{"title":"John Coltrane","description":"\u003cp data-start=\"173\" data-end=\"777\"\u003eJohn Coltrane was a towering figure in jazz, whose saxophone sound and spiritual vision transformed the music forever. From his groundbreaking work with Miles Davis to landmark recordings like \u003cem data-start=\"366\" data-end=\"378\"\u003eBlue Train\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem data-start=\"380\" data-end=\"396\"\u003eA Love Supreme\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem data-start=\"401\" data-end=\"414\"\u003eGiant Steps\u003c\/em\u003e, Coltrane’s music combined virtuosity with deep searching. His vinyl catalogue spans bebop, modal explorations and the spiritual free jazz of his later years, influencing generations of musicians and listeners alike. Explore our curated selection of John Coltrane records — essential reissues, rare pressings and timeless albums that define the spirit of jazz.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"john-coltrane-a-love-supreme","title":"John Coltrane - A Love Supreme (2022 Impulse! 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From the fervent opening fanfare of \u003cem data-start=\"655\" data-end=\"672\"\u003eAcknowledgement\u003c\/em\u003e to the cascading rhythms of \u003cem data-start=\"701\" data-end=\"713\"\u003eResolution\u003c\/em\u003e and the meditative close of \u003cem data-start=\"742\" data-end=\"749\"\u003ePsalm\u003c\/em\u003e, the album is both deeply personal and universally resonant.\u003cstrong data-start=\"814\" data-end=\"835\"\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"898\" data-end=\"1037\"\u003e\u003cem data-start=\"898\" data-end=\"914\"\u003eA Love Supreme\u003c\/em\u003e is not just an album but a spiritual statement — timeless, essential, and one of the greatest jazz recordings ever made.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Impulse!","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42461610180667,"sku":null,"price":65.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0630\/3203\/3339\/files\/A_Love_Supreme_7e99366a_thumbnail_4096.webp?v=1757902856"},{"product_id":"john-coltrane-blue-train","title":"John Coltrane - Blue train (2022 Blue Note Tone Poet Reissue LP Vinyl)","description":"\u003cp data-start=\"178\" data-end=\"545\"\u003e\u003cem data-start=\"178\" data-end=\"190\"\u003eBlue Train\u003c\/em\u003e (1957) is \u003cstrong data-start=\"201\" data-end=\"220\"\u003eJohn Coltrane’s\u003c\/strong\u003e only session as a leader for Blue Note — and one of the greatest hard bop albums ever recorded. With an all-star lineup featuring \u003cstrong data-start=\"351\" data-end=\"365\"\u003eLee Morgan\u003c\/strong\u003e (trumpet), \u003cstrong data-start=\"377\" data-end=\"394\"\u003eCurtis Fuller\u003c\/strong\u003e (trombone), \u003cstrong data-start=\"407\" data-end=\"421\"\u003eKenny Drew\u003c\/strong\u003e (piano), \u003cstrong data-start=\"431\" data-end=\"448\"\u003ePaul Chambers\u003c\/strong\u003e (bass), and \u003cstrong data-start=\"461\" data-end=\"481\"\u003ePhilly Joe Jones\u003c\/strong\u003e (drums), the album captures Coltrane in full creative flight.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"547\" data-end=\"839\"\u003eFrom the moody, unforgettable title track to the blistering swing of \u003cem data-start=\"616\" data-end=\"628\"\u003eLocomotion\u003c\/em\u003e and the lyrical ballad \u003cem data-start=\"652\" data-end=\"671\"\u003eI’m Old Fashioned\u003c\/em\u003e, every tune is a showcase of Coltrane’s evolving mastery. The blend of bold solos and tight ensemble work makes \u003cem data-start=\"784\" data-end=\"796\"\u003eBlue Train\u003c\/em\u003e both accessible and endlessly rewarding.\u003cstrong data-start=\"841\" data-end=\"862\"\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"952\" data-end=\"1061\"\u003eA cornerstone of any jazz collection, \u003cem data-start=\"990\" data-end=\"1002\"\u003eBlue Train\u003c\/em\u003e is Coltrane at his most powerful, lyrical, and inspired.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"952\" data-end=\"1061\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eTone Poet Vinyl Edition was produced by \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eJoe Harley,\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e mastered by \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eKevin Gray\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e from the original analog master tapes, pressed on 180g vinyl at RTI, and packaged in a deluxe gatefold tip-on jacket.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Blue Note","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42461681614907,"sku":null,"price":120.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0630\/3203\/3339\/files\/1.JC_BLUETRAIN_MONO_COVER_1000X1000_f15a93f7-357f-4d3e-8630-dad238d24104.webp?v=1757905949"},{"product_id":"wilbur-harden-with-john-coltrane-mainstream-1958-japanese-savoy-vinyl-lp","title":"Wilbur Harden With John Coltrane - Mainstream 1958 (Japanese Savoy Vinyl LP)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eVinyl\u003c\/b\u003e: EX\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSleeve\u003c\/b\u003e: EX\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eObi: \u003c\/strong\u003eNone\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOur grading system explained \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/dpbg4u-d1.myshopify.com\/pages\/secondhand-grading-guide\"\u003e\u003cb\u003ehere\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePhoto is of the actual item.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWilbur Harden, John Coltrane, Tommy Flanagan, Doug Watkins, Louis Hayes - Mainstream 1958: The East Coast Jazz Scene\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eVinyl LP - Japanese CBS\/Sony Reissue\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"grid-cols-1 grid gap-2.5 [\u0026amp;_\u0026gt;_*]:min-w-0\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words\"\u003eA remarkable document from a pivotal moment in John Coltrane's development, \u003cem\u003eMainstream 1958\u003c\/em\u003e captures the tenor saxophonist during his transitional period between his years with Miles Davis and the formation of his own revolutionary quartet. Recorded on 13 March 1958 at Rudy Van Gelder's Hackensack studio, this session finds Coltrane alongside flugelhorn player Wilbur Harden, whose warm, mellow horn tone provides an intriguing contrast to Coltrane's increasingly intense explorations. This 1975 Japanese reissue on CBS\/Sony, part of their Original Savoy Recording series, preserves these historically significant performances with the mono fidelity that captures the music's essence.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"grid-cols-1 grid gap-2.5 [\u0026amp;_\u0026gt;_*]:min-w-0\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words\"\u003eWilbur Harden remains one of hard bop's under-appreciated figures, a flugelhorn specialist whose melodic approach and compositional skills deserved wider recognition. All five compositions here are Harden originals, showcasing his writing ability across a range of moods and tempos. What makes this session special is hearing Coltrane within Harden's musical context rather than as the dominant voice. While Coltrane's solos reveal the \"sheets of sound\" approach and harmonic restlessness that would soon revolutionise jazz, he's working within Harden's frameworks and sharing space with the leader's lyrical flugelhorn.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"grid-cols-1 grid gap-2.5 [\u0026amp;_\u0026gt;_*]:min-w-0\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words\"\u003eThe rhythm section is impeccable: Tommy Flanagan on piano, one of the era's most tasteful and harmonically sophisticated accompanists; Doug Watkins on bass, providing solid yet melodic support; and the young Louis Hayes on drums, already demonstrating the crisp attack and musical intelligence that would make him one of hard bop's most in-demand drummers. Together, they create the perfect foundation for the frontline's explorations.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"grid-cols-1 grid gap-2.5 [\u0026amp;_\u0026gt;_*]:min-w-0\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words\"\u003eTracks like \"Wells Fargo\" and \"West 42nd Street\" demonstrate the quintet's ability to swing hard while maintaining compositional interest, while \"E.F.F.P.H.\", \"Snuffy\", and \"Rhodomagnetics\" showcase Harden's diverse compositional palette. Throughout, Coltrane's tenor playing is fascinating to hear in this context, showing both where he'd been and where he was heading.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"grid-cols-1 grid gap-2.5 [\u0026amp;_\u0026gt;_*]:min-w-0\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words\"\u003eThis Japanese pressing includes an LP-sized insert and represents Van Gelder's original mono recording with excellent fidelity. 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Recorded in 1959 and released in 1960, this album introduced Coltrane's revolutionary approach to chord changes and harmonic movement that would forever alter jazz improvisation. This 1968 US Atlantic pressing, identifiable by its red and green labels with the 1841 Broadway address and gold embossed \"Stereo\" on the cover, captures this landmark recording with excellent sonic quality, mastered at Longwear Plating and pressed by Presswell.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe title track \"Giant Steps\" is one of the most famous and demanding compositions in jazz. Coltrane's chord progression moves through major thirds in a constantly modulating pattern that creates immense challenges for improvisers. His own solo navigates these \"Coltrane changes\" with breathtaking speed and precision, establishing a technical and harmonic benchmark that saxophonists still measure themselves against decades later. Tommy Flanagan's piano solo on this track famously struggles with the changes, a testament to how revolutionary and difficult Coltrane's concept was even for one of the era's finest pianists.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Cousin Mary\" provides a more straightforward blues-based respite, though even here Coltrane's harmonic sophistication elevates the material. \"Countdown\" takes the chord progression of Miles Davis' \"Tune Up\" and completely reimagines it with Coltrane's harmonic substitutions, demonstrating how his approach could transform existing material. \"Spiral\" and \"Syeeda's Song Flute\" (named for his daughter) showcase different facets of his compositional thinking.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe album's ballad centrepiece, \"Naima\", named for Coltrane's first wife, stands as one of the most beautiful compositions in jazz. With Wynton Kelly replacing Flanagan on piano and Jimmy Cobb on drums for this track, Coltrane's tender, searching melody and his reverential approach to the composition reveal the spiritual dimension that would increasingly define his work. \"Mr. P.C.\", dedicated to bassist Paul Chambers, closes the album with an uptempo blues that allows all the musicians to stretch out.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe rhythm section work throughout is exemplary. Paul Chambers' bass playing provides both harmonic foundation and melodic counterpoint, his tone warm and his time impeccable. Art Taylor's drumming on most tracks is crisp and supportive, while Jimmy Cobb's sensitive accompaniment on \"Naima\" perfectly suits that composition's contemplative mood. Tommy Flanagan, despite being challenged by \"Giant Steps\", demonstrates his usual elegance and harmonic sophistication throughout, while Wynton Kelly brings his characteristic bluesy touch to \"Naima\".\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis 1968 pressing represents Atlantic's continued recognition of the album's importance eight years after its initial release. Mastered at Longwear Plating, the same facility that mastered many Atlantic jazz classics, and pressed by Presswell, this edition maintains the sonic clarity essential to appreciating Coltrane's rapid, complex lines and the quartet's interplay.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ciframe data-testid=\"embed-iframe\" style=\"border-radius:12px\" src=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/embed\/album\/7cZ6oBx0SEUPDAoxJtxNDh?utm_source=generator\" width=\"100%\" height=\"352\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"\" allow=\"autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; fullscreen; picture-in-picture\" loading=\"lazy\"\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e","brand":"Atlantic","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43033380618299,"sku":null,"price":70.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0630\/3203\/3339\/files\/IMG_5203_c69f3329-8fc5-48c2-a00a-df7d426404f7.jpg?v=1763855509"},{"product_id":"john-coltrane-coltrane-jazz-1972-japanese-atlantic-vinyl-lp","title":"John Coltrane - Coltrane Jazz (1972 Japanese Atlantic Vinyl LP)","description":"\u003cp data-end=\"1214\" data-start=\"1061\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eVinyl\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e: EX\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSleeve\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e: VG+\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eObi:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e None\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eOur grading system explained \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/dpbg4u-d1.myshopify.com\/pages\/secondhand-grading-guide\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e\u003cb\u003ehere\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePhoto is of the actual item.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eJohn Coltrane - Coltrane Jazz\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eVinyl LP - Japanese Atlantic Reissue\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA fascinating transitional document, \u003cem\u003eColtrane Jazz\u003c\/em\u003e captures John Coltrane during the crucial period between leaving Miles Davis' group and forming his own legendary classic quartet. Drawn from two sessions in late 1959, just months after his watershed Giant Steps album, this collection showcases Coltrane working with two different rhythm sections: the Miles Davis rhythm team of Wynton Kelly, Paul Chambers, and Jimmy Cobb on most tracks, and members of his emerging classic quartet (McCoy Tyner and Elvin Jones) on others. This 1972 Japanese pressing on Atlantic, part of the Jazz Age series and manufactured by Warner-Pioneer Corporation, includes an insert and represents an early Japanese reissue of this important Atlantic session.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe album reveals Coltrane in a moment of artistic transition. On tracks like \"Little Old Lady\" and \"I'll Wait And Pray\", recorded on 24 November 1959 with the Kelly-Chambers-Cobb trio, Coltrane demonstrates his ability to transform standards through his developing \"sheets of sound\" approach while working within the hard bop framework these Miles Davis veterans knew intimately. Kelly's bluesy, rhythmic piano, Chambers' melodic yet supportive bass, and Cobb's crisp drumming provide the perfect foundation for Coltrane's increasingly intense explorations.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe 2 December 1959 session introduces what would become Coltrane's classic quartet rhythm section: McCoy Tyner on piano and Elvin Jones on drums, with Steve Davis replacing Chambers on bass. \"Village Blues\" becomes the most forward-looking track on the album, with Jones' polyrhythmic drumming and Tyner's modal piano voicings pointing toward the sound that would define Coltrane's masterpieces of the early 1960s. The contrast between the two rhythm sections across the album illustrates Coltrane's artistic evolution in real time.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"My Shining Hour\", \"Fifth House\", and \"Harmonique\" showcase Coltrane's gift for both ballad interpretation and uptempo invention. His tone by late 1959 had fully developed its characteristic power and edge, and his technical facility allowed him to execute rapid, complex lines while maintaining emotional directness. \"Like Sonny\" pays homage to Sonny Rollins, Coltrane's friendly rival for the title of jazz's greatest tenor saxophonist, while \"Some Other Blues\" demonstrates that even Coltrane's blues playing was becoming increasingly sophisticated harmonically.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhat makes this album particularly valuable historically is hearing Coltrane with both the rhythm section of his immediate past (Kelly, Chambers, Cobb - the Miles Davis group) and his immediate future (Tyner, Jones - his own classic quartet, with bassist Jimmy Garrison soon to join). The juxtaposition reveals how Coltrane's concept demanded different rhythmic and harmonic support than what even the superb Davis rhythm section could provide.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis Japanese pressing, manufactured by Warner-Pioneer Corporation (Atlantic's Japanese licensee following the company's renaming in April 1972), offers excellent sound quality that captures both Coltrane's powerful tenor and the rhythmic details of two exceptional rhythm sections. 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Rainbow Label Repress, Gatefold\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eJohn Coltrane's final studio album, recorded in the months before his death from liver cancer on 17 July 1967, \u003cem\u003eExpression\u003c\/em\u003e stands as both a farewell and a testament to his restless spiritual and musical searching. This early 1968 US pressing on Impulse!'s first rainbow label configuration captures Coltrane's quartet featuring his wife Alice Coltrane on piano, Jimmy Garrison on bass, and Rashied Ali on drums performing four compositions that venture far beyond conventional jazz into realms of pure expression and transcendence. Remarkably, this copy includes a Japanese insert, indicating it was a US pressing distributed to the Japanese market.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe album opens with \"Ogunde\", recorded on 7 March 1967, Coltrane's very last recording session. The piece demonstrates the territory Coltrane had reached: collective improvisation where traditional roles dissolve, intense emotional expression taking precedence over harmonic structure, and a spiritual searching that transcends musical conventions. Alice Coltrane's piano playing throughout adds a distinctively cosmic, floating quality quite different from McCoy Tyner's muscular approach in the classic quartet.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"To Be\", recorded on 15 February 1967, and \"Offering\", from the same session, showcase the quartet working as a single, unified voice rather than as soloist plus accompaniment. Rashied Ali's drumming abandons traditional timekeeping for a more textural, conversational approach, responding moment by moment to Coltrane's increasingly intense saxophone cries. Garrison's bass provides grounding while remaining free to explore melodically.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe title track \"Expression\", recorded during spring 1967, closes the album with Coltrane's tenor saxophone pushing into the extreme registers and tonal distortions that characterised his final period. For listeners unfamiliar with late Coltrane, this music can be challenging - it's not \"pretty\" or conventionally melodic, but it's deeply felt and spiritually committed. Coltrane was exploring the outer limits of what his instrument could express, using extended techniques, multiphonics, and sheer emotional intensity to convey states beyond words.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis early rainbow label pressing, identifiable by its black and red ring labels with Impulse! and ABC logos together in one continuous rainbow box, represents the first post-1968 label configuration after the orange and black labels. The pressing details are fascinating: side B retains Van Gelder's handwritten matrix number and stamp matching the first pressing, while side A has a stamped rather than etched matrix, indicating this is an early repress rather than a true first pressing.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe thick, laminated gatefold sleeve (unlaminated inside) and the inner sleeve advertising releases only through 1966 with the ABC-Paramount address help date this pressing to 1968. The inclusion of a Japanese insert with a US pressing creates an unusual hybrid of American manufacturing and Japanese market distribution, making this a particularly interesting copy for collectors.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRecorded at Van Gelder Studio with Rudy Van Gelder's engineering and mastered at Longwear Plating, this pressing maintains the sonic quality essential to appreciating Coltrane's final explorations. 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Best Collection Gatefold Stereo Reissue\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"whitespace-normal break-words pl-2\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eFive Coltrane originals\u003c\/strong\u003e recorded six months before \u003cem\u003eA Love Supreme\u003c\/em\u003e, the classic quartet at the height of their collective power and intimacy\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"whitespace-normal break-words pl-2\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eVan Gelder engineering\u003c\/strong\u003e at Englewood Cliffs\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"whitespace-normal break-words pl-2\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003e1976 Japanese ABC Impulse! gatefold pressing\u003c\/strong\u003e, released 25 December 1976, manufactured by Nippon Columbia Co., Ltd., with obi and Japanese liner notes\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eCrescent \u003c\/em\u003ewas recorded at Van Gelder Studio in Englewood Cliffs across two sessions in 1964, the quartet entering on April 27 and recording what became \"Wise One\", \"Lonnie's Lament\" and \"The Drum Thing\", returning on June 1 to record the title track and \"Bessie's Blues\". Released on Impulse! in July 1964 as AS-66, the album sits squarely between Coltrane's extended modal period and the full flowering of the spiritual direction that \u003cem\u003eA Love Supreme\u003c\/em\u003e, recorded six months later in December, would announce to the world. The five compositions are all Coltrane originals, and the album has a quality of unhurried assurance, the classic quartet of McCoy Tyner on piano, Jimmy Garrison on bass and Elvin Jones on drums operating as a single organic unit beneath Coltrane's tenor. Side A gives Coltrane the foreground across three pieces: the contemplative title track, the modal richness of \"Wise One\" where Tyner's piano is particularly prominent, and \"Bessie's Blues\", a blues vehicle that provides some release from the album's prevailing introspection. Side B belongs to the rhythm section. \"Lonnie's Lament\", which runs to nearly twelve minutes, features no Coltrane solo at all; it is Garrison's bass that carries the long central statement. \"The Drum Thing\" is an improvisational feature for Jones, with only spare melodic accompaniment from Coltrane and Garrison at its opening and close. The decision to give over an entire LP side in this way, to step back and let the musicians who supported him take the weight, says something significant about how Coltrane understood ensemble music by 1964. Liner notes are by Nat Hentoff and photography by Charles Stewart, whose inner gatefold portrait of Coltrane was also used on the cover of A Love Supreme.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eReleased in Japan on 25 December 1976 on ABC Impulse! (YP-8576-AI) as part of the Impulse Best Collection series, the same series and the same manufacturer as the Ellington and Coltrane coupling (YP-8573-AI) released the same day, this gatefold pressing is made by Nippon Columbia Co., Ltd. and includes obi and Japanese liner notes. Bob Thiele produced and Rudy Van Gelder engineered, as on all the great Impulse! sessions of this period, Van Gelder's recording capturing the quartet with the warmth and spatial clarity that makes his Englewood Cliffs work so consistently rewarding on a quality pressing.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Impulse!","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43246606057531,"sku":null,"price":100.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0630\/3203\/3339\/files\/IMG_6249.jpg?v=1772312692"},{"product_id":"john-coltrane-and-johnny-hartman-1976-japanese-abc-impulse-ys-8505-ai-gatefold-lp","title":"John Coltrane and Johnny Hartman (1976 Japanese ABC Impulse! 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Hartman was initially reluctant, not thinking of himself as a jazz vocalist, but heard Coltrane at Birdland and agreed. They recorded on March 7, 1963. \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eBob Thiele arranged the session. Six songs, with Rudy Van Gelder engineering. Jimmy Garrison on bass, McCoy Tyner on piano, Elvin Jones on drums playing brushes throughout.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSix ballads, all standards. Irving Berlin's \"They Say It's Wonderful,\" from \u003cem\u003eAnnie Get Your Gun\u003c\/em\u003e (1946). Sammy Cahn, Saul Chaplin and Hy Zaret's \"Dedicated to You.\" Robert Mellin and Guy Wood's \"My One and Only Love.\" Billy Strayhorn's \"Lush Life.\" Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart's \"You Are Too Beautiful.\" Peter DeRose and Sammy Gallop's \"Autumn Serenade.\" Hartman's deep baritone settles into each song without decoration. Coltrane solos between and around the vocal lines, then pulls back. On three tracks, \"My One and Only Love,\" \"Lush Life\" and \"You Are Too Beautiful\", Coltrane later overdubbed additional saxophone phrases behind Hartman's voice; a new master incorporating these overdubs, with additional echo added by Van Gelder, became the standard version. Most pressings from 1964 onward use this later master.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis is the 1976 Japanese ABC Impulse! pressing (YS-8505-AI), manufactured by Nippon Columbia Co. Ltd., issued in a gatefold sleeve with Japanese liner notes.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Impulse!","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43432395702331,"sku":null,"price":130.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0630\/3203\/3339\/files\/IMG_6641.jpg?v=1776599193"},{"product_id":"john-coltrane-a-love-supreme-1974-us-abc-impulse-reissue-a-77-as-77-vinyl-lp","title":"John Coltrane - A Love Supreme (1974 US ABC Impulse! Reissue A-77\/AS-77 Vinyl LP)","description":"\u003cp data-end=\"1214\" data-start=\"1061\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eVinyl\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e: VG+\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSleeve\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e: VG+\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eOur grading system explained \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/dpbg4u-d1.myshopify.com\/pages\/secondhand-grading-guide\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e\u003cb\u003ehere\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePhoto is of the actual item.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eJohn Coltrane - \u003cem\u003eA Love Supreme\u003c\/em\u003e | Vinyl LP - 1974 US ABC Impulse! Reissue (A-77\/AS-77)\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eOne of the greatest recordings in jazz history\u003c\/strong\u003e, a four-part suite of devotion that set a standard no album before or since has quite matched.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eRecorded in a single session on 9 December 1964\u003c\/strong\u003e at Van Gelder Studio with Tyner, Garrison, and Jones.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003e1974 US ABC Impulse! pressing\u003c\/strong\u003e with dual catalogue numbering (A-77 sleeve, AS-77 labels), pressed at Columbia Terre Haute with the original matte gatefold.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eA Love Supreme\u003c\/em\u003e is a four-part suite completed in one session. Coltrane arrived at Van Gelder Studio with something close to a finished vision: a sustained act of devotion, moving through acknowledgement, resolution, pursuance, and prayer. The quartet had reached a level of collective understanding that is audible in every bar. Tyner's chords lock and release with percussive weight, Garrison's bass holds the centre while orbiting it, and Jones plays with a density that sounds like three drummers sharing a single kit. \"Acknowledgement\" builds from the four-note motif now known to every jazz listener, chanted by Coltrane at the close in shifting keys until it dissolves into the ensemble. \"Pursuance\" reaches hardest and furthest, the tenor burning at its upper register before \"Psalm\" brings everything back to stillness: a wordless recitation of the poem Coltrane printed in the original liner notes.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe original 1965 Impulse! pressings are among the most searched-for records in jazz collecting. This 1974 ABC Impulse! reissue is the most affordable entry point to the album on original-era vinyl: the dual catalogue numbering (A-77 sleeve, AS-77 labels) reflects the transitional years between mono and stereo on the Impulse! catalogue, and the pressing carries the matte gatefold sleeve that collectors associate with the early editions. Rudy Van Gelder engineered the sessions and the recording has been carefully maintained: wide dynamic range, Coltrane's tenor placed front and centre with space around every instrument.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Impulse!","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43475910000699,"sku":null,"price":100.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0630\/3203\/3339\/files\/IMG_6811.jpg?v=1777685479"},{"product_id":"john-coltrane-ballads-1980-japanese-impulse-gatefold-lp","title":"John Coltrane - Ballads (1980 Japanese Impulse! Gatefold LP)","description":"\u003cp data-end=\"1214\" data-start=\"1061\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eVinyl\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e: \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eVG+\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSleeve\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e: VG+\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eObi:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e VG+\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eOur grading system explained \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/dpbg4u-d1.myshopify.com\/pages\/secondhand-grading-guide\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e\u003cb\u003ehere\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePhoto is of the actual item.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eJohn Coltrane Quartet - \u003cem\u003eBallads\u003c\/em\u003e | Vinyl LP - 1980 Japanese Impulse! Stereo Gatefold (VIM-4606, Victor Musical Industries, Inc.)\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul class=\"[li_\u0026amp;]:mb-0 [li_\u0026amp;]:mt-1 [li_\u0026amp;]:gap-1 [\u0026amp;:not(:last-child)_ul]:pb-1 [\u0026amp;:not(:last-child)_ol]:pb-1 list-disc flex flex-col gap-1 pl-8 mb-3\"\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"whitespace-normal break-words pl-2\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eThree separate sessions compressed into a single sustained mood\u003c\/strong\u003e: \"It's Easy to Remember\" was recorded December 21, 1961 with Reggie Workman on bass; \"What's New\" and \"Nancy (With the Laughing Face)\" on September 18, 1962; all remaining six tracks on November 13, 1962; Bob Thiele produced, Rudy Van Gelder engineered, Gene Lees wrote the original liner notes.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"whitespace-normal break-words pl-2\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eEvery track recorded in a single take except \"All or Nothing at All\"\u003c\/strong\u003e, the band having arrived at each session with sheet music purchased from a music store and a half-hour of preparation; the result is eight standards played with a directness and intimacy that cuts against the formal image of Coltrane from this period.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"whitespace-normal break-words pl-2\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003e1980 Japanese MCA\/Impulse! stereo gatefold pressing\u003c\/strong\u003e (VIM-4606), manufactured by Victor Musical Industries, Inc.; includes obi strip and LP-sized insert with Japanese liner notes; the album received the Grammy Hall of Fame award in 2008.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBob Thiele had an idea. Coltrane was known for his intensity, for his long, searching improvisations. What would he sound like on ballads? The answer, as Gene Lees described it in the original liner notes, was that the quartet arrived with music-store sheet music and worked out the changes before each take. Eight standards, nearly all in a single session on November 13, 1962, with the quartet at its most settled: McCoy Tyner on piano, Jimmy Garrison on bass (Reggie Workman substitutes on \"It's Easy to Remember,\" from the December 1961 session), Elvin Jones on drums. Coltrane's tenor plays without urgency. \"You Don't Know What Love Is,\" \"Too Young to Go Steady,\" \"I Wish I Knew,\" \"What's New\" — each is taken slowly, the melody stated fully, the phrasing unhurried. Jones plays brushes throughout. Tyner supports rather than solos. The effect is of a different Coltrane from any other record of the period, without being a lesser one.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe album was released in January 1963 and immediately attracted comment. Some listeners who had followed Coltrane from the Atlantic recordings found it too placid; others heard it as proof that his range was wider than his most challenging work suggested. Rudy Van Gelder's engineering on the 1962 Englewood Cliffs sessions is close and warm. This 1980 Japanese MCA Impulse! pressing (VIM-4606) was manufactured by Victor Musical Industries, Inc. in Tokyo with a gatefold sleeve, obi strip and Japanese liner notes.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Impulse!","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43493225889851,"sku":null,"price":70.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0630\/3203\/3339\/files\/IMG_6839.jpg?v=1778204418"},{"product_id":"john-coltrane-lush-life-1975-japanese-prestige-mono-lp","title":"John Coltrane - Lush Life (1975 Japanese Prestige Mono LP)","description":"\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eVinyl\u003c\/b\u003e: VG+\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSleeve\u003c\/b\u003e: VG+\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eObi:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eNone\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eOur grading system explained \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/dpbg4u-d1.myshopify.com\/pages\/secondhand-grading-guide\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e\u003cb\u003ehere\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePhoto is of the actual item.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eJohn Coltrane - \u003cem\u003eLush Life\u003c\/em\u003e | Vinyl LP - 1975 Japanese Prestige Mono Reissue (SMJ-6505(M), Prestige Jazz Masterpiece Series No. 5, Victor Musical Industries, Inc.)\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBob Weinstock booked Coltrane into Van Gelder's Hackensack studio on August 16, 1957. No pianist appeared. Whether this was planned, or whether someone failed to show, is not documented; what exists is a Coltrane trio with Earl May on bass and Arthur Taylor on drums, recording three pieces in a row. Without a piano, every harmonic implication in the solos is Coltrane's to create and sustain. \"Like Someone in Love,\" the Van Heusen and Burke standard from 1944, opens the side and sets the format. \"I Love You,\" Cole Porter's composition from the 1943 musical Mexican Hayride, follows. \"Trane's Slow Blues\" is Coltrane's own, the only original on the record, a long and patient blues that finishes Side A.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe two Side B tracks come from different sessions with different personnel. \"I Hear a Rhapsody\", the 1940 Fragos, Baker and Gasparre standard, was the first of the three sessions chronologically, recorded May 24, 1957 with Red Garland on piano, Paul Chambers on bass and Al Heath on drums. The title track came last: January 10, 1958, Coltrane in a quintet with Donald Byrd on trumpet, Garland, Chambers and Louis Hayes. Billy Strayhorn wrote \"Lush Life\" sometime in the late 1930s; it is one of the most harmonically sophisticated of all jazz standards and one of the most demanding for any soloist. Coltrane plays it at a slow ballad pace, Byrd's trumpet adding a second voice over the Garland trio.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis is the 1975 Japanese Prestige mono reissue (SMJ-6505(M)), Prestige Jazz Masterpiece Series No. 5, manufactured by Victor Musical Industries, Inc.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Prestige","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43514633945147,"sku":null,"price":80.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0630\/3203\/3339\/files\/IMG_6936.jpg?v=1778805441"},{"product_id":"john-coltrane-live-at-the-village-vanguard-1976-japanese-impulse-gatefold-lp","title":"John Coltrane - Live at the Village Vanguard (1976 Japanese Impulse! Gatefold LP)","description":"\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eVinyl\u003c\/b\u003e: VG+\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSleeve\u003c\/b\u003e: VG+\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eObi:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eNone\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eOur grading system explained \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/dpbg4u-d1.myshopify.com\/pages\/secondhand-grading-guide\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e\u003cb\u003ehere\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePhoto is of the actual item.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eJohn Coltrane - \u003cem\u003eLive at the Village Vanguard\u003c\/em\u003e | Vinyl LP - 1976 Japanese ABC Impulse! Stereo Gatefold Reissue (YP-8521-AI, Nippon Columbia Co. Ltd.)\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\"\u003eThis is where the argument started. Recorded at the Village Vanguard in November 1961 and released in 1962, the album drew ire from critics at the time, with one calling it \"musical nonsense.\" In hindsight it looks like criticism scrambling to catch up with music that had already moved on.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\"\u003eThree pieces, two nights. \"Spiritual\" opens on November 3, Dolphy's bass clarinet winding around Coltrane's tenor in counterpoint before Coltrane switches to soprano halfway through. Tyner solos. The piece ends with both horns on the theme together. \"Softly as in a Morning Sunrise\" follows, the Romberg and Hammerstein standard, Coltrane on soprano, the rhythm section opening the piece in a familiar way before he takes it somewhere else entirely.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\"\u003eSide B is \"Chasin' the Trane\" alone. Tyner sat out. What remains is Coltrane, Reggie Workman and Elvin Jones, sixteen minutes, a blues structure used as a launching point and then largely abandoned. This is what the critics couldn't handle: a soloist with no harmonic net, pushing the saxophone past its expected range and tone. Jones plays like a man possessed. Workman holds the centre. Coltrane just keeps going.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\"\u003eThis is the 1976 Japanese ABC Impulse! stereo gatefold reissue (YP-8521-AI), manufactured by Nippon Columbia Co. Ltd.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Impulse!","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43517843046459,"sku":null,"price":60.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0630\/3203\/3339\/files\/IMG_6958.jpg?v=1778905415"},{"product_id":"john-coltrane-my-favorite-things-1976-japanese-atlantic-stereo-lp","title":"John Coltrane - My Favorite Things (1976 Japanese Atlantic Stereo LP)","description":"\u003cp data-end=\"1214\" data-start=\"1061\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eVinyl\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e: VG+\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSleeve\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e: VG+\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eObi:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eNone\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eOur grading system explained \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/dpbg4u-d1.myshopify.com\/pages\/secondhand-grading-guide\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e\u003cb\u003ehere\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePhoto is of the actual item.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eJohn Coltrane - \u003cem\u003eMy Favorite Things\u003c\/em\u003e | Vinyl LP - 1976 Japanese Atlantic Stereo Reissue (P-7505A, Pick Up Your Music \/ Jazz-Forever Excellent, Warner-Pioneer Corporation)\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNesuhi Ertegun signed Coltrane to Atlantic in 1959 and recorded him across two years and several sessions. This album, recorded in October 1960, was the one that reached the widest audience. The quartet at this point had Steve Davis on bass (Jimmy Garrison would arrive the following year), Elvin Jones on drums and McCoy Tyner on Piano. Both Jones and Tyner had already been working with Coltrane for several months.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe title track is what the album is built on. Rodgers and Hammerstein wrote \"My Favorite Things\" for the 1959 Broadway production of \u003cem\u003eThe Sound of Music\u003c\/em\u003e. Coltrane recorded it about twelve months after it opened. He plays it on soprano saxophone, an instrument he had only recently taken up after hearing Steve Lacy's playing. Tyner's right hand plays the waltz melody against a bass vamp from his left while Coltrane improvises above, the 3\/4 time held throughout even as the harmony opens up. The recording ran thirteen minutes and forty seconds and Atlantic released it as an LP track, not a single. It became Coltrane's best-selling record.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Everytime We Say Goodbye\" is Cole Porter's 1944 ballad, Coltrane remaining on soprano, the approach more restrained than the title track. Side B switches to tenor. \"Summertime\" is the Gershwin and DuBose Heyward piece from \u003cem\u003ePorgy and Bess\u003c\/em\u003e (1935), at eleven and a half minutes the longest improvisation on the album after the title track, Coltrane working through the melody with considerably more freedom than he had used on the soprano pieces. \"But Not for Me\" closes the record, also on tenor, the Gershwin and Gershwin standard from \u003cem\u003eGirl Crazy\u003c\/em\u003e (1930).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis is the 1976 Japanese Atlantic stereo reissue (P-7505A), manufactured by Warner-Pioneer Corporation.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Atlantic","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43518533369915,"sku":null,"price":70.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0630\/3203\/3339\/files\/IMG_6994.jpg?v=1778978421"},{"product_id":"john-coltrane-ascension-1966-japanese-impulse-stereo-original-lp","title":"John Coltrane - Ascension (1966 Japanese Impulse! Stereo Original LP)","description":"\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eVinyl\u003c\/b\u003e: VG+\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSleeve\u003c\/b\u003e: VG+\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eObi:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eNone\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eOur grading system explained \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/dpbg4u-d1.myshopify.com\/pages\/secondhand-grading-guide\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e\u003cb\u003ehere\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePhoto is of the actual item.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eJohn Coltrane - \u003cem\u003eAscension\u003c\/em\u003e | Vinyl LP - 1966 Japanese Impulse! Stereo Original (SH-3076, King Record Co. Ltd.)\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis is a recording that divided jazz when it arrived and has not stopped dividing listeners since. Eleven musicians walk into Van Gelder Studio on June 28, 1965 and play one continuous piece. No arrangements beyond a set of ensemble interludes Coltrane sketched beforehand. No written solos. The horn players were given the order of their solos in advance and nothing else.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe full ensemble opens. Coltrane takes the first solo. After each soloist, the ensemble returns at full volume before the next player steps forward. Dewey Johnson follows Coltrane. Johnson plays a solo that has been described as one of the most disturbing and exposed passages in jazz recording. He never made another professional recording, suffered from mental illness and disappeared from the music world in the 1980s. Pharoah Sanders, Freddie Hubbard, John Tchicai, Archie Shepp and Marion Brown each take their turns. Tyner solos. Art Davis and Jimmy Garrison play a bass duet. The concluding ensemble closes the piece.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis 1966 Japanese pressing (SH-3076) was manufactured by King Record Co. Ltd. This is the first Japanese pressing of the album.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Impulse!","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43576986075195,"sku":null,"price":100.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0630\/3203\/3339\/files\/FullSizeRender_5f8d0d9c-7a1e-4cc5-88ca-8063ae7f2029.jpg?v=1780792741"},{"product_id":"john-coltrane-impressions-1964-japanese-impulse-vinyl-lp","title":"John Coltrane - Impressions (1964 Japanese Impulse! Vinyl LP)","description":"\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eVinyl\u003c\/b\u003e: VG+\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSleeve\u003c\/b\u003e: VG+\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eObi:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eNone.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eOur grading system explained \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/dpbg4u-d1.myshopify.com\/pages\/secondhand-grading-guide\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e\u003cb\u003ehere\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePhoto is of the actual item.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eJohn Coltrane - \u003cem\u003eImpressions\u003c\/em\u003e | Vinyl LP - 1964 Japanese Impulse! (SH 3020, King Record Co. Ltd)\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFour tracks, three sessions, and a different band configuration on nearly every piece. \"India\" opens with Coltrane on soprano saxophone over a drone from two bassists, Reggie Workman and Jimmy Garrison, playing simultaneously while Eric Dolphy's bass clarinet weaves around the melody. It runs to nearly 14 minutes and draws on the raga-influenced material Coltrane had been exploring since \u003cem\u003eMy Favorite Things\u003c\/em\u003e. The title track, from the same night at the Village Vanguard, is a different proposition: Coltrane on tenor, Dolphy switching to alto, and Elvin Jones driving the rhythm through a structure built on the same chord sequence as \"So What.\" It's one of Coltrane's longest and most concentrated improvisations on record, the kind of performance that split audiences and critics in 1961 and has since become a standard. Between these two live tracks sits \"Up 'Gainst The Wall,\" a compact studio piece from September 1962 at Van Gelder that clocks in at just over three minutes. And closing the album, \"After The Rain\" stands apart from everything else here. Recorded on April 29, 1963, with Roy Haynes on drums in place of Elvin Jones, it's a slow, contemplative ballad where Tyner and Coltrane trade space rather than intensity. The quartet barely raises its voice.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe personnel shifts tell a story of their own. The Vanguard tracks catch Coltrane's expanded quintet with Dolphy, a lineup that drew hostile reviews from some quarters (John Tynan's notorious \"anti-jazz\" dismissal in \u003cem\u003eDown Beat\u003c\/em\u003e landed during this period). By the time of the September 1962 studio session, the group had settled into the classic quartet without Dolphy. And by April 1963, Haynes was filling in for Jones, who was out of action. Haynes's lighter, more conversational drumming suits \"After The Rain\" perfectly, and it's hard to imagine Jones playing the piece with the same restraint. Bob Thiele produced all four sessions for Impulse!, with Van Gelder behind the console. This is the 1964 Japanese pressing on Impulse! SH 3020, manufactured by King Record Co. Ltd, with the original Japanese-language insert.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Impulse!","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43682658254907,"sku":null,"price":85.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0630\/3203\/3339\/files\/IMG_7353.jpg?v=1781850676"},{"product_id":"duke-ellington-john-coltrane-duke-ellington-john-coltrane-1976-japanese-impulse-vinyl-lp-gatefold","title":"Duke Ellington \u0026 John Coltrane - Duke Ellington \u0026 John Coltrane (1976 Japanese Impulse! Vinyl LP Gatefold)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eVinyl\u003c\/b\u003e: EX\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSleeve\u003c\/b\u003e:\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eVG+\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eObi:\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003eVG+\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOur grading system explained \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/dpbg4u-d1.myshopify.com\/pages\/secondhand-grading-guide\"\u003e\u003cb\u003ehere\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003cbr\u003ePhoto is of the actual item.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDuke Ellington \u0026amp; John Coltrane - \u003cem\u003eDuke Ellington \u0026amp; John Coltrane\u003c\/em\u003e | Vinyl LP Gatefold - 1976 Japanese Impulse! Reissue (YS-8503-AI, Nippon Columbia)\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThere were no charts on the date. Bassist John Lamb, who was present at the session, recalled that Ellington and Coltrane sat together at the piano bench without talking. Ellington would hum something, Coltrane would listen, and after a few minutes they'd get up, walk to their positions, and start playing. The rhythm section had to figure out the key for themselves. What came out of six to eight hours at Van Gelder was seven tracks that sit closer to a Coltrane-plays-Ellington concept than a true collaboration. Ellington feeds chords, stays economical, and gives Coltrane room. \"In A Sentimental Mood,\" the 1935 standard, opens the album and remains its most celebrated moment. Coltrane plays the melody on tenor with a tenderness that's hard to reconcile with the ferocity of his Village Vanguard recordings from the year before. \"Take The Coltrane\" (Ellington's pun, Ellington's blues) shifts gears into uptempo hard bop with Garrison and Elvin Jones driving underneath. \"Big Nick,\" Coltrane's only composition here, is a tribute to tenor saxophonist Big Nick Nicholas, played on soprano with a playful, whimsical quality that catches Ellington in an unusually laid-back mode.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSide B opens with Billy Strayhorn's \"My Little Brown Book,\" the piece several critics have called the album's true peak, with Coltrane playing the ballad over Bell and Woodyard's lighter swing feel. \"Angelica\" moves back to Garrison and Jones for another Ellington original, and \"The Feeling Of Jazz\" closes with the Ellington rhythm section in a relaxed, walking groove. The alternation between rhythm sections gives the album two distinct textures without disrupting its flow.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis is the January 1976 Japanese reissue on YS-8503-AI, made by Nippon Columbia Co., Ltd. as a limited edition of 20,000 copies in a gatefold sleeve. Note the label misprint on side one: \"Duke Kllington.\"\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Impulse!","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43686159319099,"sku":null,"price":70.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0630\/3203\/3339\/files\/IMG_7383_dfd8fb47-ed07-4913-bcee-c59347fe411e.jpg?v=1781918011"},{"product_id":"john-coltrane-soultrane-1977-japanese-prestige-vinyl-lp-mono","title":"John Coltrane - Soultrane (1977 Japanese Prestige Vinyl LP Mono)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eVinyl\u003c\/b\u003e:\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eEX\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSleeve\u003c\/b\u003e:\u003cspan\u003e EX\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eObi:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e None\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOur grading system explained \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/dpbg4u-d1.myshopify.com\/pages\/secondhand-grading-guide\"\u003e\u003cb\u003ehere\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003cbr\u003ePhoto is of the actual item.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan data-newtext-seq=\"0\" class=\"_animating_6ta1u_10\"\u003eJohn \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-newtext-seq=\"5\" class=\"_animating_6ta1u_10\"\u003eColtrane - \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan data-newtext-seq=\"5\" class=\"_animating_6ta1u_10\"\u003eSoultrane\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan data-newtext-seq=\"5\" class=\"_animating_6ta1u_10\"\u003e | Vinyl LP Mono \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-newtext-seq=\"44\" class=\"_animating_6ta1u_10\"\u003e- 1977 Japanese Prestige Reissue \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-newtext-seq=\"77\" class=\"_animating_6ta1u_10\"\u003e(SMJ-6559, Victor Musical Industries)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFive standards, no Coltrane originals, and a rhythm section that knew his playing from the inside. Garland, Chambers and Taylor had been sitting behind Coltrane in Miles Davis's quintet for three years, and three days before this session they had been in Columbia's 30th Street studio recording \u003cem\u003eMilestones\u003c\/em\u003e. Here, without Davis, the dynamic shifts. Coltrane is the only horn and has to carry everything. \"Good Bait\" opens at a medium tempo with Coltrane playing through Tadd Dameron's changes in long, flowing lines while Garland comps with that light, blocky touch. \"I Want to Talk About You,\" the Billy Eckstine ballad, gets its first recorded Coltrane reading here, the beginning of a relationship with the tune that would last the rest of his career. His 1963 live version (with an unaccompanied cadenza that rewrites the entire piece) is better known, but this studio version is where the connection starts: warm, direct, the melody stated almost straight before the solo pushes gently outward. \"Theme for Ernie,\" Fred Lacey's memorial to alto saxophonist Ernie Henry (who died in 1957 at 31), is the quietest piece on the album, Coltrane playing the melody throughout without departing from it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThen \"Russian Lullaby\" closes side B at a tempo that makes everything else on the album sound like a ballad. Irving Berlin's tune becomes the vehicle for Coltrane's most concentrated display of the approach Gitler named in his liner notes: streams of notes pouring through the changes so fast they merge into something closer to texture than melody. Garland, Chambers and Taylor hold the rhythm steady while Coltrane pushes the harmonic vocabulary as far as the hard bop framework allows. This was Coltrane's last authorised release on Prestige. He had already recorded \u003cem\u003eBlue Train\u003c\/em\u003e for Blue Note and was moving into the period that would produce \u003cem\u003eGiant Steps\u003c\/em\u003e and everything that followed.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis is the 1977 Japanese mono reissue on Prestige SMJ-6559(M), from the Jazztime Now!! series, manufactured by Victor Musical Industries.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Prestige","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43711973785659,"sku":null,"price":100.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0630\/3203\/3339\/files\/IMG_7537.jpg?v=1782601720"}],"url":"https:\/\/lushliferecords.com.au\/collections\/john-coltrane.oembed?page=2","provider":"Lush Life Records","version":"1.0","type":"link"}