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Among the most acclaimed and influential artists in jazz, John Coltrane was also one of the most stylistically diverse, moving from traditional sounds to the furthest edges of the avant-garde in a career that was tragically cut short when he succumbed to cancer at the age of 40. This volume in the Verve Ultimate Cool series devoted to Coltrane's work might raise the eyebrows of fans who will note that Coltrane never recorded for Verve Records; instead, this is primarily drawn from Coltrane's recordings for the Impulse! label, and leans to his more accessible works, ignoring more challenging albums like Meditations and Selflessness, and curiously includes nothing from 1965's A Love Supreme, widely regarded as the saxophone giant's greatest work. But even at his most mainstream, Coltrane's playing was invariably imaginative, intelligent, and emotionally resonant, and that's certainly the case with these 12 selections, which find him drawing slow, beautiful lines out of standards like "Lush Life" and "What's New," or exploring his musical space on "Alabama" and "Theme for Ernie." Given its fairly rigid musical outlook and the fact it's limited to Coltrane's music of the '60s, Verve Ultimate Cool: John Coltrane isn't much as an introduction to his body of work or an overview of a wide-ranging career as a creative trailblazer. But if nothing else, this set shows just how pleasurable Coltrane's music can be, and 52 minutes with one of the true giants of American music in the 20th century is certainly time well spent.
© Mark Deming /TiVo
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John Coltrane, Producer, Tenor Saxophone, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Duke Ellington, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Rudy Van Gelder, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Elvin Jones, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Bob Thiele, Producer - Aaron Bell, Double Bass, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1962 The Verve Music Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
John Coltrane, Composer, Tenor Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Rudy Van Gelder, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Jimmy Garrison, Double Bass, AssociatedPerformer - McCoy Tyner, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Elvin Jones, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Bob Thiele, Producer - John Coltrane Quartet, MainArtist
℗ 1964 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Robert Haggart, Composer - John Coltrane, Producer - Rudy Van Gelder, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Johnny Burke, Author - Bob Thiele, Producer - John Coltrane Quartet, MainArtist
℗ 1962 UMG Recordings, Inc.
John Coltrane, Producer, Soprano Saxophone, Tenor Saxophone, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Rudy Van Gelder, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Jimmy Garrison, Double Bass, AssociatedPerformer - McCoy Tyner, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Elvin Jones, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Bob Thiele, Producer
℗ 1963 Verve Label Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
John Coltrane, Tenor Saxophone, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Johnny Burke, ComposerLyricist - Jimmy Van Heusen, ComposerLyricist - Earl May, Double Bass, AssociatedPerformer - Arthur Taylor, Drums, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1958 Fantasy, Inc.
John Coltrane, Tenor Saxophone, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Billy Strayhorn, ComposerLyricist - Rudy Van Gelder, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Jimmy Garrison, Double Bass, AssociatedPerformer - Johnny Hartman, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - McCoy Tyner, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Elvin Jones, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Bob Thiele, Producer
℗ 1963 UMG Recordings, Inc.
John Coltrane, Producer - Phil Silvers, ComposerLyricist - Rudy Van Gelder, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Jimmy Van Heusen, ComposerLyricist - Bob Thiele, Producer - John Coltrane Quartet, MainArtist
℗ 1962 UMG Recordings, Inc.
John Coltrane, Tenor Saxophone, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Paul Chambers, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Red Garland, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Fred Lacey, Composer - Arthur Taylor, Drums, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1958 Prestige Records, Inc.
John Coltrane, Tenor Saxophone, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Paul Chambers, Double Bass, AssociatedPerformer - Matt Dennis, ComposerLyricist - Tom Adair, ComposerLyricist - Red Garland, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Albert "Tootie" Heath, Drums, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1957 Original Jazz Classics
John Coltrane, Tenor Saxophone, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Jerome Kern, ComposerLyricist - Oscar Hammerstein II , ComposerLyricist - Paul Chambers, Upright Bass, AssociatedPerformer - Kenny Burrell, Guitar, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Tommy Flanagan, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Jimmy Cobb, Drums, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1958 Fantasy, Inc.
John Coltrane, Tenor Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Victor Young, ComposerLyricist - Paul Chambers, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Wynton Kelly, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Jack Elliott, ComposerLyricist - Jimmy Cobb, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Cannonball Adderley Quintet, MainArtist - Jack Tracy, Producer
℗ 1959 Verve Label Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Richard Rodgers, Composer - Lorenz Hart, Author - Rudy Van Gelder, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Bob Thiele, Producer - John Coltrane Quartet, MainArtist
℗ 1962 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Album review
Among the most acclaimed and influential artists in jazz, John Coltrane was also one of the most stylistically diverse, moving from traditional sounds to the furthest edges of the avant-garde in a career that was tragically cut short when he succumbed to cancer at the age of 40. This volume in the Verve Ultimate Cool series devoted to Coltrane's work might raise the eyebrows of fans who will note that Coltrane never recorded for Verve Records; instead, this is primarily drawn from Coltrane's recordings for the Impulse! label, and leans to his more accessible works, ignoring more challenging albums like Meditations and Selflessness, and curiously includes nothing from 1965's A Love Supreme, widely regarded as the saxophone giant's greatest work. But even at his most mainstream, Coltrane's playing was invariably imaginative, intelligent, and emotionally resonant, and that's certainly the case with these 12 selections, which find him drawing slow, beautiful lines out of standards like "Lush Life" and "What's New," or exploring his musical space on "Alabama" and "Theme for Ernie." Given its fairly rigid musical outlook and the fact it's limited to Coltrane's music of the '60s, Verve Ultimate Cool: John Coltrane isn't much as an introduction to his body of work or an overview of a wide-ranging career as a creative trailblazer. But if nothing else, this set shows just how pleasurable Coltrane's music can be, and 52 minutes with one of the true giants of American music in the 20th century is certainly time well spent.
© Mark Deming /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 12 track(s)
- Total length: 00:52:54
- Main artists: John Coltrane
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Decca (UMO)
- Genre: Jazz
© 2013 Decca, a division of Universal Music Operations Limited This Compilation ℗ 2013 Decca, a division of Universal Music Operations Limited
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