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John Coltrane / Standard Coltrane

More of the Music of John Coltrane

Reviews and Commentaries for the Music of John Coltrane

  • Standard Coltrane is back and sounds better than ever on this vintage Prestige pressing with INSANELY GOOD Shootout Winning Triple Plus (A+++) sound from first note to last
  • For those of you who want the album with the original track listing exactly as it came out in 1962, with sound that cannot be beat, this one’s for you
  • Let’s give Rudy Van Gelder a hand, the tonality on both of these sides is Hard To Fault
  • “…this set of four tunes catches the saxophonist in four distinct moods. ‘Invitation’ finds him trying some of the ideas that he used so effectively with Thelonious Monk in 1957. One of these was the building of contrasting harmonic lines around a single “home” note. It’s a fascinating musical game in the hands of a jazzman as imaginative Coltrane.” – Downbeat

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