John Coltrane - Soultrane (1958) [DCC GZS-1046] [Re-Up]

Posted By : LezDawson | Date : 15 Mar 2010 21:54:34 | Comments : 9 |

John Coltrane - Soultrane (1958) [DCC GZS-1046]
FLAC | EAC | LOG | CUE | Scans | 39:58 | 238 MB | RS
Jazz

First things first: let’s take it as read that this is a classic of the 20th century jazz canon and an essential point of reference in Coltrane’s own tumultuous career. 1958 found Coltrane recording for Prestige as a leader, having left Thelonious Monk’s quartet and before heading back to Miles Davis’ band to make history on Kind of Blue the following year. Here, he’s hunkered down with the Red Garland Trio (Garland on piano, Paul Chambers on bass, and Arthur Taylor on drums), enjoying the easy interplay that had developed between the musicians over years of playing together, and taking the opportunity to throw out his newly-honed chops. Yes, this is the album on which Coltrane first emerged as the primary innovator of the jazz world, wielding an astonishing technical virtuosity and a blinding vision of the possibilities of the tenor sax.