John Coltrane - The Heavyweight Champion (The Complete Atlantic Recordings, 7CD, mp3, 320)

John Coltrane - The Heavyweight Champion: The Complete Atlantic Recordings Of John Coltrane (7CD, mp3, 320)



THE HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPION includes every track from the albums GIANT STEPS, COLTRANE JAZZ, MY FAVORITE THINGS, BAGS and TRANE, OLE COLTRANE, COLTRANE PLAYS THE BLUES, COLTRANE'S SOUND, THE AVANT-GARDE, THE COLTRANE LEGACY and ALTERNATE TAKES, with songs sequenced by recording date. Disc 7 of the box set features 68 minutes of previously unreleased rehearsals, false starts and outtakes, all newly discovered. It also includes a 75-page, hardbound book with liner notes, interviews and remembrances of John Coltrane.

Personnel: John Coltrane (tenor and soprano saxophones); Eric Dolphy (alto saxophone, flute); Don Cherry, Freddie Hubbard (trumpet); Milt Jackson (vibraphone); Hank Jones, Cedar Walton, Tommy Flanagan, Wynton Kelly, McCoy Tyner (piano); Paul Chambers, Charlie Haden, Percy Heath, Steve Davis, Art Davis, Reggie Workman (bass); Connie Kay, Art Taylor, Jimmy Cobb, Ed Blackwell, Elvin Jones, Lex Humphries (drums).

Compilation producer: Joel Dorn.

Recorded at Atlantic Studios and A and R Studios, New York, New York between January 15, 1959 and May 25, 1961. Includes a 75-page hardbound book with liner notes by Lewis Porter, Jimmy Heath, Yusef Lateef, Charles Lloyd.

THE HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPION was nominated for a 1996 Grammy Award for Best Historical Album.

After his tenure in the great Miles Davis group of the mid-'50s, John Coltrane was ready to strike out on his own. Although he had recorded several records on the smaller Prestige label, Coltrane's first major label association was with Ahmet Ertegun's Atlantic Records. Now all of 'Trane's pioneering Atlantic recordings are compiled in one huge seven-disc set entitled THE HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPION. As the content attests, this title is a fitting analogy.

Starting with the early recordings with Milt Jackson for the BAGS and TRANE album, the set chronologically follows Coltrane's work through the groundbreaking GIANT STEPS sessions and beyond. Many alternate takes are sprinkled throughout amidst familiar album tracks from the likes of COLTRANE JAZZ, COLTRANE PLAYS THE BLUES and the magnificent MY FAVORITE THINGS, giving a picture of the saxophonist's intense creativity at this period. Finally, for the true 'Trane collector, disc seven, in a unique package, includes twenty-five alternate and incomplete takes, false starts and rehearsal recordings of classics like "Giant Steps," "Naima" and "Like Sonny." This set is a powerful document of one of the most significant artists of the modern era in his prime.



Track listing

DISC 1:

01 Stairway To The Stars

02 The Late Late Blues

03 Bags and Trane

04 Three Little Words

05 The Night We Called It A Day

06 Be-Bop

07 Blues Legacy

08 Centerpiece

09 Giant Steps - (alternate version)

10 Naima - (alternate version)

11 Like Sonny - (alternate version)



DISC 2:

01 Spiral

02 Countdown

03 Countdown - (alternate take)

04 Syeeda's Song Flute

05 Syeeda's Song Flute - (alternate take)

06 Mr. P.C.

07 Giant Steps

08 Cousin Mary

09 Cousin Mary - (alternate take)

10 I'll Wait And Pray

11 I'll Wait And Pray - (alternate take)

12 Little Old Lady



DISC 3:

01 Like Sonny

02 Harmonique

03 My Shining Hour

04 Naima

05 Some Other Blues

06 Fifth House

07 Cherryco

08 The Blessing

09 Focus On Sanity

10 The Invisible

11 Bemsha Swing



DISC 4:

01 Village Blues

02 Village Blues - (alternate take)

03 My Favorite Things

04 Central Park West

05 Mr. Syms

06 Untitled Original (Exotica)

07 Summertime

08 Body And Soul

09 Body And Soul - (alternate take)

10 Mr. Knight



DISC 5:

01 Blues To Elvin - (alternate take)

02 Blues To Elvin

03 Mr. Day

04 Blues To You - (alternate take)

05 Blues To You

06 Blues To Bechet

07 Satellite

08 Everytime We Say Goodbye

09 26-2

10 But Not For Me



DISC 6:

01 Liberia

02 The Night Has A Thousand Eyes

03 Equinox

04 Ole

05 Dahomey Dance

06 Aisha

07 Original Untitled Ballad (To Her Ladyship)



DISC 7:

01 Giant Steps - (take 1, alternate version, incomplete)

02 Giant Steps - (take 2, alternate version, false start)

03 Giant Steps - (take 3, alternate version, incomplete)

04 Giant Steps - (take 4, alternate version, incomplete)

05 Giant Steps - (take 5, alternate version, incomplete)

06 Giant Steps - (take 6, alternate version, false start)

07 Giant Steps - (take 7, alternate version, incomplete)

08 Naima - (take 1, alternate version, incomplete)

09 Naima - (take 2, alternate version, incomplete)

10 Naima - (take 4, alternate version, false start)

11 Naima - (take 5, alternate version)

12 Naima - (take 6, alternate version)

13 Like Sonny - (alternate version, rehearsal 1, false start)

14 Like Sonny - (alternate version, rehearsal 2, incomplete)

15 Like Sonny - (take 1, alternate version, false start)

16 Like Sonny - (take 2, alternate version, incomplete)

17 Like Sonny - (take 3, alternate version, incomplete)

18 Like Sonny - (take 4, alternate version, false start)

19 Like Sonny - (take 5, alternate version)

20 Like Sonny - (take 6, alternate version, incomplete)

21 Giant Steps - (take 3, incomplete)

22 Giant Steps - (take 6, alternate take)

23 Blues To Elvin - (take 2, false start)

24 Blues To Elvin - (take 3, alternate take)

25 Blues To You - (take 2, alternate take)