John Coltrane - The Bethlehem Years
ARTIST.....: John Coltrane
TITLE......: The Bethlehem Years
LABEL......: Shout Factory
URL........: http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B0009YNSB0
RIP DATE...: Aug-03-2005
STORE DATE.: Aug-02-2005
GENRE......: Jazz
QUALITY....: VBR / 44.1Hz / Joint-Stereo
SIZE.......: 205,4 MB
Track Listing:
cd1
01 - Midriff 03:21
02 - Ain't Life Grand 03:26
03 - Tippin' 07:07
04 - Pristine 05:42
05 - El Toro Valiente 02:49
06 - The Kiss Of No Return 05:44
07 - Late Date 03:40
08 - The Outer World 04:10
09 - Not So Sleepy 06:47
10 - Love And The Weather 04:09
11 - If I'm Lucky 06:50
12 - Turtle Walk 05:22
cd2
01 - Oasis 02:50
02 - Midriff (Take 1) 02:48
03 - Midriff (Take 2) 03:27
04 - The Kiss Of No Return (Take 1) 06:02
05 - The Kiss Of No Return (Take 5) 06:18
06 - The Outer World (Take 2) 03:16
07 - The Outer World (Take 5) 03:36
08 - El Torro (Take 1) 03:13
09 - Ain't Life Grand (Take 2) 03:16
10 - Ain't Life Grand (Take 5) 03:44
11 - Pristine (Take 2) 07:23
12 - Pristine (Take 6) 08:45
13 - Pristine (Take 8) 06:10
14 - Tippin' (Take 1) 06:26
15 - Tippin' (Take 3) 06:16
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cd1: 59:07 cd2: 73:30
Release Notes:
This double-disc collection contains three sessions saxophonist
John Coltrane recorded for Bethlehem as a sideman at the end 1957.
Disc one contains the original album Winners Circle, an all-star
date that included, among others, Donald Byrd, Freddie Green,
Oscar Pettiford, Gene Quill, Philly Joe Jones, Frank Rehak, Al
Cohn, and Eddie Costa. Second, Art Blakey Big Band was recorded
concurrently and included Melba Liston, Sahib Shihab, Walter
Bishop, Jr., Bill Hardman, Jimmy Cleveland, Byrd, and others.
Coltrane has one composition on the Winners Circle date,
"Pristine," a taut blues that would not have been out of place on
his Blue Train set. But the real revelatory stuff is the second
disc that includes one unreleased cut, "Oasis," and alternate
takes of seven titles from the sessions (there are three alone of
"Pristine.") As this collection shows, Coltrane was developing
himself as a soloist and, while he was imaginative and aggressive,
he was not quite the consistently creative force he was to become
in '58 and '59. The music here is of high quality -- especially
the Blakey Big Band material -- because it was a stretch for the
bandleader from his Jazz Messengers sessions. Shout Factory's
reissue contains the original Art Lange liner notes from the 1993
release, and has completely remastered sound.
# Audio CD (August 2, 2005)
# Label: Shout Factory
# Format: Original recording remastered
# ASIN: B0009YNSB0