Jazz / Hard Bop; Modal Music
Recorded: Sep 10, 1956-Feb 22, 1967
John Coltrane - Tenor Saxophone, Soprano Saxophone
Miles Davis - Trumpet
Duke Ellington - Piano
Tommy Flanagan - Piano
Wynton Kelly - Piano
McCoy Tyner - Piano
Aaron Bell - Bass
Paul Chambers - Bass
Steve Davis - Bass
Jimmy Garrison - Bass
Rashied Ali - Drums
Jimmy Cobb - Drums
Elvin Jones - Drums
Philly Joe Jones - Drums
Arthur Taylor - Drums
In 1955, John Coltrane joined Miles Davis's group and later apprenticed with Thelonious Monk. Along with maturing musically, he experienced a great spiritual awakening. Coltrane's last decade or so saw him take one great leap forward after another - mastering all his teachers' ideas and then moving to a level beyond that of any other saxophonist. For those journeys he formed his classic quartet, which eventually evolved into a completely different second group. The repertoire of each, represented on this disc, has had a hold, spiritual as well as artistic, not just on musicians in all fields but on all listeners in all walks of life. |
