John Coltrane – Coltrane (First Trane) (1957/2019) [Official Digital Download 24bit/44,1kHz]

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John Coltrane – Coltrane (First Trane) (1957/2019)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/44,1 kHz | Time – 41:35 minutes | 246 MB | Genre: Jazz
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © RevOla

As a result of his exposure as a member of the Miles Davis Quintet, Prestige Records owner and producer Bob Weinstock offered Coltrane a recording contract. Dated April 9, 1957, it stipulated three albums per year at $300 per album. Coltrane had previously recorded as a sideman, and had co-led a session with Paul Quinichette released in 1959 as Cattin’ with Coltrane and Quinichette, but never as sole bandleader.
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John Coltrane – Cattin’ With Coltrane And Quinichette (1959/2016) [Official Digital Download 24bit/192kHz]

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John Coltrane – Cattin’ With Coltrane And Quinichette (1959/2016)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/192 kHz | Time – 47:32 minutes | 1,45 GB | Genre: Jazz
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Digital Booklet, Front Cover | © Prestige

Cattin’ with Coltrane and Quinichette is an album by jazz musicians John Coltrane and Paul Quinichette, released in 1959 on Prestige Records, catalogue 7158. It was recorded at the studio of Rudy Van Gelder in Hackensack, New Jersey, and issued two years after the recording sessions took place, and after Coltrane’s contract had already run out with the label.
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John Coltrane – Both Directions At Once: The Lost Album (Deluxe Version) (2018) [Official Digital Download 24bit/192kHz]

John Coltrane - Both Directions At Once: The Lost Album (Deluxe Version) (2018) [Official Digital Download 24bit/192kHz] Download

John Coltrane – Both Directions At Once: The Lost Album (Deluxe Version) (2018)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/192 kHz | Time – 01:28:51 minutes | 2,09 GB | Genre: Jazz
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Digital Booklet, Front Cover | © Impulse!

Unknown until 2004 and unheard until now, these recordings by the John Coltrane Quartet are, as Sonny Rollins says in the liner notes, like finding a new room in the Great Pyramid. Featuring the Classic Quartet – John Coltrane, McCoy Tyner, Jimmy Garrison and Elvin Jones – and recorded at the end of a two-week run at Birdland, the music on this album represents one of the most influential groups in music history both performing in a musical style it had perfected and reaching in new, exploratory directions that were to affect the trajectory of jazz from that point forward. The standard version (available in CD and LP formats) incorporates 7 tracks, 2 of which are two completely unheard, brand new original compositions as well as Coltrane classics like Impressions and Vilia. The deluxe version (also available in CD and LP formats) incorporates 7 alternate takes of some of the tracks from the standard – a must have for any Coltrane fan.
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John Coltrane – Blue World (Mono Remastered) (2019) [Official Digital Download 24bit/192kHz]

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John Coltrane – Blue World (Mono Remastered) (2019)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/192 kHz | Time – 36:36 minutes | 1,70 GB | Genre: Jazz
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Impulse!

In 1964, the National Film Board of Canada asked John Coltrane to record the soundtrack for a French-language film titled ‘Le chat dans le sac” (“The Cat in the Bag”). Amazingly, no announcement was made that the iconic Coltrane was adding new performances to this film. In June of that year, Coltrane’s Classic Quartet entered Rudy Van Gelder’s studio and recorded five previously-recorded Coltrane originals. For many years, viewers of the film who recognized the music thought that they were listening to the original recordings, though in fact they were new and had never been heard. Now, with the release of Blue World , we can hear these newly-discovered recordings for the first time
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John Coltrane – Blue Train (1957/2012) [Official Digital Download 24bit/192kHz]

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John Coltrane – Blue Train (1957/2012)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/192 kHz | Time – 42:11 minutes | 1,90 GB | Genre: Jazz
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Digital Booklet, Front Cover | © Blue Note Records

Originally issued as Blue Note BLP 1577

High Resolution Mastering by Alan Yoshida and Robin Lynn at Blanche DuBois, April 2012

“In preparing these hi def remasters, we were very conscientious about maintaining the feel of the original releases while adding a previously unattainable transparency and depth. It now sounds like you’ve set up your chaise lounge right in the middle of Rudy Van Gelder’s studio!” – Blue NotePresident, Don Was.
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John Coltrane – Black Pearls (1964/2016) [Official Digital Download 24bit/192kHz]

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John Coltrane – Black Pearls (1964/2016)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/192 kHz | Time – 38:48 minutes | 1,80 GB | Genre: Jazz
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Digital Booklet, Front Cover | © Prestige

This album was recorded in the late 1950s but not released until 1964 to capitalize on John Coltrane’s ever-increasing fame and success. Essentially an improvised extended jam session with Donald Byrd on trumpet, Red Garland on piano and drummer Art Taylor, this epitomizes Coltrane’s trademark “sheets of sound”.
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John Coltrane – Black Pearls (1964/2016) [Official Digital Download 24bit/96kHz]

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John Coltrane – Black Pearls (1964/2016)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 38:48 minutes | 931 MB | Genre: Jazz
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Digital Booklet, Front Cover | © Prestige

Black Pearls was originally recorded when John Coltrane was under Prestige, after leaving the label they released these 1958 recordings in August of 1964. The album features the bluesy tune “Sweet Sapphire Blues” composed by producer Bob Weinstock in the studio.
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John Coltrane – Bahia (1965/2016) [Official Digital Download 24bit/192kHz]

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John Coltrane – Bahia (1965/2016)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/192 kHz | Time – 36:21 minutes | 1,40 GB | Genre: Jazz
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Digital Booklet, Front Cover | © Prestige

Recorded over two sessions in 1958, this album was compiled and released in 1965 by John Coltrane’s former record label to capitalize on his growing fame and success. Coltrane is joined by Freddie Hubbard on trumpet, Wilbur Harden on flugelhorn and trumpet, Red Garland on piano and drummer Art Taylor on one session; the other set features Jimmy Cobb on drums while bassist Paul Chambers appears on all tracks.

Bahia was released in 1965 and contains tracks from two separate recording sessions at the Rudy Van Gelder studio in Hackensack, New Jersey in 1958. The tracks had been unissued previously and as Coltrane’s fame grew during the ’60s, Prestige used the recordings to create new albums long after Coltrane stopped recording for the label. When Bahia was recorded in late 1958, John Coltrane was running out of patience with the standard song form as a vehicle for improvisation. Although he would go on to make one unforgettable album of standards in the early 1960s, by mid-1959 his incredible energies were increasingly directed into modal and scalar channels that would lead him to some of the most expansive and, ultimately, mysterious creative expression in all of jazz. Bahia presents Coltrane still working within the song form. He all but explodes it in the title tune and, particularly, “Goldsboro Express.” But in the album’s lovely ballads, he caresses and embellishes the melodies and chords as if preparing to bid them a reluctant farewell.
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John Coltrane – Ascension (1966/2016) [Official Digital Download 24bit/192kHz]

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John Coltrane – Ascension (1966/2016)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/192 kHz | Time – 01:19:17 minutes | 3,79 GB | Genre: Jazz
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Impulse!

“Ascension” is a jazz album by John Coltrane recorded in 1965 and released in 1966. It is often considered to be a watershed album, with the albums released before it being more conventional in structure and the albums released after it being looser, free jazz inspired works. In addition, it signaled Coltrane’s interest in moving away from the quartet format. Coltrane described Ascension in a radio interview as a “big band thing”, although it resembles no big band recording made before it. The most obvious antecedent is Ornette Coleman’s octet (or “double quartet”) recording, Free Jazz: A Collective Improvisation, which—like Ascension—is a continuous 40-minute performance with ensemble passages and without breaks. Jazz musician Dave Liebman, commenting on Ascension, recalled that the album was the “torch that lit the free jazz thing”.
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John Coltrane – Alternate Takes (1975/2011) [Official Digital Download 24bit/192kHz]

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John Coltrane – Alternate Takes (1975/2011)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/192 kHz | Time – 41:29 minutes | 1,58 GB | Genre: Jazz
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Digital Booklet, Front Cover | © Rhino Atlantic

Alternate Takes is a collection of Coltrane’s greatest works for Atlantic Records. The legendary jazz saxophonist provides new and refreshing renditions of his most familiar and endearing numbers for the label including “Syeeda’s Song Flute,” “Naima,” and “Cousin Mary.” Compiled from his sessions for Coltrane Jazz, Giant Steps, and Coltrane’s Sound, this hi-res remastering has never sounded better and is a vital addition for any jazz lover.
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John Coltrane – A Love Supreme: Live In Seattle (2021) [Official Digital Download 24bit/192kHz]

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John Coltrane – A Love Supreme: Live In Seattle (2021)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/192 kHz | Time – 01:15:31 minutes | 3,28 GB | Genre: Jazz
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Impulse!

This is a monumental recording. Not just in the sense of its historical import—and there is quite a bit of that—but also in the sense of its sheer sonic impact. This live set, recorded on the last of a six-night stand at Seattle’s Penthouse jazz club in early autumn 1965, documents one of the very few times that Coltrane would perform the entirety of A Love Supreme in a concert setting. The group that recorded Supreme in the studio—Coltrane, McCoy Tyner, Jimmy Garrison, Elvin Jones—was expanded to include two additional members, Pharoah Sanders and Donald Rafael Garrett, at the conclusion of some shows in San Francisco. Coltrane was so inspired by the musical magic this sextet was making, he paid for the group to be recorded during their Seattle shows. One night of those shows—the September 30 gig—had already been previously released as the Live in Seattle album, featuring atomic-bomb-level explosions of raw, free-jazz intensity like “Evolution” and “Cosmos.” However, this October 1 show (recorded for posterity by local Seattle jazz legend Joe Brazil) is just now seeing the light of day and is simultaneously more contained and more exploratory than the previous night’s material. Unbelievably, the already beefy Coltrane sextet that was on tour was further augmented by alto sax player Carlos Ward. With seven gifted improvisers on stage, a paradigm-shifting composition to riff on, and a fiery wind of spiritual and musical inspiration at their back, the musical results are otherworldly. A Love Supreme in this form on this night is nearly twice as long as the version that Coltrane and his core quartet recorded in the studio in late 1964, incorporating fresh interludes, expansive solos, and, somewhat notably, quite a bit more breathing room for the players. (About midway through “Pursuance,” one can almost feel the band leaning back to give Tyner time to shine on his piano while they recover their faculties and give the crowd a second to realign their perspectives.) While still dizzyingly intense and occasionally overwhelming, the expanded palette Coltrane and the band are working with here gives the piece more life and warmth than in its studio version, but also quite a bit more focus than the other, more abrasive material he was playing at the time. The recording itself belies little of its casual origins, and the sound quality is remarkably high, with plenty of dynamics and room tone, putting the listener right in the eye of the storm. It’s an absolutely challenging and rewarding journey that Coltrane took the audience on this evening, and it’s a real gift that we get to experience it more than half a century later. – Jason Ferguson
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John Coltrane – ¡OLE! Coltrane (Original Mono Version Remastered) (1961/2021) [Official Digital Download 24bit/96kHz]

John Coltrane - ¡OLE! Coltrane (Original Mono Version Remastered) (1961/2021) [Official Digital Download 24bit/96kHz] Download

John Coltrane – ¡OLE! Coltrane (Original Mono Version Remastered) (1961/2021)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 36:45 minutes | 568 MB | Genre: Jazz
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © RevOla

Ol’e Coltrane is the ninth album by jazz musician John Coltrane, released in 1961 on Atlantic Records, catalogue SD 1373. The album was recorded at A&R Studios in New York, and was the last of Coltrane’s Atlantic albums to be made under his own supervision.
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John Coltrane – Giant Steps (2020 Remaster) (1960/2020) [Official Digital Download 24bit/192kHz]

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John Coltrane – Giant Steps (2020 Remaster) (1960/2020)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/192 kHz | Time – 37:32 minutes | 1,55 GB | Genre: Jazz
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Rhino Atlantic

History will undoubtedly enshrine this disc as a watershed the likes of which may never truly be appreciated. Giant Steps bore the double-edged sword of furthering the cause of the music as well as delivering it to an increasingly mainstream audience. Although this was John Coltrane’s debut for Atlantic, he was concurrently performing and recording with Miles Davis. Within the space of less than three weeks, Coltrane would complete his work with Davis and company on another genre-defining disc, Kind of Blue, before commencing his efforts on this one. Coltrane (tenor sax) is flanked by essentially two different trios. Recording commenced in early May of 1959 with a pair of sessions that featured Tommy Flanagan (piano) and Art Taylor (drums), as well as Paul Chambers – who was the only bandmember other than Coltrane to have performed on every date. When recording resumed in December of that year, Wynton Kelly (piano) and Jimmy Cobb (drums) were instated – replicating the lineup featured on Kind of Blue, sans Miles Davis of course. At the heart of these recordings, however, is the laser-beam focus of Coltrane’s tenor solos. All seven pieces issued on the original Giant Steps are likewise Coltrane compositions. He was, in essence, beginning to rewrite the jazz canon with material that would be centered on solos – the 180-degree antithesis of the art form up to that point. These arrangements would create a place for the solo to become infinitely more compelling. This would culminate in a frenetic performance style that noted jazz journalist Ira Gitler accurately dubbed “sheets of sound.” Coltrane’s polytonal torrents extricate the amicable and otherwise cordial solos that had begun decaying the very exigency of the genre – turning it into the equivalent of easy listening. He wastes no time as the disc’s title track immediately indicates a progression from which there would be no looking back. Line upon line of highly cerebral improvisation snake between the melody and solos, practically fusing the two. The resolute intensity of “Countdown” does more to modernize jazz in 141 seconds than many artists do in their entire careers. Tellingly, the contrasting and ultimately pastoral “Naima” was the last tune to be recorded, and is the only track on the original long-player to feature the Kind of Blue quartet. What is lost in tempo is more than recouped in intrinsic melodic beauty. Both Giant Steps [Deluxe Edition] and the seven-disc Heavyweight Champion: The Complete Atlantic Recordings offer more comprehensive presentations of these sessions.
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Hank Mobley, Al Cohn, John Coltrane, Zoot Sims – Tenor Conclave (1957/2014) DSF DSD64

Hank Mobley, Al Cohn, John Coltrane, Zoot Sims – Tenor Conclave (1957/2014)
DSF Stereo DSD64/2.82MHz  | Time – 43:57 minutes | 1,73 GB | Genre: Jazz
Source: ISO SACD | ©  Prestige Records

This unusual meeting of four tenor saxophone players from different “schools” was part of the Prestige Friday afternoon jam session series but far from a typical outing. The giant forebears of Coleman Hawkins, Lester Young, and Charlie Parker inform the backgrounds of the performers on this LP — Hank Mobley, Al Cohn, Zoot Sims, and John Coltrane — and other influences such as Ben Webster, Dexter Gordon, and the Sonnys (Stitt and Rollins) show up, too, depending on which of the four protagonists you’re talking about.

With the Red Garland Trio supplying the underpinning, the four tenors meet on the common ground of the blues (“Bob’s Boys”), “I Got Rhythm” (“Tenor Conclave”), and two old standards. (The originals are by Mobley.) Rather than the stylistic differences, what stands out here is the compatibility and spirit of the four meeting on this common ground in an uncommon session.

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Hank Mobley, Al Cohn, John Coltrane, Zoot Sims – Tenor Conclave (1956/2016) [Official Digital Download 24bit/192kHz]

Hank Mobley, Al Cohn, John Coltrane, Zoot Sims – Tenor Conclave (1956/2016)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/192 kHz | Time – 43:51 minutes | 1,02 GB | Genre: Jazz
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Prestige

Recorded in 1956, “Tenor Conclave” lives up to its name, bringing together the mighty tenor saxes of John Coltrane, Hank Mobley, Al Cohn and Zoot Sims. All four play on all four tunes, backed by an equally impressive rhythm section of pianist Red Garland, bassist Paul Chambers and drummer Art Taylor. This album would be re-released under Coltrane’s name in 1962.

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