John Coltrane- The Complete Prestige Recordings, Fan 16 PCD-4405-2. Disc 7, times for issued tracks from there.
1. Dealin’ (9:59)
2. Dealin’ (10:16)
3. Wheelin’ (10:25)
4. Wheelin’ (11:22)
5. Robbin’s Nest (15:29)
6. Things Ain’t What They Used To Be (8:23)
Notes:
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John Coltrane Session 57-10-00:
Date: ?? October, 1957.
Place: New York City, NY. Winner’s Circle.
Ensemble: Oscar Pettiford All Stars: Donald Byrd trumpet, Frank Rehak trombone, Gene Quill alto sax, on 1, & 2, John Coltrane tenor sax, Al Cohn barritone sax, Eddie Costa piano, except 5, Freddie Green guitar, on 1, Oscar Pettiford bass, Philly Joe Jones drums, on 1, Ed Thigpen drums, except 1.
Recording:
Recording Engineer:
Alternative Issues:
Recent Available Issue: John Coltrane The Bethlehem Years, Bethlehem 20-50012, for items 1 - 4, times from there; Jzt J1245, for item 5.
1. Not So Sleepy (6:43)
2. Love And The Weather (4:04)
3. Turtle Walk (5:26)
4. If I’m Lucky (6:46)
5. Strictly Instrumental (4:11)
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John Coltrane Session 57-11-15:
Date: 15 November, 1957.
Place: Van Gelder Studio- Hackensack, NJ.
Ensemble: Red Garland Quintet: Donald Byrd trumpet, John Coltrane tenor sax, Red Garland piano, George Joyner bass, Art Taylor drums,
Recording: Commercial for Prestige.
Recording Engineer:
Alternative Issues:
Recent Available Issue: All on John Coltrane- The Complete Prestige Recordings, Fan 16 PCD-4405-2. Discs 8 & 9, times for tracks from there.
1. Our Delight (6:18)
2. They Can’t Take That Away From Me (10:25)
3. Woody’n You (6:47)
4. I Got It Bad (And That Ain’t Good) (6:13)
5. Undecided (6:51)
6. Soul Junction (15:27)
7. What Is There To Say (5:56)
8. Birks Works (7:34)
9. Hallelujah (6:28)
10. All Morning Long (20:17)
Notes:
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John Coltrane Session 57-11-00:
Date: Late November, 1957.
Place:. New York City, NY.
Ensemble: Thelonious Monk Quartet: John Coltrane tenor sax, Thelonious Monk piano, Ahmed Abdul-Malik bass, Shadow Wilson drums,
Recording: A benefit concert, “The Voice of America.”
Recording Engineer:
Alternative Issues:
Recent Available Issue:
1. Unknown titles.
Notes: Information for this session from David Wild’s Coltrane Discography, (Spring 1979), who states that a benefit concert with Monk’s quartet was reportedly broadcast by “The Voice of America,” however, that no tape has yet been located of the concert.
(Not in my collection.)
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John Coltrane Session 57-11-00/57-12-00:
Date: Sometime in November or December 1957.
Place: Unknown Club, Long Island, NY.
Ensemble: Miles Davis All Stars: Miles Davis t, John Coltrane tenor sax, Sonny Rollins tenor sax, Gil Coggins piano, Paul Chambers bass, Art Taylor drums,
Recording: Private tape.
Recording Engineer:
Alternative Issues:
Recent Available Issue:
1. All of You (?:??) (Unissued.)
2. Love For Sale (?:??) (Unissued.)
3. On Green Dolphin Street (?:??) (Unissued.)
4. Unknown Title (?:??) (Unissued.)
Notes: This tape is rumoured to exist, information from collectors list, I am suspicious, but list it here for research.
(Not in my collection.)
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John Coltrane Session 57-12-13:
Date: 13 December, 1957.
Place: Van Gelder Studio- Hackensack, NJ.
Ensemble: Red Garland Quintet: Donald Byrd trumpet, John Coltrane tenor sax, Red Garland piano, George Joyner, bass, Art Taylor drums,
Recording: Commercial for Prestige.
Recording Engineer:
Alternative Issues:
Recent Available Issue: All on John Coltrane- The Complete Prestige Recordings, Fan 16 PCD-4405-2. Disc 10, times for issued tracks from there
1. Billie’s Bounce (9:21)
2. Solitude (8:30)
3. Two Bass Hit (8:48)
4. Soft Winds (13:45)
5. Lazy Mae (16:07)
Notes:
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John Coltrane Session 57-12-00:
Date: ?? December, 1957.
Place: New York City, NY.
Ensemble: Art Blakey Big Band: Donald Byrd trumpet, Idrees Sulieman trumpet, except Tippin’ & Pristine, Bill Hardman trumpet, except Tippin’ & Pristine, Ray Copeland trumpet, except Tippin’ & Pristine, Melba Liston, trombone, except Tippin’ & Pristine, Frank Rehak trombone, except Tippin’ & Pristine, Jimmy Cleveland trombone, except Tippin’ & Pristine, Sahib Shihab alto sax, except Tippin’ & Pristine, Bill Graham alto sax, except Tippin’ & Pristine, John Coltrane tenor sax, Al Cohn tenor sax, except Tippin’ & Pristine, Bill Slapin barritone sax, except Tippin’ & Pristine, Walter Bishop piano, Wendell Marshall bass, Art Blakey drums,
Recording: Commercial for Bethlehem.
Recording Engineer:
Alternative Issues:
Recent Available Issue: John Coltrane The Bethlehem Years, Bethlehem 20-50012, times from there.
1. Ain’t Life Grand (3:21) 2. El Toro Valiente (2:43) 3. Midriff (3:17) 4. The Kiss Of No Return (5:37) 5. Late Date (3:33) 6. The Outer World (4:06) 7. Tippin’ (6:58) 8. Pristine (5:35)
1. Announcement of take + tune-up in background, + count-in (0:33)
2. Oasis (Take 4) (2:09)
3. Announcement, + tune-up + count-in (0:12)
4. Midriff (Take 1) (2:29)
5. Midriff (Take ?) ((3:17)
6. Announcement, + count-in (0:05)
7. Midriff (Take 3) (3:17) (Tape ends with someone exclaiming ‘Oh no!’ (0:04)
8. Announcement, + warm-up + discussion + count-in (0:24)
9. The Kiss Of No Return (Take 1) (5:27) (Tape ends with talk and some playing) (0:10)
10. The Kiss Of No Return (Take ?) (5:37)
11. Announcement, + warm-up + chat +silence (0:38)
12. The Kiss Of No Return (Take 4) (5:33)
13. Announcement, + warm-up + humming the tune + count-in (0:20)
14. The Outer World (Take 2) (2:56) (4:06)
15. Announcement, + warm-up + chat + count-in (0:26)
16. The Outer World (Take 5) (3:03)
17. The Outer World (Take ?) (4:06)
18. Announcement (0:05)
19. El Toro Valiente (Take 1) (2:53) (Tape ends with chat, playing, whistle (0:19))
20. El Toro Valiente (Take ?) (2:43)
21. Announced as Al’s tune + count-in (0:11)
22. Ain’t Life Grand (Take 2) (3:12)
23. Ain’t Life Grand (Take ?) (3:21)
24. Announced as Al’s tune + count-in (0:24)
25. Ain’t Life Grand (Take 4) (3:17)
26. Late Date (Take ?) (3:33).
27. Announcement, + warm-up (0:09)
28. Pristine (Take 2) (7:10)
29. Announcement, + warm-up + chat + count-in (0:33)
30. Pristine (Take 6) (8:29)
31. Announcement, +count-in (0:07)
32. Pristine (Take 8) (5:59)
33. Pristine (Take ?) (5:35)
34. Announcement as minor blues, + warm-up + chat + count-in (0:19)
35. Tippin’ (Take 1) (6:03)
36. Announcement as minor blues, + warm-up + humming & discussion of tune + count-in (0:28)
37. Tippin’ (Take 3) (5:57)
38. Tippin’ (Take ?) (6:58)
Notes: Each tune is preceded by the control booth announcement of take number, and instrumental doodling, which I have written as warm-up. Some of the lead ups the control booth announcer begins to sound weary if not down-hearted, one or two such as to item 8 includes some shouting , which may indicate disquiet either with the way the session is shaping up, or the way it is being recorded? Are the originally released masters spliced together from the various takes or are these additional takes? Furthermore, was there only one take of item 26?
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John Coltrane Session 57-12-20:
Date: 20 December, 1957.
Place: Van Gelder Studio- Hackensack, NJ.
Ensemble: Ray Draper Quintet: Ray Draper tuba John Coltrane tenor sax, except 6 & 7, Gil Coggins piano, Spanky DeBrest bass, Clifford’s Kappa Larry Richie drums,
Recording: Commercial for Prestige.
Recording Engineer:
Alternative Issues:
Recent Available Issue: Tracks 1 - 5 on John Coltrane- The Complete Prestige Recordings, Fan 16 PCD-4405-2. Discs 10 & 11, times for issued tracks from there
1. Under Paris Skies (7:46)
2. Two Sons (5:20)
3. Clifford’s Kappa (9:12)
4. Filide (7:11)
5. Paul’s Pal (7:12)
6. Hadn’t Anyone (3:04)
7. This is no Laughing Matter (?:??) Unissued, erased.
Notes: Information for items unissued, Fujioka (1995).
(Item 7, not in my collection.)
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John Coltrane Session 57-12-00:
Date: ?? December, 1957.
Place: New York City, NY.
Ensemble: Michel Legrand And His Orchestra, John Coltrane tenor sax, Miles Davis trumpet, details unknown.
Recording: Commercial for Columbia.
Recording Engineer:
Alternative Issues:
Recent Available Issue: Columbia, Col CL1139.
1. Besame Mucho (2:52)
Notes: Information for this session from David Wild’s Coltrane Discography, (Spring 1979).
(Not in my collection.)
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John Coltrane Session 58-01-03:
Date: 03 January, 1958.
Place: Van Gelder Studio- Hackensack, NJ.
Ensemble: Gene Ammons All Stars: John Coltrane alto sax, on 1,2,3 & 4 only, Gene Ammons tenor sax, Paul Quinichette tenor sax, on 1 - 3 only, Jerome Richardson fl except 5. Pepper Adams bars 1 - 4 only, Mal Waldron piano, George Joyner bass, Art Taylor drums,
Recording: Commercial for Prestige.
Recording Engineer:
Alternative Issues:
Recent Available Issue: 1, 2, 3, and 6 on John Coltrane- The Complete Prestige Recordings, Fan 16 PCD-4405-2. Disc 11, times for these tracks from there.
1. Ammons’ Joy (13:13)
2. Groove Blues (9:31)
3. The Real McCoy (8:30)
4. The Real McCoy (8:30) (Unissued.)
5. That’s All (13:57)
6. It Might As Well Be Spring (11:32)
7. Cheek To Cheek (14:11)
8. Jug Handle Blue (10:09)
9. Hymn (12:26)
Notes: Information for the unissued item, Fujioka (1995).
(Item 4, not in my collection.)
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John Coltrane Session 58-01-10:
Date: 10 January, 1958.
Place: Van Gelder Studio- Hackensack, NJ.
Ensemble: John Coltrane Quintet: Donald Byrd trumpet, John Coltrane tenor sax, Red Garland piano, Paul Chambers bass, Louis Hayes drums,
Recording: Commercial for Prestige.
Recording Engineer:
Alternative Issues:
Recent Available Issue: All on John Coltrane- The Complete Prestige Recordings, Fan 16 PCD-4405-2. Disc 12, times from there
1. Lush Life (13:54)
2. The Believer (13:45)
3. Nakatini Serenade (11:02)
4. Come Rain Or Come Shine (8:44)
5. Lover (7:56)
Notes:
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John Coltrane Session 58-02-04:
Date: 04 February, 1958.
Place: Columbia, 30th Street Studio New York City, NY.
Ensemble: Miles Davis Sextet: Miles Davis trumpet, on 1 & 3, flh on 2, omitted from 3, Julian Adderley alto sax, John Coltrane tenor sax, on all except 3, Red Garland piano, Paul Chambers bass, Philly Joe Jones drums,
Recording: Commercial for Columbia.
Recording Engineer:
Alternative Issues:
Recent Available Issue: Miles Davis: Milestones, Sony 20 bit super mapping CD SRCS 9103, 1996/09/21; all times and listings from their.
1. Two Bass Hit (5:15)
2. Milestones (5:44)
3. Billy Boy (7:15)
4. Straight, No Chaser (10:42)
Notes:
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John Coltrane Session 58-02-07:
Date: 07 February, 1958.
Place: Van Gelder Studio- Hackensack, NJ.
Ensemble: John Coltrane with Red Garland Trio: John Coltrane tenor sax, Red Garland piano, Paul Chambers bass, Art Taylor drums,
Recording: Commercial for Prestige.
Recording Engineer:
Alternative Issues:
Recent Available Issue: All except the unissued tracks on John Coltrane- The Complete Prestige Recordings, Fan 16 PCD-4405-2. Discs 12 & 13, times for issued tracks from there.
1. Russian Lullaby (5:30)
2. Theme For Ernie (4:55)
3. You Say You Care (6:13)
4. You Say You Care (6:15) (Unissued, erased.)
5. Good Bait (12:07)
6. I Want To Talk About You (10:51)
Notes: Information for item unissued, Fujioka (1995).
(Item 4, not in my collection.)
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John Coltrane Session 58-03-04:
Date: 04 March, 1958.
Place: Columbia, 30th Street Studio New York City, NY.
Ensemble: Miles Davis Sextet: Miles Davis trumpet, Julian Adderley alto sax, John Coltrane tenor sax, Red Garland piano, Paul Chambers bass, Philly Joe Jones drums,
Recording: Commercial for Columbia.
Recording Engineer:
Alternative Issues:
Recent Available Issue: 1, 3, on Miles Davis: Milestones, Sony 20 bit super mapping CD, SRCS 9103, (1996/09/21 re-issue) for items 1, & 3, times for these from there.
1. Dr. Jekyll (mono) (5:51)
2. Dr. Jekyll (stereo) (5:48.
3. Sid’s Ahead (mono) (13:09)
4. Sid’s Ahead (stereo) (13:05)
5 Little Melonae (mono) (8:00) (Unissued.)
6. Little Melonae (Incomplete, stereo) (1:37) (Unissued.)
7. Little Melonae (Incomplete, stereo) (0:13) (Unissued.)
8. Little Melonae (Incomplete, stereo) (0:42) (Unissued.)
9. Little Melonae (Incomplete, stereo) (0:24) (Unissued.)
10. Little Melonae (stereo) (7:55) (Unissued.)
Notes: Most albums mis-date this session as, April 3, 1, 3, this Sony Mastersound release, stereo versions are simply later re-mastering of the original masters to stereo. Red Garland quarrelled with Miles during this recording session and left, the piano on track 2 is by Miles, the remaining tracks have no piano. Information for unissued items, Fujioka (1995).
(Items 2, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, & 10, not in my collection.)
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John Coltrane Session 58-03-07:
Date: 07 March, 1958.
Place: Van Gelder Studio- Hackensack, NJ.
Ensemble: Kenny Burrell Quintet Featuring John Coltrane: John Coltrane tenor sax, Tommy Flanagan piano, Kenny Burrell guitar, Paul Chambers bass, Jimmy Cobb drums,
Recording: Commercial for Prestige.
Recording Engineer:
Alternative Issues:
Recent Available Issue: John Coltrane- The Complete Prestige Recordings, Fan 16 PCD-4405-2. Disc 13, times for issued tracks from there
1. Lyresto (5:35)
2. Lyresto (5:35) (Unissued.)
3. Why Was I Born (3:12)
4. Freight Train (7:18)
5. I Never Knew (7:03)
6. Big Paul (14:06)
Notes: Information for items unissued, Fujioka (1995).
(Item 2, not in my collection.)
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John Coltrane Session 58-03-13:
Date: 13 March, 1958.
Place: Van Gelder Studio- Hackensack, NJ.
Ensemble: Wilbur Harden Quartet: Wilbur Harden, fl John Coltrane tenor sax, Tommy Flanagan piano, Doug Watkins bass, Louis Hayes drums,
Recording:
Recording Engineer:
Alternative Issues:
Recent Available Issue: John Coltrane - Wilbur Harden/ Countdown- The Savoy Sessions, CD Vogue, Vg (F)650-102; Savoy Svy (G)ZD-70529.
1. Well’s Fargo (7:13)
2. Well’s Fargo (2 false starts) (0:41) (Unissued.)
3. Well’s Fargo (7:20)
4. West 42nd Street (7:45)
5.. W.F.F.P.H. (5:20)
6. Snuffy (9:35)
7. Rhodomagnetics (false start, incomplete) (7:46)
8. Rhodomagnetics (Incomplete) (1:07)
9. Rhodomagnetics (7:55)
10. Rhodomagnetics (7:06)
11. Countdown (Incomplete) (0:41) (Unissued.)
12. Countdown (7:52)
13. Countdown (Rehearsal + 5 false starts) (1:00)
14. Countdown (7:23)
15. Countdown (Rehearsal) (0:03) (Unissued.)
16. Countdown (false start + incomplete) (1:09) (Unissued.)
Notes: Listing and times, and source for items issued and unissued, Fujioka (1995), who states that he found a working tape of this session in “The Savoy Room” in Nippon Columbia Records, Kawasaki, Japan on !August 7, 1992, and Wolf Schmaler analysed it as shown here. Further he notes that there may be additional false starts on 3, 4, 5, and 7 but that he couldn’t locate them. The analysis that he gives is: track 3, false start ant talking (0:14) + false start and talking (0:18) + talking (0:09); track 7, false start equal piano only; track 8, incomplete, has identical ending part of 7 except for the last (0:09) seconds, so that in sum 7 (7:46) + 8 (0:09) to master take (7:55); track 11, piano only and talking (0:04); track 13, rehearsal tenor sax, and talking (0:02) + false start (0:15) + bass and talking (0:15) + false start piano only (0:04) + false start (0:17) + false start (0:07); track 15, rehearsal trumpet, and talking (0:03); and last track 16,(Incomplete)piano, bass, talking, and false start (fade out, technical noise).
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John Coltrane Session 58-03-26:
Date: 26 March, 1958.
Place: Van Gelder Studio- Hackensack, NJ.
Ensemble: John Coltrane tenor sax, Red Garland piano, Paul Chambers bass, Jimmy Cobb drums,
Recording: Commercial for Prestige.
Recording Engineer:
Alternative Issues:
Recent Available Issue: John Coltrane- The Complete Prestige Recordings, Fan 16 PCD-4405-2. Disc 14, for all, times from there.
1. Rise ‘n Shine (7:10)
2. I See Your Face Before Me (9:55)
3. If There Is Someone (9:20)
4. Lovelier Than You (14:04)
5. Little Melonae (12:05.
6. By The Numbers (13:10)
Notes:
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John Coltrane Session 58-05-03.
Date: 03 May, 1958.
Place: Café Bohemia, New York City, NY.
Ensemble: Miles Davis Sextet: Miles Davis trumpet, Julian Adderley alto sax, John Coltrane tenor sax, Bill Evans piano, Paul Chambers bass, Philly Joe Jones drums,
Recording: Private tape, Radio Broadcast “Bandstand USA.”
Recording Engineer:
Alternative Issues:
Recent Available Issue:
1. Woody’n You. (2:49) (Unissued.)
2. In Your Own Sweet Way (3:42) (Unissued.)
3. Night in Tunisia (incomplete) (5:29) (Unissued.)
Notes: Information for these unissued items, Fujioka (1995).
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John Coltrane Session 58-05-13:
Date: 13 May, 1958.
Place: Van Gelder Studio- Hackensack, NJ.
Ensemble: Wilbur Harden Sextet: Wilbur Harden trumpet, flute, arr, Curtis Fuller trombone, John Coltrane tenor sax, Howard Williams piano, Alvin Jackson bass, Art Taylor drums,
Recording: Commercial for Savoy.
Recording Engineer:
Alternative Issues:
Recent Available Issue: John Coltrane and Wilbur Harden, Africa- The Savoy Sessions, reissued Savoy CDOR9014, for item 1; John Coltrane and Wilbur Harden, Dial Africa, Savoy CD Svy 650 129; items 2 - 5.
1. B.J. (4:53)
2. B.J. (4:55)
3. B.J. (4:30)
4. Anedac (5:15)
5. Once in a While (9:30)
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John Coltrane Session 58-05-17:
Date: 17 May, 1958.
Place: Café Bohemia, New York City, NY.
Ensemble: Miles Davis Quintet: Miles Davis trumpet, John Coltrane tenor sax, Bill Evans piano, Paul Chambers bass, Philly Joe Jones drums, Leonard Feather (ann- 1, 2), Dan Morgenstern (ann 2).
Recording: Private Tape by Boris Rose; Radio Broadcast, “Bandstand USA”.
Recording Engineer:
Alternative Issues:
Recent Available Issue: Miles Davis All Stars Live in 1958-59, featuring John Coltrane. Jazz Band JB (E) EBCD2101-2, times from there; Miles Davis Four Play, JMY CD Me 6403, for items 2 - 5; items 1, 2, & 3, also on Miles and Coltrane Live in New York,, Jazz Door CD JD 1242.
1. (Ann- 1) (0:15.
2. Four (4:46)
3. Bye Bye Blackbird (6:50)
4. Walkin’ (6:27)
5. Two Bass Hit(Incomplete) (1:39)
Notes: The above CD lists item 4 as No Blues, which it obviously is not!
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John Coltrane Session 58-05-23:
Date: 23 May, 1958.
Place: Van Gelder Studio- Hackensack, NJ.
Ensemble: John Coltrane Quintet: Donald Byrd trumpet, John Coltrane tenor sax, Red Garland piano, Paul Chambers bass, Art Taylor drums,
Recording: Commercial for Prestige.
Recording Engineer:
Alternative Issues:
Recent Available Issue: All on John Coltrane- The Complete Prestige Recordings, Fan 16 PCD-4405-2. Discs 14 & 15, times for issued tracks from there
1. Black Pearls (13:10)
2. Lover Come Back To Me (7:25)
3. Sweet Sapphire Blues (18:14)
Notes:
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John Coltrane Session 58-05-26:
Date: 26 May, 1958.
Place: Columbia 30th Street Studio, New York City, NY.
Ensemble: Miles Davis Sextet: Miles Davis trumpet, Julian Adderley alto sax, John Coltrane tenor sax, except 4, 7, & 8, Bill Evans piano, Paul Chambers bass, Philly Joe Jones drums,
Recording: Commercial for Columbia.
Recording Engineer:
Alternative Issues:
Recent Available Issue: Miles Davis, 1958 Miles, Sony 20 bit super mapping, Mastersound CD, SRCS 9102, for items 1, 3, 11, & 12, times for which are from there; Miles Davis ‘58 Sessions, Columbia CD, CK47853, for item 10.
1. Green Dolphin Street (9:54)
2. Put Your Little Foot Out (aka Fran Dance) (5:53) (Unissued.)
3. Put Your Little Foot Out (aka Fran Dance) (5:52)
4. Stella By Starlight (Take 1) (Incomplete) (0:37) (Unissued.)
5. Stella By Starlight (Take 2) (Incomplete) (2:07) (Unissued.)
6. Stella By Starlight (Take 3) (False start+) (4:48)
7. Stella By Starlight (Take 4) (Incomplete (0:48) (Unissued.)
8. Stella By Starlight (Take 5) (Incomplete) (0:45) (Unissued.)
9. Stella By Starlight (Take 6) (Incomplete) (1:45) (Unissued.)
10 Stella By Starlight (Take 7) (4:44)
11. Stella By Starlight (Master take 3 + take 7) (4:45)
12. Love For Sale stereo (11:49)
Notes: Information for items unissued, Fujioka (1995), who also noted: Items 2 & 3 are more commonly listed as Fran-Dance; take 5 ends soon after Coltrane commences his solo, beginning with introduction of piano, bass, & tp (0:22); item 10 is composed of warming up, on the bass (0:05) + (4:44), which is rather odd as the complete item is (4:44). The master take itself is composed of the first theme statement from take 3, from there to the end is take 10 (information in email from David Wild). Item 12 begins with Miles counting the tune in by clicking his thumbs and lush opening chordl statement by Evans on the piano.
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John Coltrane Session 58-06-24:
Date: 24 June, 1958.
Place: Van Gelder Studio- Hackensack, NJ.
Ensemble: Wilbur Harden and Curtis Fuller Sextet: Wilbur Harden trumpet, fluglehorn, Curtis Fuller trombone, John Coltrane tenor sax, Tommy Flanagan piano, Alvin Jackson bass, Art Taylor drums,
Recording: Commercial for Savoy.
Recording Engineer:
Alternative Issues:
Recent Available Issue: Gold Coast, Savoy LP Svy SJL1115, for item 1; John Coltrane and Wilbur Harden, Africa Vogue CD VG (F)650129, or Africa- The Savoy Sessions, Svy (G)ZD70818, for items 2 - 5.
1. Dial Africa (8:03)
2. Dial Africa (8:42)
3. Domba (5:32)
4. Gold Coast (14:33)
5. Tanganyika Strut (10:00)
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John Coltrane Session 58-06-25:
Date: 25 June, 1958.
Place: New York City, NY.
Ensemble: Michel Legrand and His Orchestra: Miles Davis trumpet, Jerome Richardson cl, barritone sax, except track 4, Phil Woods alto sax, except track 4, John Coltrane tenor sax, except track 4, Herbie Mann, flute, except track 4, Betty Glaman harp, Eddie Costa vibraphone, Bill Evans piano, Paul Chambers bass, Kenny Dennis drums, Michel Legrand arrangements, director.
Recording:
Recording Engineer:
Alternative Issues:
Recent Available Issue: Michel Legrand, Legrand Jazz Alpha Plus CD Ph(G)830074-2; Ph(J)32JD159; Ph(J)EJD3013.
1. Wild Man (3:21)
2. ‘Round Midnight (2:57)
3. The Jitterbug Waltz (5:18)
4. Django (4:12)
Notes: Information for this session from David Wild’s Coltrane Discography, (Spring 1979).
(Copy of recording kindly supplied by Claude Lortie.)
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John Coltrane Session 58-06-03:
Date: 03 July, 1958.
Place: Newport Jazz Festival, Freebody Park, Newport, RI.
Ensemble: Miles Davis Sextet: Miles Davis trumpet, Julian ‘Cannonball’ Adderley alto sax, John Coltrane tenor sax, Bill Evans piano, Paul Chambers bass, Jimmy Cobb drums, Willis Conover ann.
Recording: Commercial for Columbia.
Recording Engineer:
Alternative Issues:
Recent Available Issue: Miles Davis/Thelonious Monk Live at Newport 1958/1963, Columbia/Legacy CD C2K 53585; times and listings from there.
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Introduction- ann. (1:45)
1. Ah-Leu-Cha (5:47)
2. Straight, No Chaser (8:51)
3. Two Bass Hit (7:04)
4. Fran-Dance (4:13)
5. Bye Bye Blackbird (8:56)
6. The Theme/ ann. (2:34)
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John Coltrane Session 58-06-11:
Date: 11 July, 1958.
Place: Van Gelder Studio- Hackensack, NJ.
Ensemble: John Coltrane Quintet: Wilbur Harden trumpet, John Coltrane tenor sax, Red Garland piano, Paul Chambers bass, Jimmy Cobb drums, Art Taylor drums,
Recording: Commercial for Prestige.
Recording Engineer:
Alternative Issues:
Recent Available Issue: All on John Coltrane- The Complete Prestige Recordings, Fan 16 PCD-4405-2. Disc 15 - 16, times for issued tracks from there
1. Spring Is Here (False start, erased) (?:??) (Unissued.)
2. Spring Is Here (Erased) (7:15) (Unissued.)
3. Spring Is Here (6:53)
4. Invitation (10:20)
5. I’m A Dreamer, Aren’t We All? (7:00)
6. Love Thy Neighbour (9:21)
7. Don’t Take Your Love Away from Me (9:13)
8. Stardust (10:41)
9. My Ideal (7:30)
10. I’ll Get By (8:09)
Notes: Information for items unissued, Fujioka (1995).
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John Coltrane Session 58-08-09:
Date: 09 August, 1958.
Place: Unknown.
Ensemble: Miles Davis Sextet: Miles Davis trumpet, Julian ‘Cannonball’ Adderley alto sax, John Coltrane tenor sax, Bill Evans piano, Paul Chambers bass, Jimmy Cobb drums,
Recording: Private tape, Radio broadcast “Bandstand USA.”
Recording Engineer:
Alternative Issues:
Recent Available Issue: Miles Davis, Four Play, Jazz Music Yesterday, JMY ME 6402,.
1. Walkin’ (6:35) + applause (0:06) (Unissued.)
2. All of You (6:47)
3. ‘Round About Midnight (Incomplete) (5:23)
Notes: With the JMY release, this session is wrongly dated as 30 June 1958, here is the most likely location for the session, a point observantly suggested to me by Michel Bader. This is a continuous recording, with applause at the end of each piece and the music emerging out of the applause, indeed with item 2, the applause is over the top of the music, with the last piece following straight on All of You.
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John Coltrane Session 58-09-09:
Date: 09 September, 1958.
Place: Edwardian Room, at the Plaza Hotel, New York City, NY.
Ensemble: Miles Davis Sextet: Miles Davis trumpet, John Coltrane tenor sax, Julian Adderley alto sax, Bill Evans piano, Paul Chambers bass, Philly Joe Jones drums,
Recording:
Recording Engineer:
Alternative Issues:
Recent Available Issue: Miles Davis Sextet: Miles Davis Jazz at the Plaza, Vol 1. Sony Records 20 bit super mapping CD, SRCS 9302; listings and times from there.
1. Straight, No Chaser/The Theme (11:05)
2. My Funny Valentine (10:17)
3. If I Were A Bell (8:25)
4. Oleo (10:48)
Notes: Shortly into items 3 & 4, Miles briefly plays away from the mike, his sound fades, hollows out, then.
While Jimmy Cobb, is listed alto sax, the drummer, Bill Evans in an interview in Letter from Evans, Jan/Feb, 10991, said that Philly ‘Jo” Jones is actually on drums. Furthermore, according to David Wild’s Coltrane Discography, (Spring 1979). fifth unissued title may exist.
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John Coltrane Session 58-09-11:
Date: 11 September, 1958.
Place: Five Spot, New York City, NY.
Ensemble: Thelonious Monk Quartet: John Coltrane tenor sax, Thelonious Monk piano, Ahmed Abdul-Malik bass, Roy Haynes drums,
Recording: Private tape recorded by Juanita “Naima” Coltrane.
Recording Engineer:
Alternative Issues:
Recent Available Issue: All on Thelonious Monk. The Complete Blue Note Recordings. Disc 4. Blue Note CDP 7243 8 30363 2 5; the listings and times are from there. They also note that on the original CD release of this session the pitch ran a 1/2 step, too high, corrected for this issue.
1. Crepuscule with Nellie (3:00)
2. Trinkle, Tinkle (10:08)
3. In Walked Bud (11:22)
4. I Mean You (13:53)
5. Epistrophy (5:19)
Notes: This was originally listed alto sax, Late Summer 1957, when Coltrane appeared with Monk from July 18 till December 16 1957, when Shadow Wilson was the regular drummer, except September 5 to 10, when “Philly Joe” Jones substituted. Fujioka adds an addenda which explains how the date was traced by Orin Keepnews in the records of the Five Spot. That Coltrane had reported in an interview that he wished he had recorded with Monk that could have inspired the recording of it the following year, when he substituted for Johnny Griffin on this date, when Haynes was the drummer, otherwise it is strange for the recording to have been made the year earlier on a date when Roy Haynes sat in.
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John Coltrane Session 58-09-12:
Date: 12 September, 1958.
Place: New York City, NY.
Ensemble: George Russell and His Orchestra: Art Farmer, Carl ‘Doc’ Severinsen, Ernie Royal trumpet, Bob Brookmeyer, Frank Rehak Tom Mitchell trombone, Hal McKusick alto sax, John Coltrane tenor sax, Sol Schlinger barritone sax, Bill Evans piano, Barry Galbraith guitar, Milt Hinton bass, Charlie Persip drums, John Hendricks nar, George Russell arranger, conductor.
Recording:
Recording Engineer:
Alternative Issues:
Recent Available Issue: New York, New York, George Russell, MCA Records (Jp.) (1997), 20bit K2 Supercoding, MCVR-20051; Decca CD, MCAD-31371.
1. Manhattan (10:32)
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John Coltrane Session 58-09-25:
Date: 25 September, 1958.
Place: Joe Brazil’s Basement, Detroit.
Ensemble: Joe Brazil, and His Friends: John Coltrane tenor sax, Joe Henderson tenor sax, Joe Brazil alto sax, Sonny ‘Red’ Kyner alto sax, Hugh Lawson piano, Erni Farrow bass, Roy Brooks drums,
Recording: Private tape, recorded by Joe Brazil.
Recording Engineer:
Alternative Issues:
Recent Available Issue:
1. Untitled blues jam, ending with Now’s the Time (18:46)
2. Woody’n You (7:25)
3. Paul’s Pal (12:20)
4. Sweet Georgia Brown (11:40)
Notes: Listing and time source, Fujioka (1995). He also provides the following analysis of the contents: After each tune there are a few seconds of talking and practising; on 2 Coltrane does not solo; on 3 Joe Henderson solos first, followed by Coltrane and on 4 Coltrane solos first followed by Henderson, and it is at a very fast tempo. He also notes that Joe Henderson found a copy of this tape in his basement in his house in San Francisco on September 28, 1991, the day Mile Davis died.
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John Coltrane Session 58-10-13:
Date: 13 October, 1958.
Place: New York City, NY.
Ensemble: Cecil Taylor Quintet: Kenny Dorham trumpet, John Coltrane tenor sax, Cecil Taylor piano, Chuck Israels bass, Louis Hayes drums,
Recording:
Recording Engineer:
Alternative Issues:
Recent Available Issue: Reissued as, Coltrane Time, Blue Note, BN CDP784461.
1. Shifting Down (10:37)
2. Like Someone In Love (8:07)
3. Double Clutching (6:13)
4. Just Friends (8:17)
5. Caravan (?:??) (Unissued.)
Notes: Information for this session from David Wild’s Coltrane Discography, (Spring 1979). Fujioka (1995), states that Chuck Israels informed him that there were no scores, just some standards and modal ideas.
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John Coltrane Session 58-11-00:
Date: ?? November, 1958.
Place: New York City, NY.
Ensemble: Ray Draper Quintet: Ray Draper tuba, John Coltrane tenor sax, John Maher piano, Spanky DeBrest bass, Larry Ritchie drums,
Recording: Commercial for Jubilee records.
Recording Engineer:
Alternative Issues:
Recent Available Issue: John Coltrane “Like Sonny” Roulette CD, Roulette CDP 793901-2, times from there, reissued BN B21Y93901.
1. Essil’s Dance (5:59)
2. Doxy (6:42)
3. Oleo (6:02)
4. Talk To The Trees (5:59)
5. Yesterdays (6:53)
6. Angel Eyes(4:46)
Notes: According to Michael Cuscana’s sleeve notes for this CD, Ray Draper was a High School student when this session was recorded. Essil’s Dance is in 6/8 time. For item 4, Fujioka gives a time of 6:10.
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John Coltrane Session 58-11-01:
Date: 01 November, 1958.
Place: Spotlight Lounge, Washington DC.
Ensemble: Miles Davis Sextet: Miles Davis trumpet, John Coltrane tenor sax, Julian Adderley alto sax, Red Garland piano, Paul Chambers bass, Jimmy Cobb drums, Anonymous announcer.
Recording: Private Tape, Radio broadcast ‘Bandstand USA; # 65.
Recording Engineer:
Alternative Issues:
Recent Available Issue: All items on “Miles Davis All Stars Live in 1958-59,” Jazz Band EBCD2101-2, listings and times from there.
1. ann/Sid’s Ahead (9:02)
2. ann/Bye Bye Blackbird (6:41)
3. Straight no Chaser/ann (3:44)
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John Coltrane Session 58-12-26:
Date: 26 December, 1958.
Place: Van Gelder Studio- Hackensack, NJ.
Ensemble: John Coltrane Quartet: Freddie Hubbard trumpet, John Coltrane tenor sax, Red Garland piano, Paul Chambers bass, Art Taylor drums, Jimmy Cobb drums,
Recording: Commercial for Prestige.
Recording Engineer:
Alternative Issues:
Recent Available Issue: All on John Coltrane- The Complete Prestige Recordings, Fan 16 PCD-4405-2. Disc 16, times for issued tracks from there.
1. Do I Love You Because You’re Beautiful? (5:11)
2. Then I’ll Be Tired Of You (Incomplete, erased) (?:??) (Unissued.)
3. Then I’ll Be Tired Of You (9:29)
4. Then I’ll Be Tired Of You (Erased, ending part is inserted to item 3.) (6:54).
5. Something I Dreamed Last Night (False start +) (10:48)
6. Bahia (Incomplete, erased) (?:??) (Unissued.)
7. Bahia (6:15)
8. Goldsboro Express (4:41)
9.. Time After Time (Erased) (?:??) (Unissued.)
10. Time After Time (6:12) (Unissued.)
11. Time After Time (7:44)
Notes: Information for items unissued, Fujioka (1995).
(Items 2, 4, 6, 9, & 10, not in my collection.)
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John Coltrane Session 59-01-03:
Date: 03 January, 1959.
Place: Birdland, New York City, NY.
Ensemble: Miles Davis Sextet: Miles Davis trumpet, John Coltrane tenor sax, Julian Adderley alto sax, Wynton Kelly piano, Paul Chambers bass, Jimmy Cobb drums, Leonard Feather ann.
Recording: : Private Tape, Radio broadcast ‘Bandstand USA; # 73.
Recording Engineer:
Alternative Issues:
Recent Available Issue: All items on “Miles Davis All Stars Live in 1958-59,” Jazz Band EBCD2101-2, listings and times from there alto sax, read by my CD-ROM.
ann (0:10)
1. Bag’s Groove (14:00)
2. All of You (Incomplete) (5:15) Faded to an end along with ann. (0:11)
Notes: Item 1 is mistakenly listed as “Walkin’” on this CD release; it is obviously Bag’s Groove.” The Bandstand USA series was broadcast weekly on the Mutual Radio Network from mid-1956 through 1959, featuring broadcasts from various jazz clubs.
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John Coltrane Session 59-01-15:
Date: 15 January, 1959.
Place: Atlantic Recording Studio, New York City, NY.
Ensemble: John Coltrane tenor sax, Milt Jackson vibraphone, Hank Jones piano, Paul Chambers bass, Connie Kay, drums,
Recording: Commercial for Atlantic.
Recording Engineer:
Alternative Issues:
Recent Available Issue: John Coltrane, The Heavyweight Champion, The Complete Atlantic Recordings, Rhino R2 79184, Disc 1, all listed items and times from there.
1. Stairway To The Stars (3:29)
2. The Late, Late Blues (9:33)
3. Bags And Trane (7:23)
4. Three Little Words (7:27)
5. The Night We Called It A Day (4:19)
6. Be-Bop, (7:57)
7. Blues Legacy (9:00)
8. Centerpiece (7:05)
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John Coltrane Session 59-02-03:
Date: 03 February, 1959.
Place: Universal Studios, Chicago, IL.
Ensemble: Julian ‘ Cannonball’ Adderley: Julian ‘ Cannonball’ Adderley alto sax, except 4, John Coltrane tenor sax, except 5, Wynton Kelly piano, Paul Chambers bass, Jimmy Cobb drums,
Recording: Commercial for Mercury.
Recording Engineer:
Alternative Issues:
Recent Available Issue: Cannonball Adderley Quintet in Chicago, Mercury 24 bit 96khz spectrum Rainbow CD, PHCE-4175, times for these items from there; Cannonball Adderley and John Coltrane EmArcy, EmA (G, H)834588.
1. Grand Central (4:33)
2. The Sleeper (7:15)
3. Wabash (5:44)
4. You’re A Weaver Of Dreams (5:31)
5. Limehouse Blues (4:39)
6. Stars Fell On Alabama (6:15)
Notes: This is beautiful disc recorded almost exactly a month before the Kind of Blue sessions with Miles Davis. The above, of course, is the Miles group, minus Miles. (The sound quality is considerable enhanced on the 24 bit issue.)
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John Coltrane Session 59-03-02:
Date: 02 March, 1959.
Place: 30th Street Studio, New York City, NY.
Ensemble: Miles Davis Sextet: Miles Davis trumpet, Julian Adderley alto sax, John Coltrane tenor sax, Wynton Kelly piano, Bill Evans piano, Paul Chambers bass, Jimmy Cobb drums,
Recording:
Recording Engineer:
Alternative Issues:
Recent Available Issue: The Making of Kind of Blue, Kind of Blue 001, all items included there; Miles Davis Kind of Blue, Columbia Legacy CD, CK 64403, Master Edition, second times of issued items from there.
1. Freddie Freeloader (Incomplete) (0:07)
2. Freddie Freeloader (False start, incomplete) (0:51)
3. Freddie Freeloader (Incomplete) (1:21)
4. Freddie Freeloader (False Start +) (9:48) (9:33)
5. Freddie Freeloader (Incomplete) (1:41)
6. So What (False start, incomplete) (?:??)
7. So What (False start, incomplete) (?:??)
8. So What (3 False starts ( 0:18, 0:60, 0:18) + (9:31) (9:02)
9. Blue In Green (Incomplete) (0:08) (0:23)
10. Blue In Green (Incomplete) (0:43)
11. Blue In Green (Incomplete) (0:23)
12. Blue In Green (Incomplete) (2:45)
13. Blue In Green (Incomplete) (0:08)
14. Blue In Green (5:31) (5:26)
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John Coltrane Session 59-03-26:
Date: 26 March, 1959.
Place: New York City, NY.
Ensemble: John Coltrane Quartet: John Coltrane tenor sax, Cedar Walton piano, Paul Chambers bass, Lex Humphries drums,
Recording: Commercial for Atlantic.
Recording Engineer:
Alternative Issues:
Recent Available Issue: John Coltrane, The Heavyweight Champion, The Complete Atlantic Recordings, Rhino R2 79184, Disc 1, for items 8, 15 & 24, Disc 7 for all the rest: all listed items and times from there; also the classification of these tracks as alternate versions, which duplicate, etc.
1. Giant Steps (Take 1, incomplete; talking, laughing, studio noise)+ (4:43)
2. Giant Steps (Take 2, false start) (0:14)
3. Giant Steps (Take 3, incomplete) + (Studio noise) (2:51)
4. Giant Steps (Take 4, incomplete) (1:19)
5. Giant Steps (Take 5, alternate) (talking, studio noise)+ (3:40)
6. Giant Steps (Take 6, false start) (0:32) + (Talking that continues into take 7:)
7. Giant Steps (Take 7, incomplete) (4:12)
8. Giant Steps (Take 8, alternate version) (3:29)
9. Naima (Take 1, incomplete) (3:20)
10. Naima (Take 2, incomplete) (3:24)
11. Naima (Take 3, alternate) (9:33)
12. Naima (Take 4, false start) (0:15)
13. Naima (Take 5, alternate) (3:50)
14. Naima (Take 6, alternate) (3:38)
15. Like Sonny (Rehearsal , false start) (0:09)
16. Like Sonny (Rehearsal , false start) (1:34)
17. Like Sonny (Take 1, false start) (0:19)
18. Like Sonny (Take 2, incomplete) (3:08)
19. Like Sonny (Take 3, incomplete) (1:08)
20. Like Sonny (Take 4, false start) (0:07)
21. Like Sonny (Take 5, alternate) (8:24)
22. Like Sonny (Take 6, alternate) (1:09)
23. Like Sonny (Take 7, alternate version) (7:24)
Notes: According to the Rhino collection more recent documentation yields this recording date for all items.
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John Coltrane Session 59-04-02:
Date: 02 April, 1959.
Place: CBS Studio 61 New York City, NY.
Ensemble: Miles Davis with the Gil Evans Orchestra: Miles Davis trumpet, Julian Adderley alto sax, John Coltrane tenor sax, except 8 & 9, Wynton Kelly piano, Paul Chambers bass, Jimmy Cobb drums, Gil Evans (arr, con), Ernie Royal, Clyde Resinger, Louis Mucci, Johnny Coles, Emmett Berry trumpet, Frank Rehak, Jimmy Cleveland, Bill Elton trombone, Rod Levitt valve trombone, Julius Watkins Robert Northern Frenchorn, Bill Barber tuba, Romeo Penque, Eddie Caine flute, Danny Bank bass clarinet, Robert Herridge (ann)
Recording: Recorded for the TVB, “The Robert Herridge Theatre Show.”
Recording Engineer:
Alternative Issues:
Recent Available Issue: Toei Video (J) TE M576, The Sound of Miles Davis times from there; otherwise items 1 - 7, only, are issued on East West CD (J) AMLY8067.
1. So What (0:32)
2. Announcements with Unknown title. (Incomplete (0:30)
3. Announcements with unknown title into So What (0:26)
4. So What (8:40)
ann (0:25)
5. The Duke (3:20)
6. Blues for Pablo (5:50)
7. New Rhumba (4:20)
8. So What part 1 (Incomplete) (0:13)
9. So What part 1 (Incomplete) (0:34)
10. So What (0:20)
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John Coltrane Session 59-04-06:
Date: 06 April, 1959.
Place: 30th Street Studio, New York City, NY.
Ensemble: Miles Davis Sextet: Miles Davis trumpet, Julian Adderley alto sax, John Coltrane tenor sax, except 2 - 4, Bill Evans piano, Paul Chambers bass, Jimmy Cobb drums,
Recording: Commercial for Columbia.
Recording Engineer:
Alternative Issues:
Recent Available Issue: Miles Davis, The Making of Kind of Blue, Kind of Blue 001, all items issued there; Miles Davis Kind of Blue, Columbia Legacy CD, CK 64403, Master Edition, second times of issued items from there.
1. Flamenco Sketches (9:25)
2. Flamenco Sketches (Rehearsal +(Incomplete) (0:41)
3. Flamenco Sketches (Incomplete) (0:28)
5. Flamenco Sketches (Incomplete) (1:26)
6. Flamenco Sketches (Incomplete) (0:38)
7. All Blues (False start 0:03)+ (11:31)
8. All Blues (Rehearsal 0:29) + 5(Incomplete) (2:15)
Notes: The sleeve notes for the above issue state that there were additional recording session scheduled for March 10 and April 22, that may have been cancelled, the sleeve notes continue that there are no existing tapes, if any recordings took place. Information for items unissued, Fujioka (1995).
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John Coltrane Session 59-05-04:
Date: 04 May, 1959.
Place: Atlantic Recording Studio New York City, NY.
Ensemble: John Coltrane Quartet: John Coltrane tenor sax, Tommy Flanagan piano, Paul Chambers bass, Art Taylor drums,
Recording: Commercial for Atlantic.
Recording Engineer:
Alternative Issues:
Recent Available Issue: John Coltrane, The Heavyweight Champion, The Complete Atlantic Recordings, Rhino R2 79184, Disc 2, for issued items all listed items and times from there.
1. Cousin Mary (5:48)
2. Cousin Mary (5:47.
3. Spiral (5:56)
4. Sweet Sioux (?:??) (Unissued.)
Notes: Information for items unissued, Fujioka (1995). Now there are a couple of questions: Fujioka states that Michael Cuscana claimed that the two takes of “Cousin Mary” were recorded first, due to an error in their being given a matrix number already assigned, 3461, they were assigned that of 3469-1/-2 the last number of the session. No mention of this is made of in the Rhino set, which was issued after the publication of Fujioka’s outstanding discography. Furthermore, Fujioka lists Countdown as recorded in the following session, dated May 5; but the Rhino set places this in the first session: is this due to their expecting their to be four tunes to have been recorded from this session given that the last track recorded had matrix number 3463? As this seems like a logical possibility, I will go with Fujioka’s listing of recording date. Still, that leaves the problem of why the recording date was either not noted on the tapes for the tracks, or ignored, if it was by Rhino.
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John Coltrane Session 59-05-05:
Date: 05 May, 1959.
Place: Atlantic Recording Studio New York City, NY.
Ensemble: John Coltrane Quartet: John Coltrane tenor sax, Tommy Flanagan piano, Paul Chambers bass, Art Taylor drums,
Recording: Commercial for Atlantic.
Recording Engineer:
Alternative Issues:
Recent Available Issue: John Coltrane, The Heavyweight Champion, The Complete Atlantic Recordings, Rhino R2 79184, Disc 2, for issued items 1- 6, and Disc 7 for recently issued items 8 & 9, all times from there, for 8 & ( fro my computer CD-ROM.
1. Countdown (2:21)
2. Countdown (4:32)
3. Naima (?:??) (Unissued.)
4. Syeeda’s Song Flute (7:00)
5. Syeeda’s Song Flute (7:05)
6. Mr. P.C. (6:56)
7. Giant Steps (4:44)
8. Giant Steps (Take 3, incomplete) (4:06)
9. Giant Steps (Take 6, alternate) (4:54)
Notes: See the note for the May 4 session above. According to Rhino the tapes for Naima are missing from the Atlantic vaults.
(Item 3, not in my collection.)
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John Coltrane Session 59-04-00-59/05-00:
Date: April or early May 1959,
Place: Art Taylor’s mother’s house, Harlem, New York City, NY.
Ensemble: John Coltrane Quartet: John Coltrane tenor sax, Tommy Flanagan piano, Paul Chambers bass, Art Taylor drums,
Recording: Private, rehearsal tape for Countdown, in Art Taylor’s possession.
Recording Engineer:
Alternative Issues:
Recent Available Issue:
1. Countdown (15:00)
Notes: Information, Fujioka (1995).
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John Coltrane Session 59-11-24:
Date: 24 November, 1959.
Place: Atlantic Recording Studio, New York City, NY.
Ensemble: John Coltrane tenor sax, Wynton Kelly piano, Paul Chambers bass, Jimmy Cobb drums,
Recording: Commercial for Atlantic.
Recording Engineer:
Alternative Issues:
Recent Available Issue: John Coltrane, The Heavyweight Champion, The Complete Atlantic Recordings, Rhino R2 79184, Disc 2, for issued items all issued items times from there.
1. Fifth House (?:??) (Unissued.)
2. Some other Blues (?:??) (Unissued.)
3. I’ll Wait And Pray (3:22)
4. I’ll Wait And Pray (3:25)
5. Little Old Lady (4:24)
Notes: Information for this unissued items from David Wild’s Coltrane Discography, (Spring 1979).
(Items 1 & 2, not in my collection.)
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John Coltrane Session 59-12-02:
Date: 02 December, 1959.
Place: Atlantic Recording Studio, New York City, NY.
Ensemble: John Coltrane Quartet: John Coltrane tenor sax, Wynton Kelly piano, Paul Chambers bass, Jimmy Cobb drums,
Recording: Commercial for Atlantic.
Recording Engineer:
Alternative Issues:
Recent Available Issue: John Coltrane, The Heavyweight Champion, The Complete Atlantic Recordings, Rhino R2 79184, Disc 3, for issued items, issued times from there.
1. Like Sonny (5:51)
2. Harmonique (4:10)
3. The Night Has 1000 Eyes (?:??) (Unissued.)
4. Equinox (4:46) (Unissued)
3. My Shining Hour (4:50)
4. Naima (4:20)
5. Some Other Blues (5:34)
6. Fifth House (4:38)
Notes: Information for this session from David Wild’s Coltrane Discography, (Spring 1979).
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John Coltrane Session 60-00-00:
Date: ???? 1960.
Place: Unknown location.
Ensemble: John Coltrane Combo: John Coltrane tenor sax, soprano sax, rest unknown.
Recording: Private tape: 3 tapes;
Recording Engineer:
Alternative Issues:
Recent Available Issue: Tape 1, items 1 & 2, tape 2 items 3 & 4, tape 3 items 5 - 7.
1. Unknown title (?:??) (Unissued)
2. Unknown title (?:??) (Unissued)
3. A Blues; . Unknown title (?:??) (Unissued)
4. Unknown title (?:??) (Unissued)
5. How High the Moon (?:??) (Unissued)
6. E flat blues, Unknown title (?:??) (Unissued)
7. Traneing in (?:??) (Unissued)
Notes: Information, Fujioka (1995).
(All not in my collection.)
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John Coltrane Session 60-02-24:
Date: 24 February, 1960.
Place: Showboat, Philadelphia.
Ensemble: John Coltrane Combo: John Coltrane tenor sax, soprano sax, rest unknown.
Recording: Private tape.
Recording Engineer:
Alternative Issues:
Recent Available Issue:
1. How High the Moon (?:??) (Unissued)
2. I Can’t Get Started (?:??) (Unissued)
Notes: Information, Fujioka (1995).
(All not in my collection.)
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John Coltrane Session 60-03-21:
Date: 21 March, 1960.
Place: L’OLympia, Paris, France.
Ensemble: Miles Davis Quintet: Miles Davis trumpet, John Coltrane tenor sax, Wynton Kelly piano, Paul Chambers bass, Jimmy Cobb drums,
Recording: Private tape, radio broadcast; Europa 1.
Recording Engineer:
Alternative Issues:
Recent Available Issue: Miles Davis en Concert avec Europa 1, Olympia, featuring John Coltrane. Trema (F) 710455; disc 1 for items 1 - 3, disc 2 for items 4 - 8, information and times from there.
1. All of You (17:05)
2. So What (13:25)
3. On Green Dolphin Street (14:42)
4. Walkin’ (15:33)
5. Bye Bye Blackbird (13:58)
6. ‘Round Midnight (5:36)
7. Oleo (4:22)
8. The Theme (0:50)
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John Coltrane Session 60-03-22:
Date: 22 March, 1960.
Place: Konserthuset, Stockholm, Sweden.
Ensemble: Miles Davis Quintet: Miles Davis trumpet, John Coltrane tenor sax, Wynton Kelly piano, Paul Chambers bass, Jimmy Cobb drums,
Recording: Private tape, radio Broadcast; Swedish Radio.
Recording Engineer:
Alternative Issues:
Recent Available Issue: Miles Davis In Stockholm 1960 Complete, DIW Records CD DIW-381/384. Disc 1, times from there.
First concert:
1. So What (10:49)
2. Fran-Dance (7:28)
3. All Blues/The Theme (17:12)
4. John Coltrane Interview (6:14)
Notes:
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John Coltrane Session 60-03-22:
Date: 22 March, 1960.
Place: Konserthuset, Stockholm, Sweden.
Ensemble: Miles Davis Quintet: Miles Davis trumpet, John Coltrane tenor sax, Wynton Kelly piano, Paul Chambers bass, Jimmy Cobb drums,
Recording: Private tape, radio broadcast; Swedish Radio.
Recording Engineer:
Alternative Issues:
Recent Available Issue: Miles Davis In Stockholm 1960 Complete, DIW Records CD DIW-381/384. Discs 1 & 2, times from there.
Second concert:
1. So What (15:19)
2. On Green Dolphin Street (13:40)
3. Walkin’/The Theme (17:18)
Notes:.
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John Coltrane Session 60-03-24:
Date: 24 March 1960.
Place: Tivoli’s Koncertsal, Copenhagen, Denmark.
Ensemble: Miles Davis Quintet: Miles Davis trumpet, John Coltrane tenor sax, Wynton Kelly piano, Paul Chambers bass, Jimmy Cobb drums,
Recording: Private tape, radio broadcast; Swedish Radio.
Recording Engineer:
Alternative Issues:
Recent Available Issue: Miles Davis-John Coltrane Copenhagen 1960, CD RJ(C) RJ501, or John Coltrane-Miles Davis /Live in Europe 1960 Landscape CD (C)LS2-910, or John Coltrane-Miles Davis /Live in Copenhagen 1960 Landscape CD (C)44910.
1. So What (14:30)
2. On Green Dolphin Street (14:20)
3. All Blues (15:15)
4. The Theme (Incomplete) (0:31)
Notes:
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John Coltrane Session 60-03-30:
Date: 30 March 1960.
Place: Kongresshalle, Frankfurt Am Main, West Germany.
Ensemble: Miles Davis Quintet: Miles Davis trumpet, John Coltrane tenor sax, Wynton Kelly piano, Paul Chambers bass, Jimmy Cobb drums,
Recording: Private tape, radio broadcast.
Recording Engineer:
Alternative Issues:
Recent Available Issue:
1. So What (13:17) (Unissued.)
2. All of You (Incomplete) (10:10) (Unissued.)
Notes: Information for this session from David Wild’s Coltrane Discography, (Spring 1979).
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John Coltrane Session 60-04-01:
Date: 01 April 1960.
Place: Rheinhalle, Düsseldorf, West Germany.
Ensemble: Miles Davis Quintet, without Miles: John Coltrane tenor sax, Wynton Kelly piano, Paul Chambers bass, Jimmy Cobb drums,
Recording: Private tape of radio broadcast.
Recording Engineer:
Alternative Issues:
Recent Available Issue:
1. On Green Dolphin Street (8:45) (Unissued.)
2. Walkin’ (7:15) (Unissued.)
3. The Theme (3:19) (Unissued.)
Notes: Tape kindly supplied by Jan Lohmann.
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John Coltrane Session 60-04-08:
Date: 08 April 1960.
Place: Kongresshaus, Zürich, Switzerland.
Ensemble: Miles Davis Quintet: Miles Davis trumpet, John Coltrane tenor sax, Wynton Kelly piano, Paul Chambers bass, Jimmy Cobb drums,
Recording: Private tape.
Recording Engineer:
Alternative Issues:
Recent Available Issue: The Miles Davis Quintet. “Live in Zurich 1960” Previously (Unissued.) Jazz Unlimited JUCD 2031; listings and times from there.
1. If I Were a Bell (16:40)
2. Fran Dance (7:36)
3. So What (15:05)
4. All Blues (17:06)
5. The Theme (0:48)
Notes:
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John Coltrane Session 60-04-09:
Date: 09 April 1960; (20:15 - ??)
Place: Kurhaus, Scheveningen.
Ensemble: Miles Davis Quintet: Miles Davis trumpet, John Coltrane tenor sax, Wynton Kelly piano, Paul Chambers bass, Jimmy Cobb drums,
Recording: Private tape, radio broadcast.
Recording Engineer:
Alternative Issues:
Recent Available Issue: Miles Davis Quintet: “Green Dolphin Street: Live in Holland,” Nastashia Imports CD NI 4002; listings and times from there.
1. So What (17:40)
2. ‘Round Midnight (5:47)
3. On Green Dolphin Street (12:32)
4. Walkin’ (9:09)
5. The Theme (0:52)
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John Coltrane Session 60-04-00:
Date: ?? April 1960.
Place: Jazz Gallery, New York City, NY.
Ensemble: John Coltrane Quartet: John Coltrane tenor sax, Steve Kuhn piano, Steve Davis bass, Pete La Rocca drums,
Recording: Private Tape,
Recording Engineer:
Alternative Issues:
Recent Available Issue:
1. How High the Moon (?:??) (Unissued.)
2. Unknown minor blues (?:??) (Unissued.)
3. Equinox (?:??)
Notes: Information, Fujioka (1995).
(All not in my collection.)
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John Coltrane Session 60-06-27:
Date: 27 June 1960.
Place: Jazz Gallery, New York City, NY.
Ensemble: John Coltrane Quartet: John Coltrane soprano sax, tenor sax, McCoy Tyner piano, Steve Davis bass, Pete La Rocca drums,
Recording: Private Tape.
Recording Engineer:
Alternative Issues:
Recent Available Issue:
1. Softly as in a Morning Sunrise (?:??) (Unissued.)
2. I Can’t Get Started (?:??) (Unissued.)
3. Like Sonny (?:??) (Unissued.)
4 Unknown Latin Tune (?:??) (Unissued.)
Notes: This recording is a first on two counts; it is the first recording of McCoy Tyner playing with Coltrane; it is also the first recording of Coltrane playing soprano saxophone.
Information, Fujioka (1995).
(All not in my collection.)
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John Coltrane Session 60-06-28:
Date: 28 June 1960.
Place: Atlantic Recording Studio, New York City, NY.
Ensemble: John Coltrane / Don Cherry: Don Cherry, trumpet, John Coltrane tenor sax, soprano sax, Charlie Haden bass, Ed Blackwell drums,
Recording: Commercial for Atlantic.
Recording Engineer:
Alternative Issues:
Recent Available Issue: John Coltrane, The Heavyweight Champion, The Complete Atlantic Recordings, Rhino R2 79184, Disc 3, all listed items and times from there.
1. Cherryco (6:40.
2. The Blessing (7:50)
3. The Invisible (?:??) Unissued, missing.
Notes:
(Item 3, not in my collection.)
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John Coltrane Session 60-07-01:
Date: 01 July 1960.
Place: Jazz Gallery, New York City, NY.
Ensemble: John Coltrane Quartet: John Coltrane tenor sax, McCoy Tyner piano, Steve Davis bass, Pete La Rocca drums,
Recording: Private Tape.
Recording Engineer:
Alternative Issues:
Recent Available Issue:
1. Unknown blues waltz (?:??) (Unissued.)
2. I Can’t Get Started (Incomplete) (?:??) (Unissued.)
3. Out of This World (?:??) (Unissued.)
4 You Leave Me Breathless (?:??) (Unissued.)
5. Summertime (?:??) (Unissued.)
6. Title Unknown (?:??) (Unissued.)
7. Lover (?:??) (Unissued.)
Notes: Fujioka (1995), writes that with item 1 the tape stops in the middle then restarts.
(All not in my collection.)
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John Coltrane Session 60-07-08:
Date: 08 July 1960.
Place: Atlantic Recording Studio, New York City, NY.
Ensemble: John Coltrane and Don Cherry: Don Cherry, trumpet, John Coltrane soprano sax, tenor sax, Percy Heath bass, Ed Blackwell drums,
Recording: Commercial for Atlantic.
Recording Engineer:
Alternative Issues:
Recent Available Issue: John Coltrane, The Heavyweight Champion, The Complete Atlantic Recordings, Rhino R2 79184, Disc 3, all listed issued items times from there.
1. Focus On Sanity (12:11)
2. The Blessing (?:??) (Unissued, missing.)
3. The Invisible (4:10)
4. Bemsha Swing (5:04)
Notes:
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John Coltrane Session 60-07-19:
Date: 19 July 1960.
Place: Showboat, Philadelphia.
Ensemble: John Coltrane Quartet: John Coltrane tenor sax, McCoy Tyner piano, Steve Davis bass, Pete La Rocca drums,
Recording: Private, audience tape.
Recording Engineer:
Alternative Issues:
Recent Available Issue:
1. Giant Steps (?:??) (Unissued.)
2. Speak Low (?:??) (Unissued.)
3. Blues, unknown title. (?:??) (Unissued.)
4. I Want to Talk About You (?:??) (Unissued.)
5. Good Bait (?:??) (Unissued.)
Notes: Information, Fujioka (1995).
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John Coltrane Session 60-07-21:
Date: 21 July 1960.
Place: Showboat, Philadelphia.
Ensemble: John Coltrane Quartet: John Coltrane tenor sax, McCoy Tyner piano, Steve Davis bass, Pete La Rocca drums,
Recording: Private tape, (Unissued.)
Recording Engineer:
Alternative Issues:
Recent Available Issue:
1. Cousin Mary (?:??) (Unissued.)
2. Minor blues, unknown title (?:??) (Unissued.)
3. Equinox (?:??) (Unissued.)
Notes: Information, Fujioka (1995).
(All not in my collection.)
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John Coltrane Session 60-07-22:
Date: 22 July 1960.
Place: Showboat, Philadelphia.
Ensemble: John Coltrane Quartet: John Coltrane tenor sax, McCoy Tyner piano, Steve Davis bass, Pete La Rocca drums,
Recording: Private tape.
Recording Engineer:
Alternative Issues:
Recent Available Issue:
1. Giant Steps (10:40) (Unissued.)
2. But Not For Me (?:??) (Unissued.)
3. Spiral (?:??) (Unissued.)
4. Slow blues, title unknown (?:??) (Unissued.)
5. Traneing in (?:??) (Unissued.)
6. Countdown (?:??) (Unissued.)
7. Mr. Syms (?:??) (Unissued.)
8. I Can’t Get Started (?:??) (Unissued.)
Notes: Information, Fujioka (1995).
(All not in my collection.)
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John Coltrane Session 60-07-23:
Date: 23 July 1960.
Place: Showboat, Philadelphia.
Ensemble: John Coltrane Quartet: John Coltrane tenor sax, McCoy Tyner piano, Steve Davis bass, Pete La Rocca drums,
Recording: Private tape, (Unissued.)
Recording Engineer:
Alternative Issues:
Recent Available Issue:
1. Minor blues, title unknown (?:??) (Unissued.)
2. Equinox (?:??) (Unissued.)
3. E flat blues, title unknown (?:??) (Unissued.)
Notes: Information, Fujioka (1995), who notes that 2 is D minor, suggesting the tape may run slow.
(All not in my collection.)
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John Coltrane Session 60-07-24:
Date: 24 July 1960.
Place: Showboat, Philadelphia.
Ensemble: John Coltrane Quartet: John Coltrane tenor sax, McCoy Tyner piano, Steve Davis bass, Pete La Rocca drums,
Recording: Private tape, (Unissued.)
Recording Engineer:
Alternative Issues:
Recent Available Issue:
1. I Can’t Get Started (?:??) (Unissued.)
2. Out of This World (?:??) (Unissued.)
3. Good Bait (?:??) (Unissued.)
4. Traneing in (?:??) (Unissued.)
5. B minor blues, title unknown (?:??) (Unissued.)
6. Theme (?:??) (Unissued.)
Notes: Information, Fujioka (1995).
(All not in my collection.)
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John Coltrane Session 60-09-08:
Date: 08 September 1960.
Place: United Recorders, Los Angeles CA
Ensemble: John Coltrane Quartet: John Coltrane tenor sax, McCoy Tyner piano, Steve Davis bass, Billy Higgins, drums,
Recording: Commercial for United Recorders.
Recording Engineer:
Alternative Issues:
Recent Available Issue: John Coltrane “Like Sonny” Roulette CD, Roulette CDP 793901-2, times for issued items from there.
1. Mr Day (aka One And Four) (Incomplete) (0:20) (Unissued.)
2. Mr Day (aka One And Four) (7:35) (Unissued.)
3. Mr Day (aka One And Four) (7:34)
4. Exotica (Alternate take.) (4:31)
5. Exotica (4:28)
6. Like Sonny (aka Simple Like) (3:55)
Notes: This is the first studio recording of John Coltrane with McCoy Tyner, oddly it was made for this small label, and not for Atlantic.
The recording sequence is from Cuscuna’s notes on Roulette CDP 7939012, where he says that item 2 had bad read problems, item 4 is first issued here, and the title of item 6 was probably changed by Roulette because Coltrane recorded it for Atlantic in April 1959, the titles shown here are Atlantic issue ones. Information for unissued items, Cuscana’s notes, times for these from Fujioka (1995).
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John Coltrane Session 60-10-21:
Date: 21 October 1960.
Place: Atlantic Recording Studio, New York City, NY.
Ensemble: John Coltrane Quartet: John Coltrane tenor sax, ss McCoy Tyner piano, Steve Davis bass, Elvin Jones drums,
Recording: Commercial for Atlantic.
Recording Engineer:
Alternative Issues:
Recent Available Issue: John Coltrane, The Heavyweight Champion, The Complete Atlantic Recordings, Rhino R2 79184, Disc 4, for issued items all listed items and times from there.
1. Village Blues (5:23)
2. Village Blues (6:14)
3. Equinox (Missing) (?:??) (Unissued.)
4. My Favourite Things (13:40)
5. My Favourite Things (pt 1, incomplete) (2:42)
6. My Favourite Things (pt 2, incomplete) (3:02)
7. The Night Has a Thousand Eyes (?:??) (Unissued.)
Notes: Why were these items, 4 & 5 not issued in the above Rhino/Atlantic set? Probably because there was only one take existing and these were parts of the whole, split thus to issue it as an EP, “My Favourite Things,” Atlantic 45-5012, and very successfully as it sold well. The two parts have now been re-issued on a separate CD.
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John Coltrane Session 60-10-24:
Date: 24 October 1960.
Place: Atlantic Recording Studio, New York City, NY.
Ensemble: John Coltrane Quartet: John Coltrane tenor sax, ss McCoy Tyner piano, Steve Davis bass, Elvin Jones drums,
Recording: Commercial for Atlantic.
Recording Engineer:
Alternative Issues:
Recent Available Issue: John Coltrane, The Heavyweight Champion, The Complete Atlantic Recordings, Rhino R2 79184, Discs 4 for items 1 - 7, Disc 5, for items & Disc 7 for items ; all listed items and times from there.
1. Central Park West (4:14)
2. Mr. Syms (5:22)
3. Untitled Original (Exotica) (5:22)
4. Summertime (11:34)
5. Body And Soul (5:38)
6. Body And Soul (5:59)
7. Mr. Knight (7:31)
8. Blues to Elvin (Alternate take) (11:00)
9. Blues to Elvin (False start) (0:10)
10. Blues to Elvin (Alternate take) (6:02)
11. Blues to Elvin (7:53)
12. Mr. Day (7:56)
13. Blues to You (Alternate take) (5:35)
14. Blues to You (5:30)
15. Blues to You (6:29)
16. Blues to Bechet (5:46)
17. Satellite (5:51)
Notes: Also recorded at this session were “Lady Bird,” and “In Your Own Sweet Way,” however, John Coltrane did not play on these, and they are not included in the above issued set.
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John Coltrane Session 60-10-26:
Date: 26 October 1960.
Place: Atlantic Recording Studio, New York City, NY.
Ensemble: John Coltrane Quartet: John Coltrane tenor sax, ss McCoy Tyner piano, Steve Davis bass, Elvin Jones drums,
Recording: Commercial for Atlantic.
Recording Engineer:
Alternative Issues:
Recent Available Issue: John Coltrane, The Heavyweight Champion, The Complete Atlantic Recordings, Rhino R2 79184, Disc 5 for items 1 - 3; Disc 6, for items all listed items and times from there.
1. Everytime We Say Goodbye (5:41)
2. 26-2 (6:13)
3. But Not For Me (9:14)
4. Liberia (6:51)
5. The Night Has A Thousand Eyes (6:51)
6. Equinox (8:35)
Notes:
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John Coltrane Session 61-00-00/62-00-00:
Date: unknown dates in 1961-62.
Place: Showboat, Philadelphia PA
Ensemble: John Coltrane Quintet: John Coltrane soprano sax, tenor sax, Eric Dolphy alto sax, bass clarinet, flute, McCoy Tyner piano, Reggie Workman bass, Elvin Jones drums,
Recording: Private tape.
Recording Engineer:
Alternative Issues:
Recent Available Issue:
1. West 42nd Street (?:??) (Unissued.)
2. C minor blues (?:??) (Unissued.)
3. Everytime We Say Goodbye (?:??) (Unissued.)
4. Softly as in a Morning Sunrise (?:??) (Unissued.)
5. Easy to Remember (?:??) (Unissued.)
6. My Favorite Things (?:??) (Unissued.)
7. Out of this World. (?:??) (Unissued.)
8. Miles’ Mode (?:??) (Unissued.)
Notes: This is according to Fujioka, listed as 5 tapes, recorded perhaps on 24-29 July 1961, 17-22 October 1961, 26 March - 3 April 1962, and 15-20 October 1962. Presumably Eric is only on some of the tunes listed above. Miles’ Mode is probably Red Planet, written by Eric. They also list a session on 24 July with Impressions, But Not for Me, and Greensleeves, a session on 26 July with Body and Soul, Traneing In, and Impressions, unrecorded performances from Detroit on 7 August, the Village Gate on 8 August, and the Monterey Jazz Festival on 22 September (this is with Wes Montgomery).
(All not in my collection.)
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John Coltrane Session 61-03-20:
Date: 20 March 1961.
Place: Columbia 30th Street Studio, New York City, NY.
Ensemble: Miles Davis Sextet: Miles Davis trumpet, Hank Mobley tenor sax, John Coltrane tenor sax, except 1 & 3, Wynton Kelly piano, Paul Chambers bass, Jimmy Cobb drums,
Recording: Commercial for Columbia.
Recording Engineer:
Alternative Issues:
Recent Available Issue: Miles Davis Sextet, “Some Day My Prince Will Come,” Sony 20 bit super mapping CD, (J) CD SRCS 9105 for items 2 -3.
1. Someday My Prince Will Come (?:??)
2. Someday My Prince Will Come (9:10)
3. Old Folks (5:20)
Notes:
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John Coltrane Session 61-03-00 / 61-04-00:
Date: March 21, 1961.
Place: Columbia 30th Street Studio, New York City, NY.
Ensemble: Miles Davis trumpet, John Coltrane tenor sax, Wynton Kelly piano, Paul Chambers bass, Jimmy Cobb drums,
Recording: Commercial for Columbia.
Recording Engineer:
Alternative Issues:
Recent Available Issue: Miles Davis Sextet, “Some Day My Prince Will Come,” Sony Mastersounds Series 20 bit super mapping CD (J) SRCS 9105 for items 1 - 2.
1. Teo (9:41)
2. I Thought About You (4:57)
3. Blues No. 2. (?:??) (Unissued.)
Notes: Information for this session from David Wild’s Coltrane Discography, (Spring 1979).
(Item 3 not in my collection.)
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John Coltrane Session 61-03-00 / 61-04-00:
Date: ?? March – April 1961.
Place: The Sutherland Lounge, Chicago, IL.
Ensemble: John Coltrane Quintet: John Coltrane soprano sax, tenor sax, Donald Garrett bass clarinet on 2, 4, & 5; tenor sax 1, 3, McCoy Tyner piano, Reggie Workman bass, Elvin Jones drums,
Recording: Private tape.
Recording Engineer:
Alternative Issues:
Recent Available Issue:
1. Liberia (Incomplete) (10:54) (Unissued.)
2. Vierd Blues (16:15) (Unissued.)
3. Equinox (Incomplete) (17:08) (Unissued.)
4. Greensleeves (17:48) (Unissued.)
5. Bye Bye Blackbird (10:18) (Unissued.)
6. My Favorite Things (Incomplete) (0:08) (Unissued.)
7. Unknown Title (Incomplete) (7:31) (Unissued.)
8. Cousin Mary (Incomplete) (3:32) (Unissued.)
9. Unknown Title (Incomplete) (2:24) (Unissued.)
Notes: If the date of this recording is correct, than this is the first recorded occasion of Coltrane using two bassists simultaneously.
I have a private tape of this concert which was dated as October in Fujioka, however Porter (1998, p.364) states that this is most probably from April of this year as the Sutherland Lounge was closed in September and the Coltrane concert cancelled in consequence, and notes that broadcasts from Sutherland Lounge began in October, 1960. The layout of my private tape is across two C90s as follows: Tape 1-A: 1. Liberia (11:59) short announcement between into; 2. Vierd Blues (17:36) + short applause; 3. Equinox (18:27) stops in middle of bass solo, where there is an announcement: Tape 1-B: 4. Unknown tune begins mid-Coltrane solo (7:02) ends mid-solo short pause, then; 5. Greensleeves (18:49) + clip of announcement; 6. Bye Bye Blackbird (10:42); 7. My Favourite; Things intro, stopped due to what sounds like a tape jam, (0:12) then; 8. Unknown Title? (8:01) tape suddenly stops; 9. Cousin Mary (3:13 tape ends piece prematurely); Tape 2 A 10.. Unknown title perhaps sounds like Impressions absent the intro with a long drum solo (15:42).
(Copy of this recording kindly supplied by Chris DeVito.)
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John Coltrane Session 61-03-00 / 61-04-00:
Date: ?? March - April 1961.
Place: The Sutherland, Chicago, IL.
Ensemble: John Coltrane Quintet: John Coltrane soprano sax, tenor sax, Donald Garrett bass clarinet 2,4,5; ts-1,3, McCoy Tyner piano, Reggie Workman bass, Elvin Jones drums,
Recording: Private tape.
Recording Engineer:
Alternative Issues:
Recent Available Issue:
1. I Want to Talk About You (Incomplete) (3:26) (Unissued.)
2. Greensleeves (17:40) (Unissued.)
3. Unknown Title(Incomplete) (12:57) (Unissued.)
4. Unknown Title (Incomplete) (16:18) (Unissued.)
Notes: See the notes regarding the date for the preceding Sutherland lounge session for the dating of this one. Item 3 sounds like Africa, and item 4 sounds like Impressions. Information from Rick Lopez’s Reggie Workman internet discography.
(All not in my collection.)
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John Coltrane Session 61-05-23:
Date: 23 May 1961.
Place: Van Gelder Studio- Englewood Cliffs, NJ.
Ensemble: John Coltrane soprano sax, tenor sax, arranger for 2, Booker Little, Freddie Hubbard trumpet, Birth Woodsman trombone, Julian Priester Charles Greenlee euphonium Julius Watkins, Donald Corrado, Bob, Northern, Robert Swisshel, and Jimmy Buffington French horn Bill Barber tuba, Eric Dolphy alto sax, bass clarinet, flute, arranger for 5, Garvin Bushell piccolo, reeds, woodwinds, Laurdine ‘Pat’ Patrick baritone sax, McCoy Tyner piano, arranger for 1, Reggie Workman bass, Paul Chambers bass on 5 Elvin Jones drums, Cal Massey, arranger for 4 Romulus Franceschini conductor for 4.
Recording: Commercial for Impulse!
Recording Engineer:
Alternative Issues:
Recent Available Issue: John Coltrane Quartet: The Complete Africa/Brass Sessions. Impulse! CD IMPD-2-168, all times from there.
1. Greensleeves (9:57)
2. Song of the Underground Railroad (6:44)
3. Greensleeves (Alternate Take.) (10:53)
4. The Damned Don’t Cry (7:34)
5. Africa (1st version) (14:08)
Notes: Session tapes list track 2 as “The Drinking Gourd.”
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John Coltrane Session 61-05-25:
Date: 25 May 1961.
Place: A&R Studios, New York City, NY.
Ensemble: John Coltrane tenor sax, ss Freddie Hubbard trumpet, Eric Dolphy (aka George Lane), alto sax, fl on 1 & 4, McCoy Tyner piano, Reggie Workman bass, 1- 3, Art Davis bass, 1, 2, & 7, Elvin Jones drums,
Recording: Commercial for Atlantic.
Recording Engineer:
Alternative Issues:
Recent Available Issue: John Coltrane, The Heavyweight Champion, The Complete Atlantic Recordings, Rhino R2 79184, Disc 6, all listed items and times from there.
1. Olé (18:11)
2. Dahomey Dance (10:49)
3. Aisha (7:34)
4. Original Untitled Ballad (To Her Laydiship) (8:57)
Notes: Coltrane made use of a Spanish folksong, ‘Venga Vallejp’ to write Olé. Eric Dolphy is listed as George Lane on the original releases because he was under contractual obligations that restricted him from appearing under his own name.
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John Coltrane Session 61-06-07:
Date: 07 June 1961.
Place: Van Gelder Studio- Englewood Cliffs, NJ.
Ensemble: Booker Little trumpet, Britt Woodman trombone, Carl Bowman euphonium, Julius Watkins Frenchorn, Donald Corrado Frenchorn, Bob, Northern Frenchorn, Robert Swisshelm Frenchorn, Bill Barber tu, Eric Dolphy alto sax, flute, bass clarinet, arr-1, Laurdine “Pat” Patrick bs, John Coltrane tenor sax, McCoy Tyner piano, Reggie Workman bass, Art Davis bass, on 1 & 2, Elvin Jones ,d.
Recording: Commercial for Impulse
Recording Engineer:
Alternative Issues:
Recent Available Issue: John Coltrane Quartet: The Complete Africa/Brass Sessions. Impulse! CD IMPD-2-168. All times from there.
1. Africa (Alternate Take.) (16:08)
2. Africa (16:29)
3. Blues Minor (7:20)
Notes: It is generally believed that item one is a composite of earlier takes and is not an original take in its own right.
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John Coltrane Session 61-07-01:
Date: 01 July 1961.
Place: Newport Jazz Festival, Newport, RI
Ensemble: John Coltrane Sextet: John Coltrane tenor sax, soprano sax, McCoy Tyner piano, Reggie Workman bass, Art Davis bass, Elvin Jones (d).
Recording: Private tape.
Recording Engineer:
Alternative Issues:
Recent Available Issue: MJ(I) 2MJP1051.
1. announcement (0:13)
2. Impressions (6:26)
3. Naima (4:06) (Unissued)
4. My Favorite Things (16:48) Applause over 0:04 of end.
Notes: I have two tape copies of this set,: on one tape, after its conclusion, item 1 is 6:06 and announced as ‘So What,’ over about 30 seconds of item 3, which has a very beautiful Tyner solo and, unfortunately, ends abruptly at 3:06, finally item 4 is 16:26, and there is applause and announcement clip of 0:08 tagged to the end. With the second, better sound quality, tape, there is no announcement over item 2, and it is complete, item 3 is also longer, but is without the additional applause and announcement.
(Tapes kindly supplied by Ray Stadt and Chris DeVito, respectively.)
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John Coltrane Session 61-07-22:
Date: 22 July 1961.
Place: Village Gate, New York City.
Ensemble: John Coltrane Quartet: John Coltrane soprano sax, tenor sax, McCoy Tyner piano, Reggie Workman bass, Elvin Jones drums,
Recording: Private, audience tape.
Recording Engineer:
Alternative Issues:
Recent Available Issue:.
1. My Favorite Things (45:00) (Unissued.)
2. Greensleeves (?:??) (Unissued.)
3. Impressions (?:??) (Unissued.)
Notes: There is some possibility that Eric Dolphy played on this session. Information from Rick Lopez’s Reggie Workman internet discography.
(All not in my collection.)
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John Coltrane Session 61-07-23:
Date: 23 July 1961.
Place: Village Gate, New York City.
Ensemble: John Coltrane Quartet: John Coltrane soprano sax, tenor sax, McCoy Tyner piano, Reggie Workman bass, Elvin Jones drums,
Recording: Private, audience tape.
Recording Engineer:
Alternative Issues:
Recent Available Issue:
1. Greensleeves (?:??) (Unissued.)
2. Body and Soul (?:??) (Unissued.)
3. I Can’t Get Started (?:??) (Unissued.)
4. Naima (?:??) (Unissued.)
5. My Favorite Things (?:??) (Unissued.)
Notes: Information from Rick Lopez’s Reggie Workman internet discography.
(All not in my collection.)
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John Coltrane Session 61-07-24:
Date: July 24, 1961.
Place: Showboat, Philadelphia, PA.
Ensemble: John Coltrane Quintet: John Coltrane soprano sax, ts Eric Dolphy as bass clarinet, fl McCoy Tyner p Reggie Workman b Elvin Jones drums,
Recording: Private Tape.
Recording Engineer:
Alternative Issues:
Recent Available Issue:
1. Impressions (?:??) (Unissued.)
2. But Not for Me (?:??) (Unissued.)
3. Greensleeves (?:??) (Unissued.)
Notes: Information from Rick Lopez’s Reggie Workman internet discography.
(All not in my collection.)
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John Coltrane Session 61-07-26:
Date: 26 July 1961.
Place: Showboat, Philadelphia, PA.
Ensemble: John Coltrane Quintet: John Coltrane soprano sax, tenor sax, Eric Dolphy as bass clarinet, flute, McCoy Tyner piano, Reggie Workman bass, Elvin Jones drums,
Recording: Private tape.
Recording Engineer:
Alternative Issues:
Recent Available Issue:
1. Body and Soul (?:??) (Unissued.)
2. Traneing In (?:??) (Unissued.)
3. Impressions (Incomplete) (?:??) (Unissued.)
Notes: Information from Rick Lopez’s Reggie Workman internet discography.
(All not in my collection.)
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John Coltrane Session 61-09-26 to 61-10-01:
Date: 26 September – 01 October 1961.
Place: San Francisco Jazz Workshop, CA.
Ensemble: John Coltrane Sextet: John Coltrane soprano sax, tenor sax, Eric Dolphy as bass clarinet, flute, McCoy Tyner piano, Wes Montgomery gtr, Reggie Workman bass, Elvin Jones drums,
Recording: Private audience tape.
Recording Engineer:
Alternative Issues:
Recent Available Issue:
1. Unknown set list (?:??) (Unissued.)
Notes: Information from Porter, 1998, p. 365
(All not in my collection.)
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John Coltrane Session 61-11-01:
Date: 01 November 1961.
Place: Village Vanguard, New York City.
Ensemble: John Coltrane: John Coltrane ss 1, & 4, tenor sax, al except 1, & 4, Eric Dolphy alto sax, 2, 3, 5, & 7, bcl 1, 4, & 6, McCoy Tyner piano, Reggie Workman bass, all except 3, Jimmy Garrison bass, on 1, & 3 only Elvin Jones drums, Abdul Malik oud 1 only..
Recording: Commercial for Impulse.
Recording Engineer:
Alternative Issues:
Recent Available Issue: John Coltrane: The Complete Village Vanguard Recordings. Impulse 20 bit super mapping CD IMPD4-232. Items 1 - 5, Disc 1; item 6 Disc 2; all data taken from here.
1. India (10:20)
2. Chasin’ the Trane (9:41))
3. Impressions (8:42)
4. Spiritual (12:29)
5. Red Planet (aka Miles’ Mode) (9:53)
6. Naima (7:33)
7. Brasilia (18:35)
Notes:
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John Coltrane Session 61-11-02:
Date: 02 November 1961.
Place: . Village Vanguard, New York City.
Ensemble: John Coltrane: John Coltrane soprano sax 2, 3, 4, & 5, tenor sax, 1, 3, 5, & 7, Eric Dolphy alto sax, 1 & 7, bcl 2,& 3, out on 4, 5 & 6, McCoy Tyner piano, out item 5, Reggie Workman bass, Jimmy Garrison bass, 1, & 7 only, Roy Haynes drums, on 1 only, Elvin Jones drums, all except 1.
Recording:
Recording Engineer:
Alternative Issues:
Recent Available Issue: John Coltrane: The Complete Village Vanguard Recordings. Impulse 20 bit super mapping CD IMPD4-232. Items 1 - 4, Disc 2; items 5 - 7, Disc 3; all data taken from here.
1. Chasin’ Another Trane (15:26)
2. India (13:14)
3. Spiritual (15:03)
4. Softly As In A Morning Sunrise (6:25)
5. Chasin’ The Trane (15:55)
6. Greensleeves (6:08)
7. Impressions (14:45)
Notes: McCoy Tyner comps only on the first two choruses of item 1.
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John Coltrane Session 61-11-03:
Date: 03 November 1961.
Place: Village Vanguard, New York City, NY..
Ensemble: John Coltrane ss 1, 4 & 5, tenor sax, 1, 2, 3, 4, & 6, Eric Dolphy alto sax, 6, bcl 1, 2, 4& 4, McCoy Tyner piano, Reggie Workman bass, all except 3, Jimmy Garrison bass, 3, 4, & 5, Elvin Jones drums,
Recording:
Recording Engineer:
Alternative Issues:
Recent Available Issue: John Coltrane: The Complete Village Vanguard Recordings. Impulse 20 bit CD IMPD4-232. Items 1 - 3, Disc 3; items 4 - 6, Disc 4; all data taken from here.
1. Spiritual (13:31)
2. Naima (7:02)
3. Impressions (14:45)
4. India (13:55)
5. Greensleeves (14:45)
6. Red Planet (aka Miles Mode) (15:12)
Notes: On item 3 Dolphy is heard joining in on the last note.
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John Coltrane Session 61-11-05:
Date: 05 November 1961.
Place: Village Vanguard, New York City, NY.
Ensemble: John Coltrane ss 1 & 2, tenor sax, 2, Eric Dolphy, bass clarinet, McCoy Tyner piano, Reggie Workman bass, on all, Jimmy Garrison bass, 1 only, Elvin Jones drums, Gavin Bushell oboe 1, contrabassoon 2.
Recording:
Recording Engineer:
Alternative Issues:
Recent Available Issue: John Coltrane: The Complete Village Vanguard Recordings. Impulse 20 bit CD IMPD4-232. Disc 4; all data taken from here.
1. India (15:06)
2. Spiritual (20:29.
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John Coltrane Session 61-11-18:
Date: First Concert, 18 November 1961.
Place: L’Olympia, Paris, France.
Ensemble: John Coltrane Quintet: John Coltrane soprano sax, tenor sax, Eric Dolphy as on 2, & 4, McCoy Tyner piano, Reggie Workman bass, Elvin Jones drums, Norman Granz (ann).
Recording: Private Tape from Radio Broadcast
Recording Engineer:
Alternative Issues:
Recent Available Issue: John Coltrane: The Complete Paris Concert, November 18, 1961. Magnetic CD MRCD 81114-5.
1. [announcement] Private Tape
2. Blue Train (16:04)
3. I Want to Talk About You (6:45)
4. Impressions (10:41)
5. My Favorite Things (22:21)
Notes: Tape kindly supplied by Jan Lohman.
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John Coltrane Session 61-11-18:
Date: Second Concert, 18 Novembee 1961.
Place: L’Olympia, Paris, France.
Ensemble: John Coltrane Quintet: John Coltrane soprano sax, tenor sax, Eric Dolphy as on 2, fl on 9, McCoy Tyner piano, Reggie Workman bass, Elvin Jones drums, Norman Granz (ann).
Recording: Private Tape from Radio Broadcast.
Recording Engineer:
Alternative Issues:
Recent Available Issue: John Coltrane: The Complete Paris Concert, November 18, 1961. Magnetic CD MRCD 81114-5.
1. [announcement] (1:30) Private Tape
2. I Want to Talk About You (9:27)
3. Blue Train (12:40)
4. My Favorite Things (25:11)
Notes: Tape kindly supplied by Jan Lohmann.
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John Coltrane Session 61-11-20:
Date: 20 November 1961.
Place: Falkonercentret, Copenhagen, Denmark.
Ensemble: John Coltrane Quintet: John Coltrane ,ss, tenor sax, second announcement, Eric Dolphy alto sax, 4, bcl 2, & 5, fl 8, McCoy Tyner piano, Reggie Workman bass, Elvin Jones drums, Norman Granz first announcement.
Recording: Radio Broadcast from Denmark Radio.
Recording Engineer:
Alternative Issues:
Recent Available Issue: John Coltrane: The Complete Copenhagen Concert. Magnet CD MRCD 8116.
1. Announcement (Private Tape) (2:10) (Unissued.)
2. Delilah (11:33)
3. Every Time We Say Goodbye (4:24)
4. Impressions (13:13)
5. Naima (7:00)
6. My Favorite Things (False Start) (0:16)
7. Announcement (0:36)
8. My Favorite Things (28:02)
Notes: For item 5 there are two false starts, after which Coltrane speaks briefly. Tape kindly supplied by Jan Lohmann.
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John Coltrane Session 61-11-22:
Date: 22 November 1961.
Place: Kulttuuritalo, Helsinki, Finland.
Ensemble: John Coltrane: John Coltrane soprano sax, tenor sax, Eric Dolphy alto sax, fl 1,3, & 4, McCoy Tyner piano, Reggie Workman bass, Elvin Jones drums,
Recording: Radio Broadcast by Yles Radio
Recording Engineer:
Alternative Issues:
Recent Available Issue:
1. Blue Train (Private tape) (8:45) (Unissued.)
2. I Want to Talk About You (Private tape) (6:50) (Unissued.)
3. Impressions (Private tape) (7:48) (Unissued.)
4. My Favorite Things (Private tape) (19:46) (Unissued.)
Notes: Tape kindly supplied by Jan Lohmann.
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John Coltrane Session 61-11-23:
Date: First Concert, 23 November 1961.
Place: Konserthuset, Stockholm, Sweden.
Ensemble: John Coltrane Quintet: John Coltrane soprano sax, tenor sax, Eric Dolphy alto sax, bass clarinet, flute, McCoy Tyner piano, Reggie Workman bass, Elvin Jones drums,
Recording: Private Tape from Radio Broadcast.
Recording Engineer:
Alternative Issues:
Recent Available Issue: John Coltrane Live in Stockholm 1961, for items 1 - 4. Times from that source.
1. Blue Train (Coltrane) (8:53)
2. Naima (Coltrane) (Incomplete) (3:59)
3. Impressions (Coltrane) (7:16)
4. My Favorite Things (Rodgers & Hammerstein II) (20:20)
Notes: Tape kindly supplied by Jan Lohmann.
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John Coltrane Session 61-11-23:
Date: Second Concert, 23 November 1961.
Place: Konserthuset, Stockholm, Sweden.
Ensemble: John Coltrane Quintet: John Coltrane soprano sax, tenor sax, Eric Dolphy alto sax, bass clarinet, flute, McCoy Tyner piano, Reggie Workman bass, Elvin Jones drums,
Recording: Private Tape from Radio Broadcast.
Recording Engineer:
Alternative Issues:
Recent Available Issue: Historic Performances HPLP1.
1. Naima (Incomplete) (2:25)
2. Impressions (10:41)
3. My Favorite Things (22:21)
Notes: Tape kindly supplied by Jan Lohmann.
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John Coltrane Session 61-11-24:
Date: 24 November 1961.
Place: Sudwestfunk TV Studio, Baden-Baden, West Germany.
Ensemble: John Coltrane Quintet: John Coltrane soprano sax, tenor sax, out on 6, Eric Dolphy alto sax, 5, flute, 1, omit 2 & 6, McCoy Tyner piano, Reggie Workman bass, Elvin Jones drums, Joachim-Ernst Berendt (ann-1,4).
Recording: Private Tape of TV Broadcast
Recording Engineer:
Alternative Issues:
Recent Available Issue: John Coltrane and Eric Dolphy: European Impressions. Bandstand CD: BDCD1514, for items 2, 3, & 5; BS 32JDB- 199.
1. Announcement (1:25) (Unissued.)
2. My Favorite Things (11:06)
3. Every Time We Say Goodbye (5:25)
4. Announcement (0:50) (Unissued.)
5. Impressions (7:37)
6. Unknown Title (1:25) (Unissued.)
Notes: Tape kindly supplied by Jan Lohmann.
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John Coltrane Session 61-11-27:
Date: 27 November 1961.
Place: Kongresshalle, Frankfurt Am Main, West Germany.
Ensemble: John Coltrane Quintet: John Coltrane soprano sax, tenor sax, Eric Dolphy alto sax, 2; fl 1, omit 3, McCoy Tyner piano, Reggie Workman bass, Elvin Jones drums,
Recording: Private tape.
Recording Engineer:
Alternative Issues:
Recent Available Issue:
1. My Favorite Things (Private tape. (Unissued.) (19:08)
2. Impressions (Private tape. (Unissued.) (16:27)
3. Every Time We Say Goodbye (Private tape. (Unissued.) (5:08)
Notes: Tape kindly supplied by Jan Lohmann.
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John Coltrane Session 61-11-29:
Date: 29 November 1961.
Place: Liederhalle, Stuttgart, West Germany.
Ensemble: John Coltrane Quintet: John Coltrane soprano sax, tenor sax, Eric Dolphy alto sax, 1; fl 3, omit 2, McCoy Tyner piano, Reggie Workman bass, Elvin Jones drums,
Recording: Private tape.
Recording Engineer:
Alternative Issues:
Recent Available Issue:
1. Impressions (8:55) (Unissued.)
2. Every Time We Say Goodbye (5:21) (Unissued.)
3. My Favorite Things (15:25) (Unissued.)
Notes: Tape kindly supplied by Jan Lohmann.
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John Coltrane Session 61-12-02:
Date: 02 December 1961.
Place: Auditorium Maximum, Freie Universitat, Berlin, West Germany.
Ensemble: John Coltrane Quintet: John Coltrane tenor sax, Eric Dolphy alto sax, McCoy Tyner piano, Reggie Workman bass, Elvin Jones drums,
Recording: Private tape.
Recording Engineer:
Alternative Issues:
Recent Available Issue:
1. Impressions (12:50) (Unissued.)
Notes: Tape kindly supplied by Jan Lohmann.
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John Coltrane Session 61-12-00:
Date: ?? December 1961.
Place: Unknown location.
Ensemble: John Coltrane Quintet: John Coltrane tenor sax, Eric Dolphy alto sax, McCoy Tyner piano, Reggie Workman bass, Elvin Jones drums,
Recording: Private tape.
Recording Engineer:
Alternative Issues:
Recent Available Issue:
1. Blue Train (Incomplete.) (24:35) (Unissued.)
2. Impressions (Incomplete.) (8:25) (Unissued.)
Notes: Porter, 1998, p. 266, notes that Fujioka listed these items as recorded in 1962 that, however he does not think this possible as Coltrane performed Blue Train only duirng his 1961 European tour. He does not list musicians, however, if his dating is correct the above seems likely.
(All not in my collection.)
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John Coltrane Session 61-12-21:
Date: 21 December 1961.
Place: Van Gelder Studio- Englewood Cliffs, NJ.
Ensemble: John Coltrane Quartet: John Coltrane soprano sax, tenor sax, McCoy Tyner piano, Jimmy Garrison bass, Elvin Jones drums,
Recording:
Recording Engineer:
Alternative Issues:
Recent Available Issue: John Coltrane Quartet, Coltrane The Classic Quartet - Complete Impulse Studio Recordings, Impulse! IMPD8-280, times from there; John Coltrane Quartet. Ballads. MCA Impulse! CD MCAD-5885, for item 2; John Coltrane Quartet. Ballads of John Coltrane. Impulse! CD MVCI 23057, for item 1.
1. Greensleeves (3:39)
2. It’s Easy to Remember (2:42)
Notes:
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John Coltrane Session 62-02-09:
Date: February 09, 1962.
Place: Birdland, New York City.
Ensemble: John Coltrane Quintet: John Coltrane soprano sax, tenor sax, Eric Dolphy alto sax, 1 & 2, fl 3, McCoy Tyner piano, Jimmy Garrison bass, Elvin Jones drums,
Recording: Private tape, Boris Rose, Radio Broadcast WADO-AM.
Recording Engineer:
Alternative Issues:
Recent Available Issue: John Coltrane Live at Birdland Featuring Eric Dolphy, Charly CD LEJAZZCD 58; Mad Made Miles, Music Trax Inc., MTI 9018, John Coltrane on Stage Featuring Eric Dolphy, CD Accord 556632, item 2.
1. Mr. P.C. (11:00)
2. Red Planet (10:39)
3. My Favorite Things (19:26)
4. Announcement (0:06) (Unissued.)
Notes: Red Planet is generally known as Miles’ Mode. Perhaps this was from after midnight on the 9th, in which case the date would be more accurately the 10th.
With the Charly issue, item 5 is 18:47, not 19:26 long, Mr P.C. is 11:08 and Red Planet, listed as Miles Mode is 10:28.
Information for Man Made Miles, kindly supplied by Richard Legault.
With the Accord CD issue, item 2 is mistakenly listed as Improvisation.
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John Coltrane Session 62-02-16:
Date: 16 February 1962.
Place: Birdland, New York City.
Ensemble: John Coltrane Quintet: John Coltrane soprano sax, tenor sax, Eric Dolphy alto sax, 3, bass clarinet, fl 5, McCoy Tyner piano, Jimmy Garrison bass, Elvin Jones drums,
Recording: Private tape.
Recording Engineer:
Alternative Issues:
Recent Available Issue:
1. The Inchworm (7:14)
2. Mr. P.C. (7:40)
3. My Favorite Things (13:50) (Unissued.)
Notes: Perhaps this was another midnight broadcast, not from the 16, actually the 17th. Information from Alan Saul’s Dolphy Discography on the internet.
(All not in my collection.)
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John Coltrane Session 62-04-11:
Date: 11 April 1962.
Place: Van Gelder Studio- Englewood Cliffs, NJ.
Ensemble: John Coltrane Quartet: John Coltrane tenor sax, ss McCoy Tyner piano, Jimmy Garrison bass, Elvin Jones drums,
Recording: Commercial for Impulse.
Recording Engineer:
Alternative Issues:
Recent Available Issue: John Coltrane Quartet, Coltrane The Classic Quartet - Complete Impulse Studio Recordings, Impulse! IMPD8-280, times from there; John Coltrane; Coltrane. Impulse CD IMPD-215 for items 2 & 3, times from there.
1. Soul Eyes (?:??) (Unissued.)
2. The Inch Worm (6:14)
3. Big Nick (4:03)
Notes: Impulse! in a great effort to save costs destroyed many of the tapes of unissued recordings held in their vaults, item 1 is one of these that victims of capitalist foresight. Information for item 1 from Impulse! IMPD8-280 sleeve notes.
(Item 1 not in my collection.)
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John Coltrane Session 62-04-12:
Date: 12 April 1962.
Place: Van Gelder Studio- Englewood Cliffs, NJ..
Ensemble: John Coltrane Quartet: John Coltrane tenor sax, ss McCoy Tyner piano, Jimmy Garrison bass, Elvin Jones drums,
Recording: Commercial for Impulse.
Recording Engineer:
Alternative Issues:
Recent Available Issue:
1. Soul Eyes (?:??) (Unissued.)
2. Excerpt (?:??) (Unissued.)
3. Body and Soul (?:??) (Unissued.)
4. Neptune (?:??) (Unissued.)
Notes: Information for this session from Impulse! IMPD8-280 sleeve notes.
David Wild (Spring, 1979), notes that these tapes are misplaced at Impulse, presumed destroyed. He also points out that Excerpt is an earlier title for the piece Impressions, and that Neptune may be the same as Brasilia.
(All not in my collection.)
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John Coltrane Session 62-05-02:
Date: 02 June 1962.
Place: Birdland, New York City.
Ensemble: John Coltrane Quartet: John Coltrane tenor sax, ss McCoy Tyner piano, Jimmy Garrison bass, Elvin Jones drums,
Recording: Private tape.
Recording Engineer:
Alternative Issues:
Recent Available Issue: John Coltrane Live at Birdland and The Half Note, Cool and Blue CD C&B-CD101, times from there for items 1 & 2; John Coltrane Live at Birdland, Charly CD LEJAZZCD 58.
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Applause, Coltrane introduces the tunes, and counts in tempo (0:21) (Unissued.)
1. My Favorite Things (13:55)
2. Body and Soul (9:53)
3. Cousin Mary (4:56) (Incomplete, unissued)
Notes: On the private tape, copy kindly supplied by Jan Lohmann, Coltrane introduces the set, as above, and snaps his fingers to count in the music. At the end of Cousin Mary, Pewee Marquette voiceover, both are faded out and replaced by radio station announcer, which also quickly fades out.
On the Charly CD, item 2 is 9:44 minutes long.
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John Coltrane Session 62-06-19:
Date: 19 June 1962.
Place: Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey.
Ensemble: John Coltrane Quartet: John Coltrane tenor sax, ss McCoy Tyner piano, Jimmy Garrison bass, Elvin Jones drums,
Recording: Commercial for Impulse.
Recording Engineer:
Alternative Issues:
Recent Available Issue: John Coltrane Quartet, Coltrane The Classic Quartet - Complete Impulse Studio Recordings, Impulse! IMPD8-280, times from there; John Coltrane; Coltrane. Impulse 20 bit super mapping CD IMPD 215, for items 2 & 3, times taken from there.
1. Not Yet (?:??) (Unissued, tapes misplaced.)
2. Out of This World (14:01)
3. Soul Eyes (5:21)
4. Excerpt (?:??) (Unissued, tapes misplaced.)
Notes: Information for items 1 & 4 from Impulse! IMPD8-280 sleeve notes.
(Items 1 & 4, not in my collection.)
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John Coltrane Session 62-06-20:
Date: 20 June 1962.
Place: Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey.
Ensemble: John Coltrane Quartet: John Coltrane tenor sax, ss McCoy Tyner piano, Jimmy Garrison bass, Elvin Jones drums,
Recording: Commercial for Impulse.
Recording Engineer:
Alternative Issues:
Recent Available Issue: John Coltrane; Coltrane. Impulse! 20 bit super mapping CD IMPD 215, for item 2, time taken from there; John Coltrane, The Very Best of John Coltrane, Impulse! Impulse 314 549 913-2.
1. Not Yet (?:??) (Unissued) (Tapes misplaced.)
2. Red Planet (aka) Miles’ Mode (7:30)
3. Impressions (6:40) (Take 1) (Unissued.)
4. Two, Three, Four (?:??) (Unissued) (Tapes misplaced.)
5. Impressions (4:31)
Notes: Information on items 1, 3, & 4, from Impulse! IMPD8-280 sleeve notes. Impressions was originally recorded under the working title of Excerpt, c.f.: http://home.att.net/%7Edawild/jcdisc62.htm#620619
(Items, 1, 3, & 4) not in my collection.)
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John Coltrane Session 62-06-29:
Date: 29 June 1962.
Place: Van Gelder Studio- Englewood Cliffs, NJ.
Ensemble: John Coltrane Quartet: John Coltrane tenor sax, ss McCoy Tyner piano, Jimmy Garrison bass, Elvin Jones drums,
Recording: Commercial for Impulse.
Recording Engineer:
Alternative Issues:
Recent Available Issue: John Coltrane; Coltrane. Impulse 20 bit super mapping CD IMPD 215, for item 1, timing taken from there.
1. Tunji (Toon-Gee) (6:30)
2. Out Of This World (?:??) (Unissued) (Tapes misplaced.)
Notes: Information for item 2, from Impulse! IMPD8-280 sleeve notes.
(Item 2, not in my collection.)
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John Coltrane Session 62-09-18:
Date: 18 September 1962.
Place: Van Gelder Studio- Englewood Cliffs, NJ.
Ensemble: John Coltrane Quartet: John Coltrane tenor sax, ss McCoy Tyner piano, Jimmy Garrison bass, Elvin Jones drums,
Recording: Commercial for Impulse.
Recording Engineer:
Alternative Issues:
Recent Available Issue: John Coltrane Quartet, Coltrane The Classic Quartet - Complete Impulse Studio Recordings, Impulse! IMPD8-280, times from there; John Coltrane Ballads. Impulse! CD IMPD , times from there.
1. Nancy (3:09)
2. What’s New (3:43)
3. Up, ‘Gainst The Wall (3:12)
Notes:
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John Coltrane Session 62-09-26:
Date: 26 September, 1962.
Place: Van Gelder Studio- Englewood Cliffs, NJ.
Ensemble: Duke Ellington and John Coltrane: John Coltrane tenor sax, ss Duke Ellington piano, Aaron Bell bass, on 1, 2, 5 & 6, Jimmy Garrison bass, on 3, 4 & 7, Sam Woodyard drums, on 1, 5, & 6, Elvin Jones drums, on 2, 3, 4 & 7.
Recording: Commercial for Impulse.
Recording Engineer:
Alternative Issues:
Recent Available Issue: John Coltrane & Duke Ellington John Coltrane And Duke Ellington, MCA Victor, Universal Victor (Jp), 20 bit K2 Supercoding, MNCZ10083, times from there: Imp, A-30.
1. Stevie (4:20)
2. In A Sentimental Mood (4:12)
3. Angelica (5:56)
4. Big Nick (4:25)
5. My Little Brown Book (5:20)
6. The Feeling Of Jazz (5:30)
7. Take The Coltrane (4:40)
Notes: On this issue the tracks are: 1. In A Sentimental Mood; 2. Take The Coltrane; 3. Big Nick; 4. Stevie; 5. My Little Brown Book; 6. Angelica; 7. The Feeling Of Jazz.
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John Coltrane Session 62-10-19:
Date: 19 October 1962.
Place: Showboat, Philadelphia, PA.
Ensemble: John Coltrane Quintet: John Coltrane tenor sax, ss Eric Dolphy alto sax, bass clarinet, flute, McCoy Tyner piano, Jimmy Garrison bass, Elvin Jones drums,
Recording: Private Tape.
Recording Engineer:
Alternative Issues:
Recent Available Issue:
1. 42nd Street (Incomplete.) (4:00) (Unissued)
2. Good Bait (?:??) (Unissued)
3. I Want to Talk About You (?:??) (Unissued)
4. Easy to Remember (?:??) (Unissued)
5. Impressions (21:00) (Unissued)
6. Traneing In (?:??) (Unissued)
7. Big Nick, or I’ll Remember April (7:00) (Unissued)
Notes: Information from Rick Lopez’s Reggie Workman internet discography.
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John Coltrane Session 62-10-20:
Date: October 20, 1962.
Place: Showboat, Philadelphia, PA.
Ensemble: John Coltrane Quintet: John Coltrane tenor sax, ss McCoy Tyner piano, Jimmy Garrison bass, Elvin Jones drums,
Recording: Private tape.
Recording Engineer:
Alternative Issues:
Recent Available Issue:
1. Impressions (?:??) (Unissued.)
2. Traneing In (?:??) (Unissued.)
Notes: Information from Rick Lopez’s Reggie Workman internet discography, who also noted that Eric Dolphy may have taken part in this performance.
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John Coltrane Session 62-11-13:
Date: November 13, 1962.
Place: Van Gelder Studio- Englewood Cliffs, NJ.
Ensemble: John Coltrane Quartet: John Coltrane tenor sax, ss McCoy Tyner piano, Jimmy Garrison bass, Elvin Jones drums,
Recording: Commercial for Impulse.
Recording Engineer:
Alternative Issues:
Recent Available Issue: John Coltrane Ballads. Impulse! CD IMPD; MCAAD-5885.
1. Too Young To Go Steady (4:20)
2. All Or Nothing At All (3:35)
3. I Wish I Knew (4:54)
4. They Say It’s Wonderful (?:??) (Tapes misplaced, Unissued)
5. You Don’t Know What Love Is (5:11)
6. Say It Over And Over Again (4:15)
Notes: Information for item 4, from David Wild’s internet discography.
(Item 4, not in my collection.)
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John Coltrane Session 62-11-17:
Date: November 17, 1962.
Place: L’Olympia, Paris, France.
Ensemble: John Coltrane Quartet: John Coltrane tenor sax, ss McCoy Tyner piano, Jimmy Garrison bass, Elvin Jones drums,
Recording: Private tape.
Recording Engineer:
Alternative Issues:
Recent Available Issue:
First Concert:
1. Bye Bye Blackbird (Incomplete.) (13:16) (Unissued.)
2. Mr. P. C. (15:07) (Unissued.)
3. The Inchworm (7:07) (Unissued.)
4. Naima (6:55) (Unissued.)
5. Traneing In (19:02) (Unissued.)
6. My Favourite Things (18:25) (Unissued.)
Notes: With item 1, the piece tape jams and runs slow before the end of the piece and the radio broadcast of it halted prematurely by the presenter.
Tape kindly supplied by Jan Lohmann.
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John Coltrane Session 62-11-17:
Date: November 17, 1962.
Place: L’Olympia, Paris, France..
Ensemble: John Coltrane Quartet: John Coltrane tenor sax, ss McCoy Tyner piano, Jimmy Garrison bass, Elvin Jones drums,
Recording: Private tape.
Recording Engineer:
Alternative Issues:
Recent Available Issue:
Second Concert:
1. The Inchworm (?:??) (Unissued.)
2. Bye Bye Blackbird (?:??) (Unissued.)
3. Giant Steps (?:??) (Unissued.)
4. Everytime We Say Goodbye (?:??) (Unissued.)
5. Unknown Title (?:??) (Unissued.)
6. My Favourite Things (?:??) (Unissued.)
Notes: Information for this session from David Wild’s Coltrane Discography, (Spring 1979), and personal communication.
(All not in my collection.)
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John Coltrane Session 62-11-19:
Date: November 19, 1962.
Place: Koncerthaus, Stockholm, Sweden..
Ensemble: John Coltrane Quartet: John Coltrane tenor sax, ss McCoy Tyner piano, Jimmy Garrison bass, Elvin Jones drums,
Recording: Private tape.
Recording Engineer:
Alternative Issues:
Recent Available Issue: MRCD 108, for item 1; Duke(I) D-1016, for item 2; Historic Performances (SW) HPLP-2, for item, 3; Historic Performances (SW) HPLP-3, for items 4, & 5; Duke(I) D-1016, for items 6 & 7.
First Concert:
1. Bye Bye Blackbird (14:14)
2. The Inchworm (5:37)
3. Mr. P. C. (J. Coltrane) 15:11.
4. Naima (9:20)
5. Traneing In (18:40)
6. Impressions (7:44)
7. My Favorite Things (21:18)
Notes: With Bye Bye Blackbird, Coltrane occasionally strays off mike.
Private tape kindly supplied by Jan Lohmann.
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John Coltrane Session 62-11-19:
Date: November 19, 1962.
Place: Koncerthaus, Stockholm, Sweden..
Ensemble: John Coltrane Quartet: John Coltrane tenor sax, ss McCoy Tyner piano, Jimmy Garrison bass, Elvin Jones drums,
Recording: Private tape.
Recording Engineer:
Alternative Issues:
Recent Available Issue: Historic Performances (SW) HPLP-2, for items 1 & 2; Historic Performances (SW) HPLP-3, for item 5; Magnetic (Lux) MRCD 127 for items 3, 4, 6 & 8; Magnetic(Lux) MRCD128, for items 7 & 9.
Second Concert:
1. Bye Bye Blackbird (17:58)
2. The Inchworm (7:04)
3. Naima (6:38)
4. I Want To Talk About You (6:39)
5. Impressions (7:52)
6. Mr. P. C. (17:50)
7. My Favorite Things (24:35)
8. Everytime We Say Goodbye (4:28)
9. Traneing In (16:25)
Notes: Item four is incomplete, missing the first 10, or so, seconds from the Coltrane’s opening statement of the theme.
Private tape kindly supplied by Jan Lohnman.
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John Coltrane Session 62-11-20:
Date: November 20, 1962.
Place: Kulttuuritalo, Helsinki, Finland.
Ensemble: John Coltrane Quartet: John Coltrane tenor sax, ss McCoy Tyner piano, Jimmy Garrison bass, Elvin Jones drums,
Recording: Private tape.
Recording Engineer:
Alternative Issues:
Recent Available Issue:
1. Unknown Set list.
2.
3.
4.
5.
Notes: Porter (1998, p. 368), notes that a tape of this show has recently been discovered.
(All not in my collection.)
John Coltrane Session 62-11-22:
Date: 22 November, 1962.
Place: Falkonercentret, Copenhagen, Denmark..
Ensemble: John Coltrane Quartet: John Coltrane tenor sax, ss McCoy Tyner piano, Jimmy Garrison bass, Elvin Jones drums,
Recording: Private tape.
Recording Engineer:
Alternative Issues:
Recent Available Issue: John Coltrane Quartet. Live in Denmark. Jazz Up, CD JU-316, for items 2 - 6, times for these pieces from there.
1. Bye Bye Blackbird (20:29) (Unissued.)
2. Chasin’ the Trane (7:34)
3. The Inchworm (9:17)
4. Everytime We Say Goodbye (5:38)
5. Mr. P. C. (17:42)
6. I Want To Talk About You (11:18)
7. Traneing In (22:50) (Unissued.)
8. Impressions (8:33) (Unissued.)
9. My Favorite Things (Incomplete?) (18:35) (Unissued)
Notes: David Wild in his internet discography lists item 2 as 9:48 seconds is there material missing from the beginning of this track on the Jazz Up, CD JU-316 issue? Curiously, on that CD it appears at the end of this CD issue, not as the third track as listed here, also there items 4 & 5 are inverted.
Private tape kindly supplied by Jan Lohman.
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John Coltrane Session 62-11-28:
Date: 28 November, 1962.
Place: Stefaniensaal, Graz, Austria.
Ensemble: John Coltrane Quartet: John Coltrane tenor sax, ss McCoy Tyner piano, Jimmy Garrison bass, Elvin Jones drums,
Recording: Private tape.
Recording Engineer:
Alternative Issues:
Recent Available Issue: John Coltrane Quartet, The Complete Graz Concert; Live at Stefaniensaal, Graz, Austria, November 1962, Norma (Japan) NOCD 5640, 24 bit CD; disc 1 for items 1- 6; disc 2 for 7 -9, timings from there; John Coltrane The Complete Graz Concert, Charly CD CPCD 8262-2; Items 3, 5, 8, are also on Natashia Imports NI 4003 for items 3, 5, & 8;, where the times are shorter; (11:50) (5:47) and (20:32) respectively.Magnetic MRCD 104/5.
1. Warming up, (0:34)
2. Bye Bye Blackbird (22:35)
Applause, piano notes (0:29)
3. The Inchworm (11:40)
applause, piano flourishes plus Coltrane’s (?) voice (0:50)
4. Autumn Leaves (10:19)
Applause (0:18)
5. Every Time We Say Goodbye (6:17)
Applause, piano playing (0:37)
6. Mr. P. C. (19:09)
Applause, (0:17)
Disc 2.
A little applause (0:07) into
7. I Want to Talk About You (13:44)
Applause (0:10)
8. Impressions (20:44)
Applause (0:06)
9. My Favourite Things (22:43)
Applause (0:43)
Notes: In his discography Fujioka, 1994, gives different times for the above items than found on the Norma issue, most of which probably can be attributed to whether the applause is tagged onto the end of one or the beginning of another tune, mmm, but that explanation is not satisfactory for all pieces: Fujuioka lists items 1 and 2 as 0:27 and 22:22, respectively; a total of 22:45. With the Norma issue, the music plus applause yields 23:10, going straight into item 4, for which Fujioka gives a time of 10:15, but here together with applause it is (10:37). Next for Fujioka item 5 is 6:17, Norma is 6:54. It is with item 6 that the largest mystery begins; Fujioka lists it as 17:20, but Norma it is 19:09, without applause! With applause it is 19:26. It would seem that the tape source for this was running slow, it is distinctly low, somewhere near C, when compared to other renditions of the tune by Coltrane, which are in drums, (The Charly issue has the same problem with Mr. P.C.) Going on to disc 2, for item 7 Fujioka gives 12:09, here the music time is 13:44; item 8 is listed by him at 21:45, here it is 22:43, with another 0:43 of applause and calls for encore at the end!
Items 3, 5, 8, on Natashia Imports, NI 4003, are shorter at 11:50, 5:47, and 20:32, respectively.
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John Coltrane Session 62-12-02:
Date: December 02, 1962.
Place: Teatro dell’ Arte’, Milano, Italy..
Ensemble: John Coltrane Quartet: John Coltrane tenor sax, ss McCoy Tyner piano, Jimmy Garrison bass, Elvin Jones drums,
Recording: Private tape. TV Broadcast.
Recording Engineer:
Alternative Issues:
Recent Available Issue: Ingo (I) Ingo Seven, for item 2.
1. Everytime We Say Goodbye (4:43) (Unissued.)
2. The Inchworm (8:16)
3. Mr. P. C. (16:27) (Unissued.)
4. Chasin The Trane (Incomplete.) (4:15) (Unissued.)
Notes: Wild lists items 2 as issued on Ingo (I) Ingo Seven. Tape kindly supplied by Jan Lohmann.
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John Coltrane Session 63-01-08:
Date: 08 January 1963.
Place: Showboat, Philadelphia, PA.
Ensemble: John Coltrane Quartet: John Coltrane tenor sax, ss McCoy Tyner piano, Jimmy Garrison bass, Elvin Jones drums,
Recording: Private audience tape.
Recording Engineer:
Alternative Issues:
Recent Available Issue:
1. We’ll be Together Again (?:??) (Unissued.)
2. Blues in Bb (?:??) (Unissued.)
Notes:
(All not in my collection.)
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John Coltrane Session 63-02-00:
Date: ?? February 1963.
Place: Showboat, Philadelphia, PA.
Ensemble: John Coltrane Quartet: John Coltrane tenor sax, ss McCoy Tyner piano, Jimmy Garrison bass, Roy Haynes drums,
Recording: Private audience tape.
Recording Engineer:
Alternative Issues:
Recent Available Issue:
1. I Want to Talk About You (?:??) (Unissued.)
2. Body and Soul (?:??) (Unissued.)
3. Blues in Eb (?:??) (Unissued.)
Notes:
(All not in my collection.)
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John Coltrane Session 63-02-23:
Date: 23 February 1963.
Place: Birdland, New York City.
Ensemble: John Coltrane Quartet: John Coltrane tenor sax, ss McCoy Tyner piano, Jimmy Garrison bass, Elvin Jones drums,
Recording: Private tape from Radio Broadcast.
Recording Engineer:
Alternative Issues:
Recent Available Issue: All items on Ozone 21. John Coltrane Live at the Half Note, Black Label CD BLCD 8012, for items 1 & 2, although 2 is incomplete there at 7:20.
1. I Want To Talk About You (10:23)
2. One Up, and One Down (14:45)
3. The Inchworm (Incomplete) (1:44)
Notes: Information for this session from David Wild’s internet discography, who points out that item 2 is not the same composition as One Down, One Up, listed for the session of May 26, 1965, where it is item 3.
(Most not in my collection.)
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John Coltrane Session 63-03-02:
Date: 02 March 1963.
Place: ‘Birdland’, New York City, NY.
Ensemble: John Coltrane Quartet: Coltrane soprano sax, ts; McCoy Tyner, p; Jimmy Garrison,, b; Elvin Jones dr.
Recording: Private tape from radio broadcast.
Recording Engineer:
Alternative Issues:
Recent Available Issue: Item 1 & 2 Alto 724.
1. Mr. P. C. (13:14)
2. My Favorite Things (10:24)
Notes: Information for this session from David Wood’s internet discography.
(All not in my collection.)
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John Coltrane Session 63-03-06
Date: 06 March 1963.
Place: Van Gelder Studio- Englewood Cliffs, NJ.
Ensemble: John Coltrane Quartet: Coltrane soprano sax, ts; McCoy Tyner, p; Jimmy Garrison,, b; Elvin Jones dr.
Recording: Commercial for Impulse.
Recording Engineer:
Alternative Issues:
Recent Available Issue: John Coltrane; Live at Birdland. Impulse! 20 bit super mapping CD IMPD-198; for item 1, time from there.
1. Vilia (4:36)
2. Untitled Original (?:??) (Unissued.)
3. Nature Boy (?:??) (Unissued.)
4. Untitled Original (?:??) (Unissued.)
5. Untitled Original (?:??) (Unissued.)
6. Untitled Original (?:??) (Unissued.)
7. Slow Blues (?:??) (Unissued.)
Notes: Information for item 2 - 7 from David Wild’s internet discography, where it is indicated that Impulse have misplaced items 2 - 7.
(Items 2 - 7 not in my collection.)
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John Coltrane Session 63-03-07:
Date: 07 March 1963.
Place: Van Gelder Studio- Englewood Cliffs, NJ.
Ensemble: John Coltrane Quartet and Johnny Hartman: John Coltrane soprano sax, tenor sax, McCoy Tyner piano, Jimmy Garrison, piano, Elvin Jones drums, Johnny Hartman, voc.
Recording: Commercial for Impulse.
Recording Engineer:
Alternative Issues:
Recent Available Issue: John Coltrane and Johnny Hartman. Impulse! 20 bit super mapping CD GRD-157; times from there.
1.. They Say It’s Wonderful (5:15)
2. Lush Life (5:24)
3. My One and Only Love (4:50)
4. Autumn Serenade (4:14)
5. Dedicated To You (5:27)
6. Afro-Blue (?:??) (Unissued.)
7. You Are Too Beautiful (5:32)
Notes: Coltrane’s obligatos on 2, 3 and 7 were over-dubbed at the end of the session, item 6 is missing. David Wild’s internet discography.
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John Coltrane Session 63-04-29:
Date: 29 April 1963.
Place: Van Gelder Studio- Englewood Cliffs, NJ.
Ensemble: John Coltrane Quartet: John Coltrane tenor sax, ss McCoy Tyner piano, Jimmy Garrison bass, Roy Haynes, drums,
Recording: Commercial for Impulse.
Recording Engineer:
Alternative Issues:
Recent Available Issue: John Coltrane. Dear Old Stockholm; Impulse CD GRD-120, times for issued items from there.
1. After the Rain (4:02)
2. All The Things You Are (Missing) (Unissued.)
3. Dear Old Stockholm (10:31)
Notes: Information for the unissued item from David Wild’s Internet discography.
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John Coltrane Session 63-06-00:
Date: ?? June 1963.
Place: Showboat, Philadelphia.
Ensemble: John Coltrane Quartet: John Coltrane ss , tenor sax, & piano on 8, McCoy Tyner piano, except 1, 2, 3, & first 5:50 of 4, Jimmy Garrison bass, Roy Haynes, drums,
Recording: Private tape.
Recording Engineer:
Alternative Issues:
Recent Available Issue:
1. Chasin’ the Trane (11:02) (Unissued.)
2. Easy to Remember (6:48) (Unissued.)
3. Up, ‘Gainst the Wall (Incomplete.) (5:46) (Unissued.)
4. The Inchworm (8:46) (Unissued.)
5. Impressions (Incomplete.) (13:40) (Unissued.)
Audience members talking (2:20) (Unissued.)
6. I Want to Talk About You (Incomplete.) (7:37) (Unissued.)
7. Mr P.C. (8:33) (Unissued.)
8. After the Rain (Incomplete.) (5:30) (Unissued.)
Notes: According to Porter, 1998 p. 369, Coltrane played here for one week in June, and that this tape is from the Monday matinee performance which means that it has to be June 04, 11, or 18. Information for all items and times, Fujioka (1995).
(All not in my collection.)
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John Coltrane Session 63-06-00:
Date: ?? June 1963.
Place: Showboat, Philadelphia.
Ensemble: John Coltrane Quartet: John Coltrane tenor sax, ss McCoy Tyner piano, Jimmy Garrison bass, Roy Haynes, drums,
Recording: Private tape.
Recording Engineer:
Alternative Issues:
Recent Available Issue:
1. Good Bait (19:45) (Unissued.)
2. Out of This World (24:35) (Unissued.)
3. Mr P.C. (Incomplete) (18:05) (Unissued.)
4. Unknown title (Incomplete) (0:35) (Unissued.)
5. Afro Blues (11:44) (Unissued.)
6. Impressions (33:55) (Unissued.)
Notes: Information for this session, Fujioka (1995).
(All not in my collection.)
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John Coltrane Session 63-06-25 to 63-07-06:
Date: 25 June – 06 July 1963.
Place: Le Tete de L’Art, Montreal, Canada.
Ensemble: John Coltrane Quartet: John Coltrane tenor sax, soprano sax, McCoy Tyner piano, Jimmy Garrison bass, Andé White drums,
Recording: Private recording.
Recording Engineer:
Alternative Issues:
Recent Available Issue:
1. Unknown set list (?:??) (Unissued.)
Notes: Porter, 1998 pp. 369 – 370, writes that Coltrane played here in this date and that a tape exists for one day of this appearance, with Andé White sitting in on drums, the other drummer for the week being David Bailey, of Jimmy Smith’s Trio, as Roy Haynes had left to appear at the Newport Jazz Festival. However, the last date for this concert week seems unlikely, unless they appeared without McCoy Tyner, as he was performing at the Newport Jazz Festival on July 5 1963. In the sleeve notes for that release, McCoy Tyner, in response to being asked to record, is quoted as saying: “Record? I’m beat! We played Montreal till the early hours of this morning. I only got about 3 hours sleep. What’s supposed to happen? A Quintet? Who’s in it?” So there is no doubt that they were playing Montreal, but until when and what was the line up?
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John Coltrane Session 63-07-07:
Date: 07 July 1963.
Place: ‘Newport Jazz Festival,’ Newport, RI.
Ensemble: John Coltrane Quartet: John Coltrane tenor sax, ss McCoy Tyner piano, Jimmy Garrison bass, Roy Haynes, drums,
Recording: Commercial for Impulse.
Recording Engineer:
Alternative Issues:
Recent Available Issue: John Coltrane Newport ‘63. Impulse! CD GRD-128, times from there.
1. I Want To Talk About You (8:12)
2. My Favorite Things (17:16)
Announcement of group, (0:07)
3. Impressions (J. Coltrane) (15:52)
Notes: It is possible that item 2 is an edited down version of this track.
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John Coltrane Session 63-07-06 to 63-07-14:
Date: 08 – 14 July 1963.
Place: Showboat, Philadelphia, PA.
Ensemble: John Coltrane Quartet: Coltrane soprano sax, ts; McCoy Tyner, p; Jimmy Garrison,, b; Elvin Jones drums,
Recording: Private audience tape.
Recording Engineer:
Alternative Issues:
Recent Available Issue:
1. Unknown set list (?:??) (Unissued.)
Notes: A tape of one night of the above week long appearance exists. Information for this session is from Porter, 1998, p. 370.
(All not in my collection.)
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John Coltrane Session 63-10-08:
Date: 08 October 1963.
Place: Birdland, New York City.
Ensemble: John Coltrane Quartet: Coltrane soprano sax, ts; McCoy Tyner, p; Jimmy Garrison,, b; Elvin Jones drums,
Recording: Commercial for Impulse.
Recording Engineer:
Alternative Issues:
Recent Available Issue: John Coltrane; Live at Birdland. Impulse! 20 bit super mapping CD IMPD-198; for items 1 - 3, times for which are taken from there.
1. The Promise (8:02)
2. I Want To Talk About You (8:08)
3. Afro-Blue (10:44)
4. Mr. P. C. (Unissued.)
5. Rockin’ (Unissued.)
Notes: Information concerning items 4 & 5, from David Wild’s internet discography.
(Items 4 & 5 not in my collection.)
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John Coltrane Session 63-10-22:
Date: 22 October 1963.
Place: Koncerthuset, Stockholm, Sweden.
Ensemble: John Coltrane Quartet: John Coltrane soprano sax, tenor sax, McCoy Tyner piano, Jimmy Garrison bass, Elvin Jones drums,
Recording: Private tape.
Recording Engineer:
Alternative Issues:
Recent Available Issue: Historic Performances HPLP-6 for items 1, 2, 5, & 6; John Coltrane. The European Tour. Pablo CD VICJ-23051, for items 2, 3, 4, & 6, times for these items from there; John Coltrane Afro-Blue Impressions. Pablo Live. Pablo CD 2PACD-2620-101-2, for items 5 and 7, times for these from there.
1. Traneing In (11:40)
2. Mr. P. C. (18:26)
3. Naima (6:32)
4. The Promise (6:44)
5. Spiritual (12:14) 11:21.
6. I Want To Talk About You (9:45)
7. Impressions (11:29)
Notes: David Wild notes in his internet discography that additional titles, including “My Favorite Things”, were probably performed; information for tracks not on the two Pablo Live CDs is from that source.
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John Coltrane Session 63-10-25:
Date: 25 October 1963.
Place: Tivolis Koncertsal, Copenhagen, Denmark.
Ensemble: John Coltrane Quartet: John Coltrane soprano sax, tenor sax, McCoy Tyner piano, Jimmy Garrison bass, Elvin Jones drums,
Recording: Private tape from radio broadcast.
Recording Engineer:
Alternative Issues:
Recent Available Issue: Magnetic MRCD137 for items 1 & 2; Magnetic MRCD138, for items 3 - 6.
1. Mr. P. C. (23:27)
2. Impressions (Incomplete.) (19:30)
3. The Promise (10:00)
4. Afro-blue (8:40)
5. Naima (7:32)
6. My Favorite Things (17:13)
Notes: After this concert there was a jam session at the Café Montmartre, with Roland Kirk’s band, Porter 1998, p.370.
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John Coltrane Session 63-11-01:
Date: 01 November 1963.
Place: Salle Pleyel, Paris, France.
Ensemble: John Coltrane Quartet: John Coltrane soprano sax, tenor sax, McCoy Tyner piano, Jimmy Garrison bass, Elvin Jones drums,
Recording: Private tape.
Recording Engineer:
Alternative Issues:
Recent Available Issue:
1. Chasin’ the Trane (5:35) (Unissued.)
2. My Favorite Things (?:??) (Unissued.)
3. Afro Blue (?:??) (Unissued.)
Notes: I have a tape of item 1, which most believe is from this date, as yet this is probable rather than certain.
(Items 2 & 3 not in my collection.)
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John Coltrane Session 63-11-02:
Date: 02 November, 1963.
Place: Auditorium Maximum, Freie Universitat, Berlin, Germany.
Ensemble: John Coltrane Quartet: John Coltrane soprano sax, tenor sax, McCoy Tyner piano, Jimmy Garrison bass, Elvin Jones drums,
Recording: Recorded by Norman Granz.
Recording Engineer:
Alternative Issues:
Recent Available Issue: John Coltrane Afro-Blue Impressions. Pablo Live. Pablo CD 2PACD-2620-101-2, where the date is erroneously given as October 26, 1963, for items 1 - 7, times for these from there; John Coltrane The Paris Concert[AJS1], Pablo Live PL 2308-217, for item 8, .
1. Lonnie’s Lament (10:02)
2. Naima 7:59)
3. Chasin’ the Trane (5:41)
4. My Favorite Things (21:04)
5. Afro-Blue (7:35)
6. Cousin Mary (9:52)
7. I Want To Talk About You (8:12)
8. Mr. P. C. (26:17)
9. The Inchworm (10:07[AJS2])
10. Every Time We Say Goodbye (4:48)
Notes: David Wild notes that items 8 - 10 were possibly from this date and wrote the following: “...there were four releases of music from Coltrane’s European tours on Norman Granz’s Pablo-Live label, drawn from the approximately 40 hours of concert tapes Granz reportedly had from those tours. None of the releases reliably dated the performances, and Granz never provided information to me (or evidently to Fujioka). The four were Afro-Blue Impressions PL2620-101, The Paris Concert, PL 2308-217, The European Tour PL2308-222, and Bye Bye Blackbird PL 2308-227. The first three drew from the ‘63 tour and the fourth from the ‘62 tour (I was able to match some of the tracks against existing private tapes at the time). Afro-blue Impressions cited a 10/26/63 Berlin performance as its source, but Fuji was able to determine that the Berlin concert actually took place on 11/2/63, so that is shown here as the source for those titles (and as a possible source for the titles released on The Paris Concert).”
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John Coltrane Session 63-11-04:
Date: 04 November 1963.
Place: Liederhall, Stuttgart, West Germany.
Ensemble: John Coltrane Quartet: John Coltrane tenor sax, ss McCoy Tyner piano, Jimmy Garrison bass, Elvin Jones drums,
Recording: Private tape.
Recording Engineer:
Alternative Issues:
Recent Available Issue: 1 - 3; The Promise, Moon Records, MCD0582, times from there. 1, 2, 3 & 5, Jazz Galore 1001.
1. The Promise (7:32)
2. Afro-Blue (6:43)
3. I Want To Talk About You (10:41)
4. Impressions (29:10) (Unissued.)
5. My Favourite Things (19:19)
6. Every Time We Say Goodbye (6:25)
7. Mr. P.C (35:32) (Unissued.)
Notes: Information for items 4 -7, from David Wild’s internet discography.
(Items 4 - 7 not in my collection.)
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John Coltrane Session 63-11-06:
Date: 06 November 1963.
Place: Showboat, Philadelphia..
Ensemble: John Coltrane Quartet: John Coltrane soprano sax, tenor sax, McCoy Tyner piano, Jimmy Garrison bass, Elvin Jones drums,
Recording: Private tape.
Recording Engineer:
Alternative Issues:
Recent Available Issue:
1. Good Bait (25:00) (Unissued.)
2. Remaining set list unknown (?:??) (Unissued.)
Notes: Information for this session from David Wild’s internet discography.
(All not in my collection.)
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John Coltrane Session 63-11-18:
Date: Afternoon, 18 November 1963.
Place: Van Gelder Studio- Englewood Cliffs, NJ.
Ensemble: John Coltrane Quartet: John Coltrane soprano sax, tenor sax, McCoy Tyner piano, Jimmy Garrison bass, Elvin Jones drums,
Recording: Commercial for Impulse.
Recording Engineer:
Alternative Issues:
Recent Available Issue: John Coltrane Quartet, Coltrane The Classic Quartet - Complete Impulse Studio Recordings, Impulse! IMPD8-280, for items 1 & 7, times from there; John Coltrane; Live at Birdland. Impulse! 20 bit super mapping CD IMPD-198; for items 1 & 2.
1. Your Lady (6:36)
2. Alabama (Take 1.) (?:??) (Unissued.)
3. Alabama (Take 2.) (?:??) (Unissued.)
4. Alabama (Take 3.) (?:??) (Unissued.)
5. Alabama (Take 4.) (2:40)
6. Alabama (Take 5.) (2:38)
7. Alabama (Take 4 + 5.) (5:07)
Notes: According to the Impulse! IMPD8-280 sleeve notes there were five takes of Alabama recorded, take 5 was chosen as the master, initially. On release, though, both takes 4 and 5 were released as one track, the first stops shortly after Coltrane’s solo begins, and take 5 is a theme statement only. The master was eventually corrected, leaving some confusion over which was released on exactly what exactly where and exactly when.
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John Coltrane Session 63-11-18:
Date: Evening, 18 November 1963.
Place: Showboat, Philadelphia.
Ensemble: John Coltrane Quintet: John Coltrane soprano sax, tenor sax, Eric Dolphy alto sax, on 1 only, McCoy Tyner piano, Jimmy Garrison bass, Elvin Jones drums,
Recording: Private tape.
Recording Engineer:
Alternative Issues:
Recent Available Issue:
1. Body and Soul (?:??) (Unissued.)
3. Naima (?:??) (Unissued.)
4. I Want to Talk About You (?:??) (Unissued.)
5. I Can’t Get Started (?:??) (Unissued.)
6. It’s Easy to Remember (?:??) (Unissued.)
Notes: Information for this session from Alan Saul’s Internet Dolphy list.
(All not in my collection.)
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John Coltrane Session 63-12-07:
Date: 07 December 1963.
Place: Jazz Casual, KQED-TV studios, San Francisco, CA.
Ensemble: John Coltrane Quartet: John Coltrane soprano sax, tenor sax, McCoy Tyner piano, Jimmy Garrison bass, Elvin Jones drums,
Recording: Private tape, recorded from television.
Recording Engineer:
Alternative Issues:
Recent Available Issue: John Coltrane Quartet: Coast to Coast, Moon Records CD MCD 035-2, for items 1 & 2, times taken from there. Available on video tape, or lazer disc:
1. Afro-Blue (M. Santamaria) (7:10)
2. Alabama (J. Coltrane) (5:48)
3. Impressions (Incomplete.) (J. Coltrane) (14:10)
Notes: Information for item 3 from David Wild’s discography.
(Item 3 not in my collection.)
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John Coltrane Session 64-04-27:
Date: 27 April 1964.
Place: Van Gelder Studio- Englewood Cliffs, NJ..
Ensemble: John Coltrane Quartet: John Coltrane soprano sax, tenor sax, McCoy Tyner piano, Jimmy Garrison bass, Elvin Jones drums,
Recording: Commercial for Impulse.
Recording Engineer:
Alternative Issues:
Recent Available Issue: John Coltrane Quartet. Crescent, 20 bit super mapping CD ImpulseIMPO-200, for items 2 - 4, times from there.
1. Crescent (10:04)
2. Lonnie’s Lament (11:44)
3. The Drum Thing (7:21)
4. Wise One (9:00)
5. Bessie’s Blues (2:57)
6. Song of Praise (2:39)
Notes: As previously noted, Impulse in a great house cleaning exercise destroyed many of the tapes of their unissued recordings, this is what happened with items 1, 5, & 6, mono copies of which have ‘turned-up’ in the Coltrane family collection and have now been issued for the first time ever. This has now prompted speculation of just how many such copies are in the Coltrane family vault, especially for the later part of Coltrane’s career when Impulse! were not so excited about recording his music.
For items 1, 5, and 6 Fujioka listed their times as 10:35, 4:40 and 2:40 respectively, the actual times of the issued items are those listed above.
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John Coltrane Session 64-06-01:
Date: 01 June 1964.
Place: Van Gelder Studio- Englewood Cliffs, NJ.
Ensemble: John Coltrane Quartet: John Coltrane soprano sax, tenor sax, McCoy Tyner piano, Jimmy Garrison bass, Elvin Jones drums,
Recording: Commercial for Impulse.
Recording Engineer:
Alternative Issues:
Recent Available Issue: John Coltrane Quartet, Coltrane The Classic Quartet - Complete Impulse Studio Recordings, Impulse! IMPD8-280, times from there; John Coltrane Quartet, Crescent, 20 bit super mapping CD Impulse IMPO-200; John Coltrane Quartet, Crescent, AS-66.
1. Crescent (8:40)
2. Bessie’s Blues (3:31)
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John Coltrane Session 64-07-00:
Date: ?? July 1964.
Place: Unknown.
Ensemble: John Coltrane Quartet: John Coltrane soprano sax, tenor sax, McCoy Tyner piano, Jimmy Garrison bass, Elvin Jones drums,
Recording: Private tape.
Recording Engineer:
Alternative Issues:
Recent Available Issue:
1. My Favourite Things (?:??) (Unissued.)
2. Warming up, (?:??) (Unissued.)
3. Blues (?:??) (Unissued.)
Notes: Information for this session, Fujioka (1995), who states that the exact details are unknown, however.
(All not in my collection.)
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John Coltrane Session 64-09-18:
Date: 18 September 1964.
Place: Pep’s Philadelphia.
Ensemble: John Coltrane Quartet: John Coltrane soprano sax, tenor sax, McCoy Tyner piano, Jimmy Garrison bass, Elvin Jones drums,
Recording: Private, audience tape.
Recording Engineer:
Alternative Issues:
Recent Available Issue:
1. Traneing in (?:??) (Unissued.)
2. Unknown C minor blues (?:??) (Unissued.)
3. Unknown title (?:??) (Unissued.)
4. Naima (?:??) (Unissued.)
5. Unknown title (?:??) (Unissued.)
Notes: Information for this session, Fujioka (1995), who states that the precise details remain unknown however.
(All not in my collection.)
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John Coltrane Session 64-12-09:
Date: December 09, 1964.
Place: Van Gelder Studio- Englewood Cliffs, NJ.
Ensemble: John Coltrane Quartet: John Coltrane tenor sax, McCoy Tyner piano, Jimmy Garrison bass, Elvin Jones drums,
Recording: Commercial for Impulse.
Recording Engineer:
Alternative Issues:
Recent Available Issue: John Coltrane Quartet, Coltrane The Classic Quartet - Complete Impulse Studio Recordings, Impulse! IMPD8-280, times from there; John Coltrane A Love Supreme. Impulse! 20 bit super mastering CD GRD 155; John Coltrane A Love Supreme. Impulse! AS-77.
1. Part I Acknowledgement (7:47)
2. Part II Resolution (7:21)
3. Part III Pursuance (10:44)
4. Part IV Psalm (7:08)
5. Part II Resolution (Alternate take.) (7:21)
Notes: There are two tenor saxes at the end of Part III, Coltrane over-dubbed one. Parts III and IV are continuous, I have placed the beginning of part IV at the end of the bass solo, it has been suggested that the bass solo is in actual fact a bridge connecting Part III and IV.
Item 5 is another of these located in the Coltrane family collection.
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John Coltrane Session 64-12-10:
Date: 10 December 1964.
Place: Van Gelder Studio- Englewood Cliffs, NJ.
Ensemble: John Coltrane Sextet: John Coltrane tenor sax, Archie Shepp tenor sax, McCoy Tyner piano, Jimmy Garrison bass, Art Davis bass, Elvin Jones drums,
Recording: Commercial for Impulse.
Recording Engineer:
Alternative Issues:
Recent Available Issue:
Suite: A Love Supreme
1. Part I Acknowledgement (3:42) (Unissued.)
2. Part II Resolution (3:42) (Unissued.)
Notes:
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John Coltrane Session 65-02-17:
Date: 17 February 1965.
Place: Van Gelder Studio- Englewood Cliffs, NJ.
Ensemble: John Coltrane Quintet: John Coltrane soprano sax, tenor sax, McCoy Tyner piano, Jimmy Garrison bass, Art Davis bass, except 3, Elvin Jones drums,
Recording: Commercial for Impulse.
Recording Engineer:
Alternative Issues:
Recent Available Issue: John Coltrane Quartet, Coltrane The Classic Quartet - Complete Impulse Studio Recordings, Impulse! IMPD8-280, for item 1, time from there; John Coltrane The John Coltrane Quartet [sic] Plays. Impulse 20 bit super mastering CD IMPD-214, for item 1; .
1. Nature Boy (7:02)
2. Feelin’ Good (?:??) (Unissued.)
3. Chim Chim Cheree (?:??) (Unissued.)
Notes: Items 2 & 3 were rejected, according to Impulse! IMPD8-280 sleeve notes, information for these from there.
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John Coltrane Session 65-02-18:
Date: 18 February 1965.
Place: Van Gelder Studio- Englewood Cliffs, NJ.
Ensemble: John Coltrane Quintet: John Coltrane soprano sax, tenor sax, McCoy Tyner piano, Jimmy Garrison bass, Art Davis, b Elvin Jones drums,
Recording: Commercial for Impulse.
Recording Engineer:
Alternative Issues:
Recent Available Issue: John Coltrane Quartet, Coltrane The Classic Quartet - Complete Impulse Studio Recordings, Impulse! IMPD8-280, times from there; John Coltrane The John Coltrane Quartet [sic] Plays. Impulse 20 bit super mastering CD IMPD-214; John Coltrane Quartet, Plays, AS-85.
1. Nature Boy (8:00)
2. Feelin’ Good (6:20)
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John Coltrane Session 65-03-19:
Date: 19 March 1965.
Place: Half Note, New York City.
Ensemble: John Coltrane Quartet: John Coltrane soprano sax, tenor sax, McCoy Tyner piano, Jimmy Garrison bass, Elvin Jones drums,
Recording: Private tape, radio broadcast.
Recording Engineer:
Alternative Issues:
Recent Available Issue: J for Jazz JFJ800; Chiaroscuro CR2023.
1. Lonnie’s Lament (?:??) (Unissued.)
2. Chim Chim Cheree (20:16)
3. Impressions (21:58)
Notes: Both 2 & 3 re incomplete on my copy of the private tape of this session: Chim Chim Cheree 19:15; and Impressions 15:32.
(Item 1 not in my collection.)
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John Coltrane Session 65-03-26:
Date: 26 March 1965.
Place: Half Note, New York City, NY.
Ensemble: John Coltrane Quartet: John Coltrane soprano sax, tenor sax, McCoy Tyner piano, Jimmy Garrison bass, Elvin Jones drums.
Recording: Private tape, radio broadcast.
Recording Engineer:
Alternative Issues:
Recent Available Issue:
1. One Up, One Down (14:28) (Incomplete.) (Unissued.)
Announcement (1:20)
2. Afro Blue (10:16) (Incomplete.) (Unissued.)
3. One Up, One Down (28:1) (Incomplete.) (Unissued.)
4. Afro Blue (?:??) (Incomplete.) (Unissued.)
Notes: This recently discovered session, referred to by Porter 1998, p. 372, who considers the above date the probable one for this recording.
The first three tracks on the CD-R of this recording had all but no sound on the right channel, most of the way through. Using computer soft this was boosted whereupon substantially more information became apparent in that track, equal that of the left. The first 0:35, begins with the show’s theme tune, and voice over of the presenter, Alan Grant, who then states that it is time to return to Jimmy Garrison. The theme is faded out after 0:14, when Jimmy Garrison’s bass solo can be heard fading in the background, with the voiceover continuing to introduce the broadcast and the musicians. The bass solo continues until 1:51, at very low volume, indeed dropping out almost completely around 1:49 on the left channel, when the volume suddenly increases and the solo becomes, bass drum duet. This duet continues until 2:13, when Coltrane joins in. However, when the level for both tracks, for the first 1:51 were boosted it is apparent that the bass solo comes in after 0:04. The piece ends at 14:30 with the announcement of John Coltrane, when the track ends at 14:32. There is a new track for the next announcements, similarly the right channel has only the barest of information, boosting of that brings it back. The announcer states:
“I, I, I want my listeners to know, because I think that it is important, because we went on the air at 11:15 and this tune started at twenty minutes before eleven, and it is fifteen minutes before we had a station break, it is WABC FM at 99.5 on your dial, and this is Alan Grant presenting Portraits in Jazz. John Coltrane will be appear here up until.. through April the 4th… How about a big hand for John Coltrane, John Coltrane (shortly after which there is a brief sound of some sax noodling)….”
The first version of Afro Blue fades out at 10:16.
From item 3, there is more information apparent in the right channel, though it remains weaker than the left.
There is the briefest fraction of an announcement as item 4 as faded out.
(Copy of this recording kindly supplied by Alain Venditti.)
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John Coltrane Session 65-03-28:
Date: 28 March 1965.
Place: Village Gate, New York City.
Ensemble: John Coltrane Quartet: John Coltrane soprano sax, tenor sax, McCoy Tyner piano, Jimmy Garrison bass, Elvin Jones drums,
Recording:
Recording Engineer:
Alternative Issues:
Recent Available Issue: Imp, A-90, for item 1.
1. Nature Boy (E. Ahbez) 7:54.
2. Bass Solo (?:??) (Unissued.)
3. One Down, One Up, (?:??) (Unissued.)
Notes: These were recorded as part of ‘New Black Music;’ concert, produced by Leroi Jones called ‘New Black Music;’ a benefit concert for the Black Arts Repertory Theatre/School. Information for this session from David Wild’s internet discography.
(All not in my collection.)
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John Coltrane Session 65-04-02:
Date: 02 April 1965.
Place: Half Note, New York City, NY.
Ensemble: John Coltrane Quartet: John Coltrane soprano sax, tenor sax, McCoy Tyner piano, Jimmy Garrison bass, Elvin Jones drums,
Recording: Private tape, radio broadcast.
Recording Engineer:
Alternative Issues:
Recent Available Issue: John Coltrane Quartet: Coast to Coast, Moon Records CD, MCD 035-2, for item 1, where is titled as Creation, time taken from there. Blue Parrot (E) AR700, for item 1.
1. Untitled Original (aka Creation) (23:11)
2. I Want To Talk About You (15:26) (Unissued.)
3. Afro-Blue (Incomplete.) (5:40) (Unissued.)
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John Coltrane Session 65-05-07:
Date: 07 May 1965.
Place: Half Note, New York City, NY.
Ensemble: John Coltrane Quartet: John Coltrane soprano sax, tenor sax, McCoy Tyner piano, Jimmy Garrison bass, Elvin Jones drums,
Recording: Private tape, radio broadcast.
Recording Engineer:
Alternative Issues:
Recent Available Issue: Ozone 21, for item 1; Blue Parrot (E) AR705, for item 2.
1. Song of Praise (J. Coltrane) (19:20)
2. My Favorite Things (R. Rodgers - O. Hammerstein) (23:05)
Notes:
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John Coltrane Session 65-05-17:
Date: May 17, 1965.
Place: Van Gelder Studio- Englewood Cliffs, NJ.
Ensemble: John Coltrane Quartet: John Coltrane soprano sax, tenor sax, McCoy Tyner piano, Jimmy Garrison bass, Elvin Jones drums,
Recording: Commercial for Impulse.
Recording Engineer:
Alternative Issues:
Recent Available Issue: John Coltrane Quartet, Coltrane The Classic Quartet - Complete Impulse Studio Recordings, Impulse! IMPD8-280, times from there; John Coltrane The John Coltrane Quartet. Plays. Impulse 20 bit super mastering CD IMPD-214.
1. Chim Chim Cheree (6:56) (Incomplete.)
2. Brasilia (12:54)
3. Song of Praise (9:48)
Notes: Item 1 ends with a fade out.
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John Coltrane Session 65-05-26:
Date: 26 May 1965.
Place: Van Gelder Studio- Englewood Cliffs, NJ.
Ensemble: John Coltrane Quartet: John Coltrane tenor sax, McCoy Tyner piano, Jimmy Garrison bass, Roy Haynes drums,
Recording: Commercial for Impulse.
Recording Engineer:
Alternative Issues:
Recent Available Issue: John Coltrane Quartet, Coltrane The Classic Quartet - Complete Impulse Studio Recordings, Impulse! IMPD8-280, times from there; John Coltrane. Dear Old Stockholm; Impulse CD GRD-120.
1. After the Crescent (13:24)
2. Dear Lord (Breakdowns + alternate take) (7:42)
3. Dear Lord (5:33)
4. One Down, One Up, (15:26)
5. Welcome (?:??) (Unissued.)
Notes: Information for items 2 & 5 from Impulse! IMPD8-280 sleeve notes, where it is also written that item 5 was rejected. Item 2 is composed of a couple of break downs, with chatting, laughing, before the full song begins: intro breakdown (0:06) + announce 3, intro breakdown (0:08) + studio chat control room announcing 4 (0:30) intro breakdown (0:22) + studio talk, control room announces 4 (0:14) + intro first few bars (0:48) + studio chat, control room announces 5 (0:05) + breakdown (0:02) + control room 6 (0:03) + studio chat, control room 6 (0:06) + complete take (5:13) finishing with studio chat (0:02): the complete take has (5:13) of music.
(Item 5, not in my collection.)
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John Coltrane Session 65-06-10:
Date: 10 June 1965.
Place: Van Gelder Studio- Englewood Cliffs, NJ.
Ensemble: John Coltrane Quartet: John Coltrane tenor sax, McCoy Tyner piano, omit 2, Jimmy Garrison bass, Elvin Jones drums,
Recording: Commercial for Impulse.
Recording Engineer:
Alternative Issues:
Recent Available Issue: John Coltrane Quartet, Coltrane The Classic Quartet - Complete Impulse Studio Recordings, Impulse! IMPD8-280, times from there; John Coltrane, Living Space, Impulse 20 bit super mapping CD, IMPD-246, for items 2, & 3; Imp, A9106, for item 1; Imp, IZ9345-2, for item 3; Imp, A9195, for items 4 & 5.
1. Welcome (5:24)
2. The Last Blues (4:22)
3. Untitled Original (14:44)
4. Transition (15:26)
5. Suite (21:16)
Part I--Prayer and Meditation: Day
Part II--Peace and After
Part III--Prayer and Meditation: Evening
Part IV--Affirmation”
Part V--Prayer and Meditation: 4 A.M.
Notes: Information for item from Impulse! IMPD8-280 sleeve notes, which notes that the master for item 2 no longer exists, that the mono copy is from the Coltrane family collection.
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John Coltrane Session 65-06-16:
Date: 16 June 1965.
Place: Van Gelder Studio- Englewood Cliffs, NJ.
Ensemble: John Coltrane Quartet: John Coltrane soprano sax, tenor sax, McCoy Tyner piano, except 3, Jimmy Garrison bass, except 3, Elvin Jones drums,
Recording: Commercial for Impulse.
Recording Engineer:
Alternative Issues:
Recent Available Issue: John Coltrane Quartet, Coltrane The Classic Quartet - Complete Impulse Studio Recordings, Impulse! IMPD8-280, Discs 5 - 6 for items 2 – 5, disc 8 for item 1, times from there; John Coltrane, Living Space, Impulse 20 bit super mapping CD, IMPD-246, times from there; Imp, IZ9345-2, for items 1, 2, & 4; Imp, A9106, for item 3.
Control room announcement (0:07)
1. Living Space (Incomplete, break down.) (3:45) (Alternate take) (13:54)
Studio chat (0:08)
2. Living Space (Alternate take) (9:54)
3. Living Space (10:19)
4. Dusk Dawn (10:45)
5. Vigil (9:36)
6. Untitled Original (10:43)
Notes: Information for item 1, from Impulse! IMPD8-280 sleeve notes.
David Wild, in his internet discography wrote the following: “Two versions exist of 650616a, Living Space. The original release of this music was on Impulse A9225, Infinity. For that album (assembled in 1972) Alice Coltrane over-dubbed herself on harp, and tamboura, Joan Chapman, tamboura; Oran Coltrane bells; and a string orchestra. On the later release Feelin’ Good, Impulse! IZ9345-2, the original quartet version of the track was released. Note that Coltrane over-dubbed himself on soprano saxophone on this title (at the original session).”
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John Coltrane Session 69-06-28:
Date: 28 June 1965.
Place: Van Gelder Studio- Englewood Cliffs, NJ.
Ensemble: John Coltrane Orchestra: Freddie Hubbard, Dewey Johnson trumpet, John Tchicai Marion Brown alto sax, Coltrane Pharoah Sanders, Archie Shepp tenor sax, McCoy Tyner piano, Art Davis, Jimmy Garrison bass, Elvin Jones dr.
Recording:
Recording Engineer:
Alternative Issues:
Recent Available Issue: Imp, A-95.
1. Ascension Ed I Pt I (18:55)
2. Ascension Ed I Pt II (19:42)
3. Ascension Ed II Pt I (18:35)
4. Ascension Ed II Pt II (19:55)
Notes: Of these recordings David Wild in his discography (April 1979, and on the internet, from where the information for this session derived) gave the following information: There were two recordings, complete takes, of Accension, these were commonly identified Editions I & II; which was the first take is uncertain. Edition 1, the only one where Elvin Jones solos, was released first but later Edition II was substituted, released, at Coltrane’s request. Each was divided, as shown, to fit LP format. Solo patterns are; Edition I Pt 1; JC, DJ, PSS, FH; Edition 1 Pt 2; A, JT, MB, MT, AD/JG, EJ; Edition II Pt 1; JC, DJ, PS, FH; Edition 1I Pt 2; A, JT, MB, MT, AD/JG.
(All not in my collection.)
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John Coltrane Session 65-07-02:
Date: 02 July 1965.
Place: Newport Jazz Festival, Newport, RI.
Ensemble: John Coltrane Quartet: John Coltrane soprano sax, tenor sax, McCoy Tyner piano, Jimmy Garrison bass, Elvin Jones drums, Norman O’Connor, narrator.
Recording: Commercial for Impulse.
Recording Engineer:
Alternative Issues:
Recent Available Issue: Imp, A-94, for item 1; Imp, IZ9345-2 for item 2.
1. One Down, One Up, (12:42)
2. My Favorite Things (14:44)
Notes: Information for this session from David Wild’s internet discography.
(All not in my collection.)
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John Coltrane Session 65-07-26:
Date: 26 July 1965.
Place: Juan-Les-Pins Jazz Festival, Antibes, France.
Ensemble: John Coltrane Quartet: John Coltrane soprano sax, tenor sax, McCoy Tyner piano, Jimmy Garrison bass, Elvin Jones drums,
Recording: Private tape, radio broadcast.
Recording Engineer:
Alternative Issues:
Recent Available Issue: John Coltrane Quartet in France 1965, A Love Supreme Live. Norma 24 bit CD Norma NOCD 5641.
1. Suite: A Love Supreme (Total time 47:44)
Part I Acknowledgement
Part II Resolution
Part III Pursuance
Part IV Psalm
Notes: David Wild notes in his internet discography that the complete session runs for 48:00, that most versions are about 40:00, lacking a Jimmy Garrison bass solo; does that mean that the tapes run a little fast with this one?
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John Coltrane Session 65-07-27:
Date: 27 July 1965.
Place: Juan-Les-Pins Jazz Festival, Antibes, France.
Ensemble: John Coltrane Quartet: John Coltrane soprano sax, tenor sax, McCoy Tyner piano, Jimmy Garrison bass, Elvin Jones drums,
Recording: Private tape.
Recording Engineer:
Alternative Issues:
Recent Available Issue: John Coltrane Quartet in France 1965, Live at Antibes. Norma 24 bit CD, Norma NOCD 5642, listings and times from there.
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Announcements (0:49)
1. Naima (7:01)
2. Blue Valse (14:58) straight into:
3. My Favorite Things (17:40)
4. Impressions (21:10)
Notes: Blue Valse is actually a quartet version of Ascension; the 15:00 time includes the 3:00 drum solo, which follows it. A bass solo, 10:00, precedes Impressions, also included in the 21:10 time here.
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John Coltrane Session 65-07-28:
Date: 28 July 1965.
Place: Salle Pleyel, Paris, France.
Ensemble: John Coltrane Quartet: John Coltrane soprano sax, tenor sax, McCoy Tyner piano, Jimmy Garrison bass, Elvin Jones drums,
Recording: Private tape, radio broadcast.
Recording Engineer:
Alternative Issues:
Recent Available Issue: John Coltrane Quartet in France 1965, Live in Paris. Norma 24 bit CD Norma NOCD 5643, times for all item from there.
1. Afro-Blue (Incomplete.) (10:10)
2. Impressions (15:44)
3. Blue Valse (22:22)
Notes:
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John Coltrane Session 65-08-01:
Date: 01 August 1965.
Place: Comblain, La Tour, Belgium.
Ensemble: John Coltrane Quartet: John Coltrane soprano sax, tenor sax, McCoy Tyner piano, Jimmy Garrison bass, Elvin Jones drums,
Recording: Private tape.
Recording Engineer:
Alternative Issues:
Recent Available Issue: John Coltrane Quartet, The Promise, Moon Records, CD MCD0582 time from there.
1. Untitled Original (9:09)
2. Naima (7:38)
3. My Favorite Things (20:47)
Notes: With the Moon CD release, item two is given the title Modal Excursion, furthermore it is possible to hear someone, probably Coltrane counting in the time by stamping his foot at the beginning of item 3, the item ends with whistle blowing.
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John Coltrane Session 65-08-15:
Date: 15 August 1965.
Place: Down Beat Jazz Festival, Soldier’s Field, Chicago, IL.
Ensemble:
Recording:
Recording Engineer:
Alternative Issues:
Recent Available Issue:
1. Nature Boy ~ Blue Valse (38:30) (Unissued.)
2. Announcement (0:10) (Unissued.)
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John Coltrane Session 65-08-26:
Date: 26 August 1965.
Place: ‘RCA-Victor Studios’, New York City, NY.
Ensemble: John Coltrane Quartet: John Coltrane soprano sax, tenor sax, McCoy Tyner piano, Jimmy Garrison bass, Elvin Jones drums,
Recording: Commercial for Impulse.
Recording Engineer:
Alternative Issues:
Recent Available Issue: John Coltrane Quartet, Coltrane The Classic Quartet - Complete Impulse Studio Recordings, Impulse! IMPD8-280, Disc 6; Imp, A9211, for all items.
1. Dearly Beloved (6:27)
2. Attaining (11:26)
3. Sunship, (6:12)
4. Ascent (10:10)
5. Amen (8:16)
Notes:
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John Coltrane Session 65-09-02:
Date: 02 September 1965.
Place: Van Gelder Studio- Englewood Cliffs, NJ.
Ensemble: John Coltrane Quartet: John Coltrane soprano sax, tenor sax, McCoy Tyner piano, Jimmy Garrison bass, Elvin Jones drums,
Recording: Commercial for Impulse.
Recording Engineer:
Alternative Issues:
Recent Available Issue: John Coltrane Quartet, Coltrane The Classic Quartet - Complete Impulse Studio Recordings, Impulse! IMPD8-280, Disc 7; Imp, AS9332, for all items.
Suite: Meditations
1. Love (8:00)
2. Compassion (8:30)
3. Joy (8:53)
4. Consequences (7:15)
5. Serenity (6:11)
Notes: Information for this session from David Wild’s internet discography, who points out that items 1, 2, & 3 are continuous, as are item 4 & 5.
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John Coltrane Session 65-09-00:
Date: ?? September 1965.
Place: Unknown; either Showboat, Philadelphia or the Village Gate, New York City, NY.
Ensemble: John Coltrane Quartet: John Coltrane soprano sax, tenor sax, McCoy Tyner piano, Jimmy Garrison bass, Elvin Jones drums,
Recording: Private tape.
Recording Engineer:
Alternative Issues:
Recent Available Issue:
1. But Not For Me (?) (?:??) (Unissued.)
2. Unknown title (?:??) (Unissued.)
Notes: Information for this session, Porter, 1998, who said that the tape owner usually recorded at the above locations, but that this may also have been from California, and Fujioka (1995).
(All not in my collection.)
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John Coltrane Session 65-09-22:
Date: 22 September 1965.
Place: ‘Coast Recorders’, San Francisco CA.
Ensemble: John Coltrane Quartet: John Coltrane soprano sax, tenor sax, McCoy Tyner piano, Jimmy Garrison bass, Elvin Jones drums,
Recording:
Recording Engineer:
Alternative Issues:
Recent Available Issue: John Coltrane Quartet, Coltrane The Classic Quartet - Complete Impulse Studio Recordings, Impulse! IMPD8-280, Disc 7; Impulse!, A9225, for this item.
1. Joy (12:10)
Notes: Unfortunately or not, depending on your perspective on this and aesthetic, this is the last studio recording of the quartet. David Wild, in his internet discography, writes: “This version of Joy is the only title extant from what was a private Coltrane session. It was initially released on the Infinity album, in edited format with strings, harp, vibes and an additional bassist (Charlie Haden) over-dubbed, at a length of 8:01. On Impulse IZ9345-2 and equivalents the title has been restored to its original format and length.”
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John Coltrane Session 65-09-30:
Date: 30 September 1965.
Place: The Penthouse, Seattle, Washington.
Ensemble: John Coltrane Group: John Coltrane tenor sax, except 4 & 5, Pharaoh Sanders tenor sax, McCoy Tyner piano, arrangements for 5 & 6, Donald Garrett bass clarinet, bass, Jimmy Garrison bass, Elvin Jones drums.
Recording:
Recording Engineer:
Alternative Issues:
Recent Available Issue: Imp, A9202-2, for item 1, & 3; Imp, A9202, for item 2; Impulse GRD-2-146, for items 7 & 8.
1. Cosmos (10:49)
2. Out of This World (24:18)
3. Evolution (36:22)
4. Tapestry in Sound (Bass solo) (6:07)
5. Bass Duet (7:42) (Unissued.)
6. Thumb, Piano Piece (2:45) (Unissued.)
7. Body and Soul (21:03)
8. Afro-Blue (Incomplete.) (34:15)
Notes: David Wild’s internet discography, who points out that Coltrane paid for recording of this performances in Seattle. An additional radio broadcast was possibly on the same night. A private recording of this gives Bass Duet (7:42) where Jones strikes symbol and it is bass duet plus drum, followed at 8:14 when Coltrane enters the piece, beginning Cosmos which concludes 1t 10:59, where there is applause (0:08), followed by bass solos (0:16), into Thumb piano piece (2:45), into Evolution, which is incomplete on the private tape cutting off at (24:40), followed by Afro-Blue, which also breaks down incomplete on the tape at (18:28). The times for the Bass Duet, Thumb Piano Piece are taken from the private tape.
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John Coltrane Session 65-10-01:
Date: 01 October 1965.
Place: ‘Camelot Sound Studios’, Lynwood, WA.
Ensemble: John Coltrane Group: John Coltrane soprano sax, tenor sax, Pharaoh Sanders tenor sax, Joe Brazil, flute, McCoy Tyner piano, Donald Garrett bass, bass clarinet, Jimmy Garrison bass, Elvin Jones drums,
Recording:
Recording Engineer:
Alternative Issues:
Recent Available Issue: Imp, A9140, for both items.
1. Om Pt I (15:02)
2. Om Pt II (13:58)
Notes: Information for this session from David Wild’s internet discography. The piece is opened and closed with a chant.
(All not in my collection.)
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John Coltrane Session 65-10-14:
Date: 14 October 1965.
Place: Western Recorders, Los Angeles, CA.
Ensemble: John Coltrane Octet: John Coltrane tenor sax, Pharaoh Sanders tenor sax, Donald Garrett bass clarinet, bass, McCoy Tyner piano, Jimmy Garrison bass, Elvin Jones drums, Frank Butler drums, percussion, Juno Lewis percussion, vocal.
Recording: Commercial for Impulse.
Recording Engineer:
Alternative Issues:
Recent Available Issue: Imp, A9106, for item 1; Imp, A9161, for item 2.
1. Kulu Se Mama (18:19)
2. Selflessness (14:47)
Notes: Information for this session from David Wild’s internet discography.
(All not in my collection.)
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John Coltrane Session 65-11-23:
Date: 23 November 1965.
Place: Van Gelder Studio- Englewood Cliffs, NJ.
Ensemble: John Coltrane Sextet: John Coltrane tenor sax, percussion, Pharaoh Sanders tenor sax, tambourine, bells, McCoy Tyner piano, Jimmy Garrison bass, Elvin Jones drums, Rashied Ali drums,
Recording: Commercial for Impulse.
Recording Engineer:
Alternative Issues:
Recent Available Issue: John Coltrane Meditations; Impulse 20 bit super mapping CD, IMPD-199, for all items, times for each track taken from the disc reading of that issue.
Suite: Meditations
1. The Father and the Son and the Holy Ghost (12:51)
2. Compassion (6:47)
3. Love (8:10)
4. Serenity (9:12)
5. Consequences (3:30)
Notes: Items 1 & 2 are continuous, total time of 19:38; the same foe 3, 4 & 5; yielding a total of 20:51. The sleeve for IMPD-199, provides the following information Coltrane for all of his instruments, comes through the left channel; Sanders the same on the right channel; and Jones and Ali on right and left channels, respectively.
These are the last recordings of McCoy Tyner with John Coltrane. McCoy Tyner left the group at the end of 1965, complaining that he could no longer hear himself play due to the double drummer situation. He was soon followed by Elvin Jones, who advanced the same reason for leaving, which puts to death the contestation of some that McCoy left because he was insufficiently avant-garde to follow the direction Coltrane was taking.
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John Coltrane Session 66-00-00:
Date: ? ??, 1966
Place:
Ensemble: John Coltrane: details unknown.
Recording:
Recording Engineer:
Alternative Issues:
Recent Available Issue:
1. Lush Life (?:??)
2. Set list unknown.
Notes: Information from Porter 1998, p. 374, regarding these recordings, he wrote: “Probably somewhere in 1966: Coltrane in rehearsal, taped on several occasions; “Lush Life” and other pieces.” Will these see the light of day in issued recordings?
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John Coltrane Session 66-02-02:
Date: 02 February 1966.
Place: Coast Recorders, San Francisco, CA.
Ensemble: John Coltrane tenor sax, on all, bcl on 2 only, Pharaoh Sanders tenor sax, & pic on 1 only, flute, on 3, Alice Coltrane piano, Jimmy Garrison bass, Rashied Ali drums, Ray Appleton percussion.
Recording: Commercial for Impulse.
Recording Engineer:
Alternative Issues:
Recent Available Issue: Imp, ASS9223-1, for item 1; CRC AU4590, for item 2; Imp, A9225 for items 3 & 4.
1. Manifestation (11:44)
2. Reverend King (10:45)
3. Peace On Earth (9:03)
4. Leo (10:08)
Notes: In 1972 Alice Coltrane over-dubbed herself on vibraphone and organ, and a string section on all, substituted bass parts by Charlie Haden for those by Jimmy Garrison on items 3 & 4; now item 3 exists in two versions the original 1966 recording and the 1972 over-dubbed version. Information for this session from David Wild’s Coltrane Discography, (Spring 1979).
(All not in my collection.)
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John Coltrane Session 66-02-19:
Date: 19 February 1966.
Place: Philharmonic Hall, New York City, NY.
Ensemble: John Coltrane soprano sax, tenor sax, Donald Ayler trumpet, Carlos Ward tenor sax, Pharoah Sanders, Albert Ayler tenor sax, Alice Coltrane piano, Jimmy Garrison bass, Rasjied Ali, J. C. Moses drums,
Recording: Private tape, generally unavailable.
Recording Engineer:
Alternative Issues:
Recent Available Issue:
1. My Favorite Things (?:??) (Unissued.)
2. Om (?:??) (Unissued.)
Notes: The tape is in the possession of the Coltrane family. Information for this session from David Wild’s Coltrane Discography, (Spring 1979). Porter states that the session was due to take place on January 14, with Archie Shepp, but that this was postponed due to a transit strike, and Shepp was replaced by Zoot Sims, 1998 p.274.
(All not in my collection.)
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John Coltrane Session 66-04-21:
Date: 21 April 1966.
Place: Van Gelder Studio- Englewood Cliffs, NJ.
Ensemble: John Coltrane Quintet: John Coltrane soprano sax, tenor sax, Pharoah Sanders flute, tenor sax, Alice Coltrane piano, Jimmy Garrison bass, Rashied Ali drums,
Recording: Commercial for Impulse.
Recording Engineer:
Alternative Issues:
Recent Available Issue:
1. Darkness (10:43) (Unissued.)
2. Lead Us On (8:20) (Unissued.)
3. Leo (18:00) (Unissued.)
4. Peace on Earth (5:20) (Unissued.)
Notes: Tapes for this session were recently discovered, and are rumoured to be released sometime in the future.
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John Coltrane Session 66-04-28:
Date: 28 April, 1966.
Place: Van Gelder Studio- Englewood Cliffs, NJ.
Ensemble: John Coltrane Quintet: John Coltrane soprano sax, tenor sax, Pharoah Sanders flute, tenor sax, Alice Coltrane piano, Jimmy Garrison bass, Rashied Ali drums,
Recording: Commercial for Impulse.
Recording Engineer:
Alternative Issues:
Recent Available Issue:
1. Call (9:20) (Unissued.)
2. Leo (9:40) (Unissued.)
Notes: Tapes for this session were recently discovered, and are rumoured to be released sometime in the future.
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John Coltrane Session 66-05-28:
Date: 28 May 1966.
Place: Village Vanguard, New York City, NY.
Ensemble: John Coltrane Sextet: John Coltrane soprano sax, tenor sax, bcl Pharaoh Sanders tenor sax, flute, Alice Coltrane piano, Jimmy Garrison bass, Rashied Ali drums, Emanuel Rahim, percussion.
Recording: Commercial for Impulse.
Recording Engineer:
Alternative Issues:
Recent Available Issue: John Coltrane, More Live at the Villaage Vanguard, Impulse 20 bit K2 super coding CD, MCVZ-85 Imp, times from there; A9124.
1. My Favorite Things (26:27)
2. Naima (15:07)
Notes: With the MCVZ-85 issue of this item 1 is divided into two tracks; introduction to My Favorite Things and My Favorite Things, the first is a 6:07 minute bass solo, with a slight, but noticeable splice at 6:07 when track 3, MFT, begins.
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John Coltrane Session 66-07-02:
Date: 02 July 1966.
Place: Newport Jazz Festival, Newport, RI.
Ensemble: John Coltrane Quintet: John Coltrane soprano sax, tenor sax, percussion., Alice Coltrane piano, Jimmy Garrison bass, Elvin Jones drums,
Recording: Private tape.
Recording Engineer:
Alternative Issues:
Recent Available Issue: Video Arts LD (J) VALJ-3165; Video Arts Video (J) VALJ-165.
1. My Favourite Things (Incomplete) (22:05)
2. Peace on Earth (11:28)
3. Leo (23:17)
announcement (0:25) (Unissued.)
Notes:
(Copy of this recording kindly supplied by Chris DeVito.)
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John Coltrane Session 66-07-11:
Date: 11 July 1966.
Place: Sankei Hall, Tokyo, Japan.
Ensemble: John Coltrane Quintet: John Coltrane soprano sax, tenor sax, Pharoah Sanders flute, tenor sax, Alice Coltrane piano, Jimmy Garrison bass, Rashied Ali drums,
Recording: Commercial for Impulse.
Recording Engineer:
Alternative Issues:
Recent Available Issue: John Coltrane, Live in Japan, Volume 2, Impulse CD, IMP 55XD579-80.
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Announcement (2:25)
1. Afro-Blue (39:10)
2. Peace on Earth (26:15)
3. Bass Solo Introduction to Crescent
Crescent (53:15)
4. Leo (1:03)
Notes: John Coltrane performed here from July 10 – 11, 1996.
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John Coltrane Session 66-07-12:
Date: 12 July 1966.
Place: Festival Hall, Osaka, Japan
Ensemble: John Coltrane Quintet: John Coltrane soprano sax, tenor sax, Pharoah Sanders flute, tenor sax, Alice Coltrane piano, Jimmy Garrison bass, Rashied Ali drums,
Recording: Private audience tape.
Recording Engineer:
Alternative Issues:
Recent Available Issue:
1. Unknown set list (?:??) (Unissued.)
Notes:
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John Coltrane Session 66-07-17:
Date: July 17, 1966.
Place: Kokusai-Kaikan, Kobe, Japan
Ensemble: John Coltrane Quintet: John Coltrane soprano sax, tenor sax, Pharoah Sanders flute, tenor sax, Alice Coltrane piano, Jimmy Garrison bass, Rashied Ali drums,
Recording: Private audience tape.
Recording Engineer:
Alternative Issues:
Recent Available Issue:
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Announcements (3:03)
1. Niama (20:10) (Unissued.)
2. My Favorite Things (56:50) (Unissued.)
3. Leo (40:00) (Unissued.)
Notes: Kokusai means international in Japanese.
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John Coltrane Session 66-07-20:
Date: 20 July 1966.
Place: Festival Hall, Osaka, Japan
Ensemble: John Coltrane Quintet: John Coltrane soprano sax, tenor sax, Pharoah Sanders flute, tenor sax, Alice Coltrane piano, Jimmy Garrison bass, Rashied Ali drums,
Recording: Private audience tape.
Recording Engineer:
Alternative Issues:
Recent Available Issue:
1. Unknown set list (?:??) (Unissued.)
Notes:
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John Coltrane Session 235:
Date: 22 July 1966.
Place: Koseinenkin Hall, Tokyo, Japan
Ensemble: John Coltrane Quintet: John Coltrane soprano sax, tenor sax, Pharaoh Sanders tenor sax, Alice Coltrane piano, Jimmy Garrison bass, Rashied Ali drums,
Recording: Commercial for Impulse.
Recording Engineer:
Alternative Issues:
Recent Available Issue: John Coltrane, Live in Japan, Volume 2, Impulse CD, IMP 55XD579-80.
1. Meditations/Leo (43:31)
2. Peace On Earth (26:04)
3. My Favourite Things (56:14)
Notes: Item 1 is an excerpt from the Meditations Suite, which introduces Leo.
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John Coltrane Session 66-12-26:
Date: 26 December 1966.
Place: Village Theatre, New York City, NY.
Ensemble: John Coltrane: John Coltrane soprano sax, tenor sax, Pharaoh Sanders tenor sax, Alice Coltrane piano, Jimmy Garrison bass, Lionel ‘Sonny’ Johnson bass, Rashied Ali drums, Omar Ali congo, Algie DeWitt Bata drum, Unknown taboura.
Recording: Private tape.
Recording Engineer:
Alternative Issues:
Recent Available Issue:
1. Original (?:??) (Unissued.)
2. Hymn (?:??) (Unissued.)
3. Original (?:??) (Unissued.)
4. My Favorite Things (?:??) (Unissued.)
Notes: A private tape of this session is known, is said, to exist but is not in circulation among collectors. Information for this session from David Wild’s Coltrane Discography, (Spring 1979).
(All not in my collection.)
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John Coltrane Session 67-02-15:
Date: 15 February 1967.
Place: Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, N.J.
Ensemble: John Coltrane Quartet: John Coltrane alto sax, on 9 & 10, tenor sax, on al others, Alice Coltrane piano, Jimmy Garrison bass, Rashied Ali drums,
Recording: Commercial for Impulse.
Recording Engineer:
Alternative Issues:
Recent Available Issue: John Coltrane Stellar Regions. 20 bit super mapping CD, IMPD-169, times for all items from there.
1. Sun Star (Alternate take) (8:05)
2. Sun Star (6:05)
3. Stellar Regions (3:31)
4. Stellar Regions (Alternate take) (4:37)
5. Configuration (4:01)
6. Iris (3:50)
7. Offering (8:20)
8. Seraphic Light (8:54)
9. Tranesonic (Alternate take) (2:48)
10. Tranesonic (4:14)
11. Jimmy’s Mode (5:58)
Notes: Information regarding the order of recording from Information for this session from David Wild’s internet discography, where he also indicates that Stellar Regions was recorded on February 22, but was given the title Venus. All of the titles for the compositions here, other than ‘Offering,’ were given by Alice Coltrane,
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John Coltrane Session 67-02-22:
Date: 22 February 1967.
Place: Van Gelder Studio- Englewood Cliffs, NJ.
Ensemble: John Coltrane / Rashied Ali: John Coltrane tenor sax, Rashied Ali drums,
Recording: Commercial for Impulse.
Recording Engineer:
Alternative Issues:
Recent Available Issue: Imp, ASD 9277, for items 1, 3, 4, 5, & 6; Impulse IA9560 for item 2.
1. Mars(10:41)
2. Leo (11:00)
3. Venus (8:17)
4. Jupiter Variation (6:45)
5. Jupiter (5:21)
6. Saturn (11:35)
Notes: Information for this session from David Wild’s Coltrane Discography, (Spring 1979).
(All not in my collection.)
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John Coltrane Session 67-02-27:
Date: 27 February 1967.
Place: Van Gelder Studio- Englewood Cliffs, NJ.
Ensemble: John Coltrane Quintet: John Coltrane tenor sax, Alice Coltrane piano, Jimmy Garrison bass, Rashied Ali drums, Marion Brown bells.
Recording: Commercial for Impulse.
Recording Engineer:
Alternative Issues:
Recent Available Issue:
1. E Minor (6:61) (Unissued.)
2. Half Steps (7:10) (Unissued.)
Notes: for this session were recently discovered, and are rumoured to be released sometime in the future.
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John Coltrane Session 67-03-07:
Date: 07 March 1967.
Place: Van Gelder Studio- Englewood Cliffs, NJ.
Ensemble: John Coltrane Quartet: John Coltrane tenor sax, Alice Coltrane piano, Jimmy Garrison bass, Rashied Ali drums,
Recording: Commercial for Impulse.
Recording Engineer:
Alternative Issues:
Recent Available Issue: Imp, IA9360, for item 1; Imp, A9120, for item 2.
1. Number One (12:00)
2. Ogunde Verere (3:34)
Notes: Information for this session from David Wild’s Coltrane Discography, (Spring 1979).
(All not in my collection.)
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John Coltrane Session 67-00-00:
Date: Spring 1967.
Place: Van Gelder Studio- Englewood Cliffs, NJ.
Ensemble: John Coltrane Quartet: John Coltrane tenor sax, Alice Coltrane piano, Jimmy Garrison bass, Rashied Ali drums,
Recording:
Recording Engineer:
Alternative Issues:
Recent Available Issue: Imp, A9120.
1. Expression.
Notes: The precise date for this session is unknown; in fact any of the ‘missing’ sessions made shortly before he died could be the source. Complete session tapes exist only for the sessions of February 15, and 22, and March 7, and this material is not from any of these. Information for this session from David Wild’s Coltrane Discography, (Spring 1979).
(Not in my collection.)
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John Coltrane Session 67-03-29:
Date: 23 March 29, 1967.
Place: Van Gelder Studio- Englewood Cliffs, NJ.
Ensemble: John Coltrane Quartet: John Coltrane tenor sax, Alice Coltrane piano, Jimmy Garrison bass, Rashied Ali drums,
Recording: Commercial for Impulse.
Recording Engineer:
Alternative Issues:
Recent Available Issue:
1. Number Eight (5:01) (Unissued.)
2. Number Seven (3:18) (Unissued.)
3. Number Six (2:12) (Unissued.)
4. Number Five (6:18) (Unissued.)
5. Number Four (4:02) (Unissued.)
6. Number Two (4:09) (Unissued.)
Notes: Tapes for this session were recently discovered, and are rumoured to be released sometime in the future.
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John Coltrane Session 67-04-23:
Date: 23 April 1967
Place: Olatunji Center of African culture, New York City, NY>
Ensemble: John Coltrane Septet: John Coltrane soprano sax, tenor sax, Pharoah Sanders tenor sax, Alice Coltrane piano, Jimmy Garrison bass, Rashied Ali drums, Algie DeWitt Bata drum, Juma percussion, Billy Taylor ann.
Recording: Private tape, radio broadcast.
Recording Engineer:
Alternative Issues:
Recent Available Issue: John Coltrane. The Last Giant, the John Coltrane Anthology. Rhino CD R2 71255, for a sample from item 1, a bare 1:32 of the complete performance!
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Applause and introduction of John Coltrane (0:40) (Unissued.)
1. Ogunde (29:03) (Unissued.)
Applause, cough (0:18) (Unissued.)
2. My Favorite Things (35:57) (Unissued.)
3. Tunji (?:??) (Unissued.)
4. A Love Supreme; Acknowledgement (?:??) (Unissued.)
Notes: My Favorite Things begins with a 7:40 bass solo.
(Items 3 and 4 not in my collection, a copy of the recording kindly supplied by…)
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John Coltrane Session 67-05-17:
Date: 17 May 1967.
Place: Van Gelder Studio- Englewood Cliffs, NJ.
Ensemble: John Coltrane Sextet: John Coltrane tenor sax, Pharoah Sanders alto sax, Alice Coltrane piano, Jimmy Garrison bass, Rashied Ali drums, Algie DeWitt Bata drum.
Recording: Commercial for Impulse.
Recording Engineer:
Alternative Issues:
Recent Available Issue:
1. None Other (14:28) (Unissued.)
2. Collidoscope (35:52) (Unissued.)
Notes: Tapes for this session were recently discovered, and are rumoured to be released sometime in the future.
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