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Olé Coltrane 
Studio album by John Coltrane Released February 1962 Recorded May 25, 1961
A&R Studios, New York CityGenre Modal Jazz Length 36:50 original LP
45:50 CD reissueLabel Atlantic
SD 1373Producer Nesuhi Ertegun John Coltrane chronology Africa/Brass
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[1]Olé Coltrane is the ninth album by jazz musician John Coltrane, released in 1962 on Atlantic Records, catalogue SD 1373. His last album for Atlantic made under his supervision, unlike Coltrane's previous sessions done at their own studio, this was recorded at A&R Studios in New York.
Contents
Background
Two days prior to the recording of this album, Coltrane did his inaugural recording session for his new label, Impulse Records, at the new Van Gelder Studio in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey.[2] With one further album due his old label Atlantic, he brought in his working quintet along with two participants in the Africa/Brass sessions, Art Davis and Freddie Hubbard.[3] Owing to his concurrent contract with Prestige Records, Dolphy had to be listed on the credits under the pseudonym George Lane.[4]
Coltrane's interest in the music of Spain evident in "Olé," may have been spurred by his ex-employer's Sketches of Spain from the previous year.[5] The soprano saxophone work on the modal jazz vamp "Olé" recalled last year's "My Favorite Things," while the titles for the songs on side two reflect the band's continued interest in African forms as expressed on the May 23 Africa/Brass recordings.
On September 19, 2000, Rhino Records reissued Olé Coltrane as part of its Atlantic 50th Anniversary Jazz Gallery series. Included was a single bonus track which had appeared on The Heavyweight Champion: The Complete Atlantic Recordings in 1995.
Track listing
Side one
No. Title Writer(s) Length 1. "Olé" John Coltrane 18:17 Side two
No. Title Writer(s) Length 1. "Dahomey Dance" John Coltrane 10:53 2. "Aisha" McCoy Tyner 7:40 2000 reissue bonus track
No. Title Writer(s) Length 4. "Original Untitled Ballad (To Her Ladyship)" Billy Frazier 9:00 Personnel
- John Coltrane — soprano saxophone on "Olé" and "To Her Ladyship; alto saxophone on "To Her Ladyship"; tenor saxophone on "Dahomey Dance" and "Aisha"
- Freddie Hubbard — trumpet
- Eric Dolphy — flute on "Olé" and "To Her Ladyship"; alto saxophone on "Dahomey Dance" and "Aisha"
- McCoy Tyner — piano
- Reggie Workman — bass on "Olé," "Dahomey Dance" and "Aisha"
- Art Davis — bass on "Olé," "Dahomey Dance" and "To Her Ladyship"
- Elvin Jones — drums
Production personnel
- Nesuhi Ertegün — production
- Phil Ramone — engineering
- Jagel & Slutzky Graphics — cover design
- Ralph J. Gleason — liner notes
- Patrick Milligan — reissue supervision
- Dan Hersch — digital remastering
- Rachel Gutek — reissue design
- Sevie Bates — reissue art direction
- Neil Tessler — reissue liner notes
- Vanessa Atkins — reissue editorial supervision
- Shawn Amos — reissue editorial coordination
References
- ^ Olé Coltrane at Allmusic
- ^ Lewis Porter. John Coltrane: His Life and Music. Ann Arbor: The University of Michigan Press, 1999. ISBN 0-472-10161-7, p. 364.
- ^ ''Olé Coltrane. Rhino R2 79965, liner notes, pp. 2-4.
- ^ Porter, p. 212
- ^ Porter, p. 212
Categories:- 1962 albums
- John Coltrane albums
- Atlantic Records albums
- Modal jazz albums
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