Coltrane Jazz (album)

Infobox Album
Name = Coltrane Jazz
Type = studio
Artist = John Coltrane


Released = 1961
Recorded = 1959 & 1960
Genre = Jazz
Length =
Label = Atlantic Records
Producer = Nesuhi Ertegün
Reviews =
*Allmusic Rating|4.5|5 [http://allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:brn8b5c4bsqj link]
Last album = "Lush Life"
(1960)
This album = "Coltrane Jazz"
(1961)
Next album = "My Favorite Things"
(1961)

"Coltrane Jazz" is a 1961 album by jazz musician John Coltrane. It was the first album released by Atlantic Records after his debut for that label, "Giant Steps". Several of the songs on this album are outtakes from the session that produced "Naima" from the earlier LP. On those songs, Coltrane is backed by Wynton Kelly, Paul Chambers and Jimmy Cobb from the Miles Davis sextet, of which Coltrane was still a member when the tracks were laid down (early 1960). "Village Blues", recorded several months later, marks the LP debut of Elvin Jones and McCoy Tyner with Coltrane.

Coltrane plays tenor saxophone throughout. There are a few recordings where Coltrane plays the alto saxophone, though that is something he rarely did after 1946. He may also have played the smaller instrument on his final Atlantic album, "Olé Coltrane".

Track listing

:Original LP release "Coltrane Jazz", 1961 (Atlantic)

# "Little Old Lady" (4:24)
# "Village Blues" (5:23)
# "My Shining Hour" (4:52)
# "Fifth House" (4:41)
# "Harmonique" (4:13)
# "Like Sonny" (5:54)
# "I'll Wait and Pray" (3:34)
# "Some Other Blues" (5:36)

Personnel

Recorded November 24 1959, December 2 1959 and October 21 1960 in New York City.

* John Coltrane — tenor saxophone/soprano saxophone
* Wynton Kelly — piano (tracks 1, 3-7)
* McCoy Tyner — piano (track 2)
* Paul Chambers — bass (tracks 1, 3-7)
* Steve Davis — bass (track 2)
* Jimmy Cobb — drums (track 1, 3-7)
* Elvin Jones — drums (track 2)