Jazz Classics

Performer: John Coltrane
Producer: Craig DeGraff (Compilation)
Distributor: WEA Strategic Marketing

Notes: Audio Remasterer: Bob Fisher . This collection of timeless John Coltrane tracks is taken from sessions that took place around 1959 and 1960, some of which resulted in his epochal GIANT STEPS album. "Naima" (written for his first wife) is one of the saxophonist's most tender, enduring themes, with a melody that floats above Tommy Flanagan's serene chords, while "Harmonique" has an intriguing, polyphonic theme, and on "Giant Steps" Coltrane's torrent of interconnecting ideas is almost unstoppable.

Through both the force of his music and his personal character, saxophonist John Coltrane remains among the most influential jazz artists of all time. After a stint with the classic Miles Davis band of the late 1950s, the tenor titan embarked on a decade of staggering creativity. With the daunting GIANT STEPS, he exploded the possibilities of post-bop harmony; subsequently, he formed his "classic quartet" with McCoy Tyner, Jimmy Garrison, and Elvin Jones--the ideal group for Coltrane's ever-expanding sonic vocabulary. As the '60s progressed, he also added the soprano sax to the mix and explored the use of modes, before finally moving on to the inspired free playing on records such as ASCENSION and INTERSTELLAR SPACE in his last years.

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